Union of Concerned Scientists
For Promoting Clean Energy Resources To Address Climate Change
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Amount$350,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/12/2013
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Term24.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Strategies
Overview
This grant, which also supports efforts to retire U.S. coal-fired power plants, would fund two categories of activities. First, it would provide analysis to the U.S. EPA justifying strong standards to regulate carbon at existing and new coal plants. This would be accompanied by media work and state based research that makes the economic and health impacts of the regulations outweigh the costs. In addition, the grant will help to fund testimony and research that argues that strong carbon regulation does not compromise the integrity of electric grid. Second, the Union of Concerned Scientists works in selected states to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions to replace coal plants. They will do this through testimony at Public Utilities Commissions, through the media and with research that debunks claims that renewable energy is not cost effective.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.ucsusa.org
Address
Two Brattle Square, Cambridge, MA, 02138-3780, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for the Clean Transportation program
The Union of Concerned Scientists, a national nonprofit organization, uses rigorous, independent science to solve our planet’s most pressing problems. The union works to advance equitable and sustainable transportation electrification of both passenger and heavy-duty vehicles; improve access to low- and zero-carbon mobility options beyond electric vehicles; and promote guardrails in policies to decarbonize transportation fuels, while planning for petroleum phaseout. (Substrategy: Electrification)
for a comprehensive survey and assessment of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), a national nonprofit organization, uses rigorous, independent science to solve our planet's most pressing problems. The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) wants to survey the organization’s past efforts as well as of current staff understanding of JEDI concepts; a sense of individual experiences within the organization; and clarity about what has worked well and not. This organizational effectiveness (OE) grant will enable UCS to engage the consulting firm Strategy Matters to help design and administer the survey, analyze the data, and present findings to staff.
