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The Union of Concerned Scientists was founded in 1969 by faculty and students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The organization's founding document says it was formed to "initiate a critical and continuing examination of governmental policy in areas where science and technology are of actual or potential significance" and to "devise means for turning research applications away from ...
Union of Concerned Scientists: TEJAS has worked with the Union of Concerned Scientists to address the issues of chemicals and air pollution, specifically in the Houston area. Their work is primarily directed to affected people of color and individuals who reside in low income neighborhoods.
The Committee lobbied both the Soviet and Western governments on behalf of these oppressed scholars, provided moral and financial support to them, and organized conferences and meetings of refuseniks, including in the Soviet Union itself. Sometimes, the Committee of Concerned Scientists is credited with having coined the actual term "refusenik ...
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Johanna Chao Kreilick was the president of the Union of Concerned Scientists, a scientific advocacy nonprofit based in the United States from May 2021 - February 2024. [1] [2] [3] She represented the organization in lobbying Congress and business leaders to address climate change.
The small independent union was formed by a group of scientists who disaffiliated from the larger California State Employees’ Association, now known as SEIU Local 1000. The goal was to have more ...
Some choices have a huge impact on the environment; others are of negligible importance. To those of us who care about our quality of life and what is happening to the earth, this is a vastly important issue. In these pages, the Union of Concerned Scientists help inform consumers about everyday decisions that significantly affect the environment.