Federal scientists: @csldf.org is here for you during the government shutdown (and whatever may come next). We put together a short blog post to help you navigate the shutdown, & please reach out to us directly for free & confidential 1:1 legal help. www.csldf.org/2025/10/01/w...

Scientists: Bring your legal questions to #GSAConnects! @csldf.org will once again be offering free & confidential legal consultations at the @geosociety.bsky.social's annual conference on 10/20 & 10/21. Book an in-person or Zoom meeting: calendly.com/cmarchesano/...

With so much uncertainty and fear in the air, one thing is certain - we are ALWAYS here to protect & defend researchers against abuse, harassment, unlawful firings, & other attempts to silence their critical work. Help us help them: www.csldf.org/donate

🗞️ From our September newsletter: In Trump’s second term, he has intensified attacks on science by bringing extreme ideologues into the federal government to dismantle it from within. That effort, however, has been hindered by their considerable incompetence. www.csldf.org/2025/10/01/s...

Federal scientists - what does the government shutdown mean for you? While it remains to be seen how all this will play out given the wildly unprecedented times we live in, we have some practical suggestions: www.csldf.org/2025/10/01/w...

We know that these are perilous times for scientists & the scientific endeavor. @CSLDF will once again be offering free & confidential legal consultations at the @geosociety.bsky.social annual #GSAConnects on 10/20 & 10/21. Schedule an in-person or Zoom meeting: calendly.com/cmarchesano/...

The First Amendment guarantees the right to gather and protest peacefully - even if the government doesn't like what you have to say. Federal scientists: learn when and how to use your voice with this guide from @csldf.org & @aclu.org: www.csldf.org/resource/fir...

We are proud stand with scientists and fellow supporters of science against EPA'S reckless proposal to repeal the endangerment finding. www.csldf.org/2025/09/23/c...

🗞️ Subscribe to our newsletter for monthly updates on how the current administration is desperately attempting to silence scientists, reverse decades of climate progress, attack vaccines and other life-saving science, and more - and what we are doing to fight back. eepurl.com/dfHVgb

To state the blatantly obvious: attacking federal researchers does 👏🏻 not 👏🏻 eliminate 👏🏻 the critical issues being studied. Climate change, health crises, & extreme weather affect ALL of us. If you are a scientist being targeted for your work, reach out for a free, confidential 1:1. csldf.org/contact

ICYMI: CSLDF Director Lauren Kurtz spoke to Court Accountability Action’s Lisa Graves for @meidastouch.com about protecting scientists from attempts to silence them with bogus lawsuits & disinformation, & how that work is more difficult under Trump 2.0. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRy2...

So the millionaire fracking-executive-turned-Department-of-Energy-secretary calls the previous National Climate Assessments "not fair in broad-based assessments of climate change” and says that THIS administration will be “updating” them? That seems... bad. climate.law.columbia.edu/content/doe-...

The 1st Amendment protects free speech, even when people in power try to silence those they disagree with. Learn how this applies to federal scientists wishing to speak out: Know Your Rights: Scientific Activism & Protests. www.csldf.org/resource/kno...

Another federal scientific integrity policy rescinded by an administration that doesn't understand the words "scientific" or "integrity." climate.law.columbia.edu/content/trum...

Scientists are seeing politics interfere with their research - but some are fighting back. 🔥 @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & @michaelemann.bsky.social analyze the forces fueling the politicization of science & possible solutions in "Science Under Siege." www.latimes.com/business/sto...

It might be time to step aside and let the real scientists back into the building... www.epw.senate.gov/public/index...

Scientists: Your work is vital. CSLDF is here to help ensure that you can continue to do research free from harassment and abuse. If you have legal questions related to your work, please reach out to us for a free, confidential 1:1 with one of our attorneys. csldf.org/contact

Your support powers our work protecting and defending researchers under attack by an unhinged, virulently anti-science administration. In the midst of all the chaos, we've been awed by the many of you who are standing with us in this fight. ❤️ csldf.org/donate

Who needs forest research when your overarching goal is to lay waste to our environment in pursuit of even more billions? climate.law.columbia.edu/content/usda...

"It's not so much about a legal victory - the scientists have really good legal claims. It's about the more immediate effect where scientists don't want to be in this arena at all... they're being much more circumspect in how they talk about their research or the kinds of research they engage in."

With science under attack in all research areas, like climate change, vaccines, & public health, political advocacy is more important than ever. We have free legal resources on how to speak up for science safely & effectively, including our Political Action Toolkit: www.csldf.org/political-ac...

"Natural immunity" vs. scientifically-proven, rigorously tested mRNA vaccines? Come on. As @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social puts it, "[RFK Jr.'s] science is backwards, as it often is." climate.law.columbia.edu/content/trum...

ICYMI: Ineptitude and disinformation, and the deadly consequences of both, are defining characteristics of the current administration. More in our August newsletter: www.csldf.org/2025/08/29/d...

With the federal government in chaos, how does your state's open records laws protect research materials? (We'll give you a hint - only TWO states scored an "A.") Check out our guide to open records laws in all 50 states to find out how (& if) you're protected: www.csldf.org/resources/op...

