The case stems from overly intrusive open record requests E&E Legal made to the University, asking for over a decade’s worth of emails between climate scientists Jonathan Overpeck and Malcolm Hughes.
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University of Arizona Board of Regents to Appeal Trial Court’s Decision in Open Records CaseLearn More
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Environmental Professor Drops Defamation Suit Against Fellow ScientistsLearn More
This post was originally published on the Climate Law Blog of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. A Stanford environmental…
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Op-ed on Science and the Trump PresidencyLearn More
"Despite the administration’s claims that its actions put 'America first,' they will in fact undermine our economic competitiveness and our position at the forefront of scientific research," write our own Lauren Kurtz and Romany Webb of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.
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How Federal Scientists Can Protect Science for the Public GoodLearn More
The new guide “Make a Note to the Record,” produced by the Union of Concerned Scientists with contributions from our…
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Climate Science Legal Defense Fund at the 2018 AAAS Annual MeetingLearn More
We’re hosting a workshop on science activism at the 2018 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual…
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Silencing Science Tracker to Keep Tabs on Trump Administration Attacks on Environmental, Public Health, Climate ScienceLearn More
Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund today launched an online…
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Perspectives of Scientists Who Become Targets: Naomi OreskesLearn More
This series profiles scientists who have been threatened with legal attacks or harassed by politically and ideologically motivated groups. What these researchers experienced,…
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Perspectives of Scientists Who Become Targets: Ben SanterLearn More
This series profiles scientists who have been threatened with legal attacks or harassed by politically and ideologically motivated groups. What these researchers…
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Lack of Protections for Scientific Records Puts Researchers at RiskLearn More
The federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and state open records law equivalents — designed to promote transparency in government —…
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Perspectives of Scientists Who Become Targets: John MasheyLearn More
This series profiles scientists who have been threatened with legal attacks or harassed by politically and ideologically motivated groups. What…
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Arizona Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Climate ScienceLearn More
The case, which has already been through the trial court twice, now returns to the trial court for a third round.
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D.C. District Court Rules in Favor of NOAA Climate Scientists in FOIA CaseLearn More
In the case, Judicial Watch sought to use the Freedom of Information Act to obtain NOAA scientists’ emails, drafts, and peer review comments related to a June 2015 paper published in Science.