Editing Union of Concerned Scientists (section)

{{short description|Nonprofit science advocacy organization}}
{{for|the human-rights organization|Committee of Concerned Scientists}}
<div class=skin-invert-image>{{Infobox organization
| name                     = Union of Concerned Scientists
| image                    = Union of Concerned Scientists logo.svg
| alt                      = Logo of Union of Concerned Scientists
| formation                = 1969
| headquarters             = [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| membership               = over 200,000{{cn|date=August 2024}}
| leader_title             = Exec. Dir.
| leader_name              = 
| leader_title2            = President
| leader_name2             = Dr. [[Gretchen Goldman]]<ref name="Goldman president">{{cite web |title=Noted Scientist, Former White House Official Takes Helm at Union of Concerned Scientists |url=https://www.ucsusa.org/about/news/noted-scientist-former-white-house-official-takes-helm-union-concerned-scientists |website=UCS |access-date=3 February 2025}}</ref>
| leader_title3            = Founder
| leader_name3             = [[Kurt Gottfried]], [[Henry Way Kendall]]
| website                  = {{official URL}}
}}</div>
The '''Union of Concerned Scientists''' ('''UCS''') is a nonprofit science advocacy organization based in the United States. The UCS membership includes many private citizens in addition to professional scientists. [[Anne Kapuscinski]], Professor of Environmental Studies and Director of the Coastal Science and Policy Program at the [[University of California, Santa Cruz]], chairs the UCS Board of Directors {{asof|2015|lc=y}}, having replaced [[James J. McCarthy]], Professor of Biological Oceanography at [[Harvard University]] and past president of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]].<ref>[http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/anne-kapuscinski-new-union-of-concerned-scientists-board-chair-0636 Press release announcing Dr. Kapuscinski as the new Board chair]. ucsusa.org (2015-10-28). Retrieved 2015-02-25.</ref>