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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 12, 2024
EN: Our car-dependent culture does more than threaten public health and the environment. Even after the pandemic hit, when more people were working at home, US commuters on average still spent nearly an hour to get back and forth to work in 2022. Likewise, people of color are more likely to have jobs that can’t be done at home.
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 30, 2023
What makes your home and neighborhood hotter or cooler than other homes and neighborhoods? landlords, home owners, private property owners, the City). Tengo la esperanza de que cuando los funcionarios de la ciudad vean estas fotos, verán cuánta inequidad está presente en toda la ciudad.” How does heat affect you?
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Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
EN: As I mentioned in my introduction, EV sales in the United States are growing quickly. This has been particularly true in your home state of California, which historically has set the clean car agenda for the rest of the country because of its waiver under the Clean Air Act to set its own air pollution standards.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 13, 2023
EN: Let’s talk a bit about the state of the US electricity grid. EN: Since the Biden administration took office, Congress has passed an infrastructure bill and the Inflation Reduction Act, both which include provisions to strengthen and modernize the grid. EN: There are seven regional grid operators across the country.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
EN: As I mentioned in my introduction, a number of analyses have found that the IRA and other current policies will not be enough for the United States to meet its 2030 emission reduction goals. EN: UCS’s analysis looks at various ways the United States could meet its climate targets. EN: We have already seen a great deal of progress.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 16, 2023
EN: Welcome back to UCS. EN: You and your colleagues point out that the increase in burned acreage across the western United States and southwestern Canada over the last few decades is partly due to a rise in what’s called the “vapor pressure deficit.” What went into that calculation? and in cities as far away as Western Europe.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 8, 2022
EN: Sam, first let’s dispel the myth that there has been no meaningful change, a notion that has spurred climate activists in Europe to take out their frustrations in provocative ways. EN: The Democrats were able to hold the Senate in the midterm elections, but the Republicans now have a slim majority in the House.
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