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CSLDF Supports Protecting Higher Education RecordsFebruary 7, 2025 CSLDF
Newly returned President Trump has swamped the recent news cycle with numerous anti-science actions undertaken within the federal government. (For…
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Inside the race to archive the US government’s websitesFebruary 7, 2025 MIT Technology Review
“These are irreplaceable repositories of important climate information,” says Lauren Kurtz, CSLDF executive director. “So fiddling with them or deleting them means the irreplaceable loss of critical information. It’s really quite tragic.”
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January update: He's back.January 30, 2025 Dana Willbanks
He’s Back Donald Trump is back. While there are already differences from his first term, there are also similarities to…
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Defending climate science & scientists under fire | Jeff's Climate ClassroomJanuary 20, 2025 News Channel 8
As the impacts of manmade climate change have accelerated from factors like more extreme fires, heat and floods, and climate science itself has matured into credible discipline, more and more climate scientists have found themselves targeted.
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Trump Targeted Scientists in His First Term. This Time, They’re Prepared.January 20, 2025 The New York Times
“Compared to the first Trump administration, government scientists are now more comfortable coming to us and using our legal assistance, taking legal action,” said Lauren Kurtz, executive director of [CSLDF]. “They are less afraid of rocking the boat.”
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Portraits of catastrophe and courage in 2024January 2, 2025 Yale Climate Connections
As Trump prepared to return to office, the nonprofit Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, which provides free legal and educational support to researchers facing harassment and intimidation for their work, was gearing up for a high-stakes protracted struggle to protect scientists.
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2024: Our Year in ReviewDecember 23, 2024 CSLDF
We’re wrapping up 2024 having helped 64 researchers, breaking our record for the third year in a row. This increase…
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U.S. climate scientists gird for a second Trump administrationDecember 20, 2024 Science
Still, Kurtz expects the next few years to be rough for climate scientists. “It’s going to be chaotic; it’s going to be unpredictable.”
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