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August update: A win for scienceLearn More
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Climate Professor Rachel Rothschild Prevails Against Dark Money AttackLearn More
Last week, a state judge dismissed a lawsuit against the University of Michigan, which sought the private emails of climate…
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A review of rescued climate dataLearn MoreThe Trump administration has shut down websites like climate.gov and other climate data projects. Academics, journalists, and nonprofit organizations are working to document and, in many cases, rebuild what has been lost.
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July update: Keeping hope aliveLearn More
We are pleased to announce that we have added a new Legal Fellow to help with the ever-increasing workload. Sangita…
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Trump threatens National Academies with debarment. Here’s what it is.Learn MorePresident Trump's latest attack on NASEM represents an “escalation on the scientific and legal communities and a desperate attempt to erase the reality that man-made climate change is impacting the daily lives of all Americans,” said Chris Marchesano, CSLDF staff attorney. “Ultimately, the administration’s efforts to censor scientific consensus will not only fail, but be viewed as a shameful chapter in this nation’s history.”
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ESA 2026: Understanding the Current Legal Landscape for Scientific Research and Scientific AdvocacyLearn More
The scientific community has endured unprecedented attacks over the last 18 months — government scientists fired en masse, research programs halted and defunded, and a deluge of scientific misinformation platformed at the highest levels of government. As the midterm elections near, a flurry of legal challenges are still navigating through the federal and state court systems.
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ESA 2026: Free Legal ConsultationsLearn More
Scientists attending ESA2026 can meet with CSLDF attorneys for free, confidential, 30-minute one-on-one legal consultations.
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CSLDF Opposes Trump Administration’s Attempts to Politicize Federal GrantsLearn More
Yesterday, the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund submitted a comment to the Office of Management and Budget, opposing its proposed…
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Lawsuit filed against EPA challenging the administration’s attempts to silence researchersLearn More
“The right to criticize our government and expose government wrongdoing is foundational to our democracy. But this right is meaningless…
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The Metro: She wouldn’t stay quiet. The EPA removed herLearn MoreDrinking water expert Elin Warn Betanzo is suing the EPA after it dismissed her from an advisory committee for signing a declaration of dissent. Her case raises a bigger question — one that reaches all the way to your kitchen sink: what happens to the rest of us when the government tells its own scientists to stay quiet?
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