Drawing on more than four years of tracker data-from Trump's election to Biden's inauguration-we show that the Trump presidency fundamentally changed how federal government agencies perform, use, and communicate scientific research.
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January 2022 Update: Biden's First Year, CSLDF in Nature, Michael Gerrard joins our boardLearn More
Biden’s First Year: Where He Stands on Science Lauren Kurtz, our director, and Romany Webb, a Senior Fellow and Associate…
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Has Biden followed the science? What researchers sayLearn More"While this report does a good job of setting the stage, there is also a lot more that needs to be done to actually guarantee protections for federal science,” says Lauren Kurtz, executive director of the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund.
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The Biden administration's first year: Slow and steady does not win this raceLearn MoreWe documented 328 anti-science actions taken by the Trump administration. Biden has only reversed or reconsidered nine of them.
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Why Joe Biden’s bid to restore scientific integrity mattersLearn More
Concerns about political interference have plagued many US administrations, says Lauren Kurtz, the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund’s executive director.
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White House plan aims to protect science from politicsLearn MoreLauren Kurtz thought the report downplayed some transgressions during the Trump years. She noted that EPA’s scientific integrity policy was used to defend unscientific claims like former Administrator Scott Pruitt’s statement that carbon dioxide was “not a primary contributor to global warming.”
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How to protect US science from political meddling after TrumpLearn More
“This is a situation where the devil is truly in the details, and the lack of specificity is frustrating,” says executive director Lauren Kurtz regarding the consequences for those who violate scientific integrity policies.
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New Biden Administration Report on Protections for Federal ScienceLearn More
Yesterday, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released a long-awaited report on improving protections for federal science.…
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2021: Our Year in ReviewLearn More
As we head into a third year of the global pandemic, with a concerning new Covid-19 variant on the rise,…
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December Update: New expert witness guide & upcoming eventsLearn More
New Expert Witness Guide Climate scientists play a crucial role in the developing field of climate litigation. CSLDF, in collaboration…
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