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In a victory for climate science and academia, law professor and climate expert Rachel Rothschild has prevailed against a targeted…

Last week, a state judge dismissed a lawsuit against the University of Michigan, which sought the private emails of climate…

We are pleased to announce that we have added a new Legal Fellow to help with the ever-increasing workload. Sangita…

Yesterday, the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund submitted a comment to the Office of Management and Budget, opposing its proposed…

“The right to criticize our government and expose government wrongdoing is foundational to our democracy. But this right is meaningless…

Dismissing the entire National Science Board. Blocking the release of research findings about the benefits of vaccines. Cutting potentially billions…

15 Years of Defending Science This year, the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund (CSLDF) turns 15. Since 2011, we have…

In support of truth One of the [many] challenges facing the scientific community in 2026 is the growing distrust of…

Update: We’re still not giving up Last February, CSLDF’s newsletter was titled “Giving up is not an option.” One year…

Recording the truth is an act of resistance The orchestrated effort by the federal government to deny horrifying events—ones we…

Since its launch on January 20, 2018, the Silencing Science Tracker has been documenting government efforts to restrict and prevent…

2025 was challenging in many ways—some we expected and others we could never have anticipated. To meet the many challenges,…