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Clean Energy Now for a Safer Climate Future

ReportUnited StatesJacqueline Ennis, Amanda Levin
Pathways to net zero in the United States by 2050

The EPA’s Power Plant Carbon Rules Can Be Built to Last

Issue BriefUnited StatesLissa Lynch, David Doniger
The EPA has a firm legal basis for strong power sector standards that will accelerate the sector’s ongoing reduction of carbon pollution and help meet the urgent threat of climate change

Tapping the Power of Wetlands to Secure a Thriving Planet

Issue BriefUnited StatesKate Poole
Even though wetlands cover only about 5 percent of the land in the coterminous United States, they support nearly half of all species federally listed as threatened or endangered, harbor more than 30 percent of plant species, and provide essential…

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Global Implications of the Fukushima Disaster for Nuclear Power (PDF)

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This paper was written by Thomas B. Cochran and Matthew McKinzie and delivered by Cochran and the World Federation of Scientists’ International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies at the Ettore Majorana Centre in Erice, Sicily, held from August 19-25, 2011.

International Management of Uranium Enrichment (PDF)

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A paper by Thomas B. Cochran and Christopher E. Paine to be presented at the International Meeting onNuclear Energy and Proliferation in the Middle East, Amman, Jordan, June 22-24, 2009.

The Black Sea Experiment - Paper (PDF)

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Thomas B. Cochran presented this paper at "From Reykjavik to New START: Science and Diplomacy for Nuclear Security in the 21st Century," an event sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences Committee on International Security and Arms Control and the...