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War on Science

New Survey of 63,000 Scientists Across 16 US Agencies Details How Trump Is 'Sidelining Science'

'This Is Censorship': Trump's War on Facts Continues With Muzzling of USGS Scientists

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Demonstrators with the March for in Washington, D.C. on April 22, 2017. (Photo: Stephen Melkisethian/flickr/cc)

New directive, LA Times reports, requires scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey to get approval for media interviews from U.S. Department of the Interior for most cases

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Citing 'Common Good,' Nearly 1,500 Scientists Demand Congress Shield Endangered Species Act From GOP Attacks

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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Their call comes on Endangered Species Day and as the Trump administration and...

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As CO2 Levels Soar Past 'Troubling' 410 ppm Threshold, Trump Kills NASA Carbon Monitoring Program

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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What worries one scientist most is that humanity is "continuing full speed...

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Environmental Proection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt

Pruitt Unveils Another Brazen Attack on Science With Polluter-Friendly Rule Change

'Among Stupidest Policies Yet Proposed': EPA to Lower Car Emissions Standards

Gladys Francisco

Despite Unprecedented Year of Extreme Weather, FEMA Ditches Every Single Mention of 'Climate' From Four-Year Strategic Plan

Stephen Hawking, Who Brought Cosmology to the Masses and Championed Progressive Causes, Dies at 76

200+ Scientists Want Trump-Backer and Climate Denial Funder Rebekah Mercer Kicked Off Natural History Museum Board

'Making America Stupid Again': Outrage Over 7 Forbidden Words at Trump's CDC

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Climate Threat Erased, Big Oil Bonanza Embraced in Leaked Draft of Interior Dept. 5-Year Plan

Healers as Fighters: Union Convention Celebrates Power of Organized Nurses In Trump Era

EPA Forces Staff to Attend Anti-Leak Classes as Attack on Environment Continues

A sign held at the March for Science in San Francisco, California, on April 22, 2017. (Photo: Matthew Roth/flickr/cc)

Trump Picks Another Non-Scientist for Science Post and Makes 'A Disastrous Choice' for Drug Czar

Nobel Prize Winners Name Trump and His 'Ignorance' as Top Threats to World Population

As Major Floods Devastate Across Globe, Warnings That Bigger Storms 'Are on the Way'

Newswire

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

New Survey Offers First Look into Science in the Trump Era

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Pruitt’s Proposed Science Changes Are a Betrayal of His Responsibilities, Would Put Americans at Risk

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Trump’s Proposed Budget Eviscerates Federal Science, Rural and Environmental Programs

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Science Group to Survey Thousands Of Federal Scientists

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Trump Administration Undermines Independent Science Advice

Earthjustice

Doctors and Scientists Challenge Removal of EPA Science Advisers

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Views

Elizabeth Madin

I’m an Expat US Scientist – and I’m Returning to Trump’s America to Stand Up for Science

Arshad Khan

Of Animals and Bees and Flowers Wild as Earth Day Nears

Gretchen Goldman

Scott Pruitt Will Restrict EPA's Use of Legitimate Science

Elizabeth Hadly

Making America Great Again Requires Acting on Scientific Knowledge

Rachel Licker

Pruitt Squirming Away From The Weight of Climate Evidence

Robert Weissman

The Trumpy Awards, Round Four: Worst Corporate Giveaway

Michael Halpern

The Trump Administration Word Ban Extends to Other Federal Agencies. Its Ongoing Assault on Science Is Much Worse.

Andy Rowell

Climate-Denying Koch Brothers Help Buy Time Magazine

Lorraine Chow

Why Did Trump Release a Report Confirming Climate Change Is Real?

Michael Halpern

The EPA Science Advisory Board Is Being Compromised. Here’s Why That Matters.

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