We have already documented >100 attempts by the second Trump administration to silence science, thanks in part to his anti-vaccine, anti-climate, fossil fuel-funded, ideologically-motivated clown car of a cabinet. climate.law.columbia.edu/Silencing-Sc...

Our August newsletter highlights two defining characteristics of the current administration: ineptitude and disinformation, both of which have devastating - and deadly - consequences. www.csldf.org/2025/08/29/d...

As of right now, we're at *104* entries - JUST for the second Trump administration...

This summer has been a scorcher, so why NOT fire federal heat experts across multiple agencies...? climate.law.columbia.edu/content/trum...

August is almost over (!!!) but you still have time to vote for one (or two, or all three) of the progressive organizations selected for a CREDO Mobile grant for this month. Help decide how the available funds will be split: www.credodonations.com/organization...

ICYMI: A beautiful profile of Jagadish Shukla, prominent climate scientist, professor, author, & survivor of a sham investigation by fossil fuel-funded ideologues. "It’s a small price to pay to defend the integrity of climate science,” he said. “If we don’t defend it, who will?” bit.ly/4geF8kx

Attacked by anti-wind group & their lawyers “what in fact the Trump administration has done with universities: That is, threaten them and their funding,” @timmonsroberts.bsky.social said. He added that he’s been in touch with the @ucs.org & the @csldf.org, nonprofits that defend academic freedom.

In January 2018, we had documented 91 anti-science attacks over the entire first year of the first Trump administration. This time around, he has already passed that number - and shows no sign of slowing down. newrepublic.com/article/1466...

The 1st Amendment protects free speech & the right to demonstrate. Learn how this applies to scientists, including federal researchers, with the guide we put together with our friends at @aclu.org. www.csldf.org/resource/kno...

Barely 7 months in and we've already documented almost 100 anti-science actions by an administration that thinks that “[r]esearch programs based on gender identity... do nothing to enhance the health of many Americans.” 🫠 climate.law.columbia.edu/Silencing-Sc...

We've been selected as a CREDO Mobile grant recipient for the month of August! Vote now to help decide how the available funds will be divided between three progressive organizations. www.credodonations.com/organization...

Not a @credomobile.bsky.social user? That's okay! You can still vote on how available funds will be allocated this month. We're featured alongside two other amazing progressive organizations for the month of August. Take a look: www.credodonations.com/organization...

🔬Scientists: we've got your back. @csldf.org provides free legal help to researchers being targeted by anti-science political nepo babies (or anyone!). If you have a legal question related to your work or research, please contact us on phone/Signal at 646-801-0853 or by email at [email protected].

The 50+ year old journal Enviro Health Perspectives stopped accepting new submissions after federal contracts were terminated - a huge loss for anyone who cares about environmental pollutants & their effect on health. This is how they try to silence science. climate.law.columbia.edu/content/envi...

These are perilous times for scientists & the scientific endeavor. We're at #ESA2025 all week to provide free, confidential legal consultations to anyone with questions related to your career, research, 1st Amendment, or academic freedom rights. Schedule a 1:1 with us: calendly.com/cmarchesano/...

ICYMI: Our July newsletter was an easier one to write than our other 2025 updates, because - in the face of an assault on science the likes of which we haven't seen before - scientists are NOT backing down. www.csldf.org/2025/07/31/j...

Heading to #ESA2025? Have a legal question related to your career, research, First Amendment or academic freedom rights (or something else on your mind)? @csldf.org attorneys will be at ESA offering free, confidential 1:1s for anyone who needs our help. www.csldf.org/event/esa-20...

We've been selected as a CREDO Mobile grant recipient! Anyone can vote for one (or two, or all three) of the progressive organizations selected for August - including @csldf.org! - and help decide how the available funds will be split. Vote now: www.credodonations.com/organization...

Despite the many attempts by the current administration to silence federal scientists - including retaliating against 144 EPA employees for signing a letter critical of the administration - they are failing. Scientists are fighting back. 🥊🥊🥊 www.csldf.org/2025/07/31/j...

Scientific consulting is one way researchers can help discredit the anti-science movement & safeguard future research & progress. Although there are potential legal risks related to this work, those risks can be mitigated with the help of our Climate Litigation Toolkit: www.csldf.org/resources/cl...

If you're interested in updates that go deeper than our sometimes-snarky social posts, please subscribe to our monthly newsletter! Once or twice a month, you'll get an update on our work defending scientists in the midst of an all-out assault on their critical work. eepurl.com/dfHVgb

GoLd sTaNdaRd of sCiEnCe *definitely* means telling student researchers that their work on IMPROVING HEALTH EQUITY is “antithetical to scientific inquiry” & “[does] not enhance health, lengthen life or reduce illness.” ..... climate.law.columbia.edu/content/trum...

The Trump administration is doing everything it can to squelch the development, use and communication of science. He can't revoke physics or chemistry but can fire the physicists and the chemists.

“This isn’t quite at the level of the 17th-century church’s persecution of Galileo for saying the Earth goes around the Sun, but it’s in a similar spirit of ideology trying to squelch science,” @michaelgerrard.bsky.social, @sabincenter.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Summer isn't over... but our summer matching campaign is! 🤩🎉 Thanks to our awesome pro-science supporters, we met our goal very quickly this year. In such dark times, you all provide us with a beacon of hope. Thank you. ❤️