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September update: Science + DemocracyLearn More
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GSA Connect 2026: Understanding the Legal Landscape for Scientific Research and AdvocacyLearn More
Join CSLDF for a discussion of the current legal landscape for scientists and their research, including major trends in attacks on science and the rights and legal defenses available to researchers.
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Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchersLearn MoreAmid the growing push by the Trump administration to block lawsuits against fossil fuel companies, conservative organizations are filing dozens of open records requests at public universities–the latest strategy in a decades-long campaign to discredit climate scientists. “I have never seen this many open records requests in such a short time,” said Lauren Kurtz, CSLDF executive director. “There is a very concerted effort to derail the state climate litigation cases going on.”
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GSA Connect 2026: Free Legal ConsultationsLearn More
Scientists attending GSA Connects 2026 can meet with CSLDF attorneys for free, confidential, 30-minute one-on-one legal consultations.
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“They’re pulling out all the stops”: Big Oil’s all-encompassing attacks on climate lawsuitsLearn MoreIndustry allies are now coming after the scientists behind attribution studies. The campaign is designed to dig up information to tarnish scientists’ reputations and, “in the process, intimidate researchers into silence,” said Christopher Marchesano, CSLDF attorney.
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Prosecution: A professor fired for teaching about human impact on climate?Learn MoreAn unprecedented culture of fear and apprehension has taken hold of the climate science community, argues Chris Marchesano, in-house counsel at CSLDF. "The number of scientists who come to us and face reprisals, censorship, or have questions about their fundamental rights continues to grow."
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News | Monthly Update
August update: A win for scienceLearn More
In a victory for climate science and academia, law professor and climate expert Rachel Rothschild has prevailed against a targeted…
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News | Court Decisions
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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