Climate Science Legal Defense Fund
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The Climate Science Legal Defense Fund protects the scientific endeavor. Email [email protected] if you’re a scientist in need of free legal advice.
It might feel like the tidal wave of anti-climate, anti-science forces is impossible to stop. But it isn’t. There are ways to protect researchers. There are legal strategies for resistance. There is a hopeful future for science that we will never stop fighting to achieve. csldf.org/donate
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DONATE Let’s get to work. Together, we can protect the scientific endeavor. All of our legal and educational initiatives are…
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November 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
It might feel like the tidal wave of anti-climate, anti-science forces is impossible to stop. But it isn’t. There are ways to protect researchers. There are legal strategies for resistance. There is a hopeful future for science that we will never stop fighting to achieve. csldf.org/donate
We are excited to announce the 5th edition of our 50 State Report! This guide helps scientists understand - and fight back against - the misuse of open records laws to undermine their work on politically contentious topics such as climate change & public health. www.csldf.org/resources/op...
Open Records Guides - Climate Science Legal Defense Fund
Open records laws are valuable tools for government transparency. However, these laws are frequently misused to attack scientists.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We are excited to announce the 5th edition of our 50 State Report! This guide helps scientists understand - and fight back against - the misuse of open records laws to undermine their work on politically contentious topics such as climate change & public health. www.csldf.org/resources/op...
🥼 If you're one of the many scientists attending #AGU25, join us for Anticipating the Legal Landscape for Scientific Research & Communication, or sign up for a free, 30-minute, one-on-one legal consultation with one of our attorneys. More info: www.csldf.org/events/
Events - Climate Science Legal Defense Fund
EVENTS Find out how we’re protecting the scientific endeavor and putting our legal expertise to work for scientists. Upcoming Events…
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November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🥼 If you're one of the many scientists attending #AGU25, join us for Anticipating the Legal Landscape for Scientific Research & Communication, or sign up for a free, 30-minute, one-on-one legal consultation with one of our attorneys. More info: www.csldf.org/events/
Our mission is simple: we provide free legal advice and assistance to researchers being targeted by bad actors trying to censor, misinterpret, or otherwise silence them. If you or someone you know needs help: csldf.org/contact
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CONTACT If you’re a scientist and would like a free, confidential consultation with one of our attorneys, please reach out.…
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November 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Our mission is simple: we provide free legal advice and assistance to researchers being targeted by bad actors trying to censor, misinterpret, or otherwise silence them. If you or someone you know needs help: csldf.org/contact
We wish to congratulate climate scientist Virginia Burkett on being awarded the 2025 John Maddox Prize! This prize is given out annually to courageous individuals who stand up for science in the face of extreme hostility and attacks. www.ktbs.com/news/nsu-alu...
NSU alumna Virginia Burkett earns Maddox Prize for Standing Up for Science
NATCHITOCHES – Virginia Burkett of Many was awarded the 2025 John Maddox Prize, an annual award established by Sense about Science, an international organization that promotes the public interest and
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November 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
We wish to congratulate climate scientist Virginia Burkett on being awarded the 2025 John Maddox Prize! This prize is given out annually to courageous individuals who stand up for science in the face of extreme hostility and attacks. www.ktbs.com/news/nsu-alu...
Feeling like a broken record over here, but silencing information does 👏🏻 not 👏🏻 make 👏🏻 it 👏🏻 go 👏🏻 away. Duh. climate.law.columbia.edu/content/cdc-...
CDC Journal Not Published During Shutdown | Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
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November 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Feeling like a broken record over here, but silencing information does 👏🏻 not 👏🏻 make 👏🏻 it 👏🏻 go 👏🏻 away. Duh. climate.law.columbia.edu/content/cdc-...
Amazing @climateone.org episode about three courageous individuals doing critical climate & environmental work as increasingly emboldened bad actors are working to silence them - and how they weathered the anti-science attacks & harassment.
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When Climate Work Comes at a Cost: Dispatches From the Upside Down
Human-caused climate change is fueling extreme floods, wildfires, rising seas, and record-breaking heat all around the world. At the same time, some of the most senior U.S. government officials and ot...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Amazing @climateone.org episode about three courageous individuals doing critical climate & environmental work as increasingly emboldened bad actors are working to silence them - and how they weathered the anti-science attacks & harassment.
www.climateone.org/audio/when-c...
www.climateone.org/audio/when-c...
If you don't know what you're talking about, it's okay to just NOT say anything... for example, telling a group of world leaders who live in reality that climate change is “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world."
