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Today, policy experts from the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, the Union of Concerned Scientists, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility…

On Monday, April 4, CSLDF filed comments in response to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)’s…

By Rachael Lyle, New data from the Silencing Science Tracker, a joint initiative of the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund and…

As we head into a third year of the global pandemic, with a concerning new Covid-19 variant on the rise,…

Our new report, “How the Abuse of Congressional Oversight Powers Harms Science,” details the damaging ways Congress has abused its power over science. This misuse of congressional investigatory powers distracts from Congress’s crucial pro-science endeavors, contributes to false narratives about climate science, public health and other fields, and endangers scientists

Our model scientific integrity policy will help federal agencies and other research institutions adopt strong, comprehensive policies that protect science and scientists.

We created guides for these agencies because each one conducts, funds, or relies on scientific research. They all provide crucial information to the public and formulate policy. And they are all involved, to some degree, with climate research or climate policy. There are also cases of political interference and science being sidelined at each of them.

Participating in Political Activities: Guidelines for Federally Employed and Federally Funded Scientists will help researchers understand whether they can donate to a candidate, volunteer for a campaign, express their support for a candidate on social media, and engage in other political activities.

COVID-19 illuminates the crucial role scientists at university, state, and local laboratories in the United States and abroad play in protecting public health and safety. With this in mind, today we published a free resource for scientists that describes how these institutions generally structure their scientific integrity policies, what the policies cover, and the processes for enforcing them.

The guides will help researchers understand their employer’s policy and navigate the process of filing a scientific integrity complaint.