CSLDF files a legal brief in support of federal climate scientists who are being sued by the conservative organization Judicial Watch.
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Climate Scientists Challenge Conservatives’ NOAA Suit
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Climate Scientists Brace Themselves for a Trump-led Witch-huntAugust 25, 2017 New Scientist
CSLDF’s Peter Fontaine talks about how scientists can protect themselves when their work comes under political fire.
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Scientists Prepare to Fight for Their Work During the ‘Trumpocene’August 25, 2017 The Washington Post
Executive Director Lauren Kurtz talks about CSLDF’s activities at the 2016 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting and the development of our pocket guide: “Handling Political Harassment & Legal Intimidation.”
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Science in the CrosshairsAugust 25, 2017 Science Friday
Executive Director Lauren Kurtz discusses CSLDF’s work protecting climate scientists and the legal challenges facing climate scientists and other researchers.
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Two Recent Court Decisions Make Climate Scientists Emails PublicAugust 25, 2017 Ars Technica
“These sorts of lawsuits, regardless of outcome, subtract months of labor from the scientific endeavor and cost public universities hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees,” CSLDF’s Lauren Kurtz said.
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Climate Scientists Under Attack From Frivolous LawsuitsAugust 25, 2017 The Guardian
Executive Director Lauren Kurtz writes about how attacks on climate scientists endanger the scientific endeavor.
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Perspectives of Scientists Who Become Targets: Katharine HayhoeAugust 10, 2017 CSLDF
This series profiles scientists who have been threatened with legal attacks or harassed by politically and ideologically motivated groups. What…
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It’s Never Been Harder to Be a Climate ScientistJuly 27, 2017 New Republic
The fear has pushed some agency scientists to seek advice from outside sources. Lauren Kurtz, executive director at the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, says several federal climate scientists have asked her about their legal options for speaking out. "One researcher just called to say hey, my boss has made it really hard for me to do my job. What can I do?" she said.
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Perspectives of Scientists Who Become Targets: Michael MannJuly 20, 2017 CSLDF
This series profiles scientists who have been threatened with legal attacks or harassed by politically and ideologically motivated groups. What…
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CSLDF Files Brief in Support of University of Arizona Climate ScientistsJuly 18, 2017 Lauren Kurtz
On Monday, July 17, the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund (CSLDF) filed an amicus, or “friend of the court,” brief asking…
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