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https://climate.law.columbia.edu/content/president-trump-makes-several-false-statements-about-climate-change-un"
November 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If you don't know what you're talking about, it's okay to just NOT say anything... for example, telling a group of world leaders who live in reality that climate change is “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world."
climate.law.columbia.edu/content/pres...
climate.law.columbia.edu/content/pres...
It seems worth reminding everyone about our 2020 report, How the Abuse of Congressional Oversight Powers Harms Science, which details how members of Congress abuse their authority to attack science & scientists - & how we can resist. www.csldf.org/2020/12/14/n...
New Report: How the Abuse of Congressional Oversight Powers Harms Science - Climate Science Legal Defense Fund
A Climate Science Legal Defense Fund report on the damaging ways Congress has abused its power over science.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It seems worth reminding everyone about our 2020 report, How the Abuse of Congressional Oversight Powers Harms Science, which details how members of Congress abuse their authority to attack science & scientists - & how we can resist. www.csldf.org/2020/12/14/n...
Your support makes our work defending scientists possible. See what we were able to accomplish - in the most difficult year in our nearly-15 year history - thanks to the generosity of our pro-science community: www.csldf.org/wp-content/u...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Your support makes our work defending scientists possible. See what we were able to accomplish - in the most difficult year in our nearly-15 year history - thanks to the generosity of our pro-science community: www.csldf.org/wp-content/u...
It is infuriating that a nepo baby turned snake oil salesman gets to decide to cancel the Minority Biomedical Research Support program, a program that helped more students pursue biomedical sciences. climate.law.columbia.edu/content/hhs-...
HHS Ends Minority Biomedical Research Support Program | Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
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November 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It is infuriating that a nepo baby turned snake oil salesman gets to decide to cancel the Minority Biomedical Research Support program, a program that helped more students pursue biomedical sciences. climate.law.columbia.edu/content/hhs-...
Congratulations to @csldf.org Board member @naomioreskes.bsky.social on receiving the 2025 Volvo Environment Prize!
"Through this process of questioning, we can discern good claims from bad ones,... and figuring out what seems to be true about the world." 👏👏👏
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"Through this process of questioning, we can discern good claims from bad ones,... and figuring out what seems to be true about the world." 👏👏👏
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Harvard Professor Naomi Oreskes Receives the 2025 Volvo Environment Prize
Press Release from the Volvo Environment Prize Foundation Naomi Oreskes, a world-renowned earth scientist and historian from Harvard University, is the recipient of the 2025 Volvo Environment Prize. S...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Congratulations to @csldf.org Board member @naomioreskes.bsky.social on receiving the 2025 Volvo Environment Prize!
"Through this process of questioning, we can discern good claims from bad ones,... and figuring out what seems to be true about the world." 👏👏👏
www.volvogroup.com/en/news-and-...
"Through this process of questioning, we can discern good claims from bad ones,... and figuring out what seems to be true about the world." 👏👏👏
www.volvogroup.com/en/news-and-...
This #ElectionDay, we have the chance to vote in support of science, truth, & democracy. Check out ballotpedia.org for information on local and statewide candidates.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This #ElectionDay, we have the chance to vote in support of science, truth, & democracy. Check out ballotpedia.org for information on local and statewide candidates.
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
Contact - Climate Science Legal Defense Fund
CONTACT If you’re a scientist and would like a free, confidential consultation with one of our attorneys, please reach out.…
csldf.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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
50 scientists & groups helped with free legal aid. 400 more educated on their rights. 117+ attacks on science by the current administration. The numbers are tragic... and hopeful. See what we have accomplished so far this year in our 2025 Impact Report: www.csldf.org/wp-content/u...
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October 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
50 scientists & groups helped with free legal aid. 400 more educated on their rights. 117+ attacks on science by the current administration. The numbers are tragic... and hopeful. See what we have accomplished so far this year in our 2025 Impact Report: www.csldf.org/wp-content/u...
Even as an organization dedicated to supporting climate scientists, we have never seen an all-out assault like the past 10 months. But thanks to our pro-science supporters, we've been able to help more scientists than any other year in our nearly 15-year history. www.csldf.org/wp-content/u...
October 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Even as an organization dedicated to supporting climate scientists, we have never seen an all-out assault like the past 10 months. But thanks to our pro-science supporters, we've been able to help more scientists than any other year in our nearly 15-year history. www.csldf.org/wp-content/u...
*117* instances of censorship, funding cuts, mass firings, and other attempts to interfere with federal research since January 20, 2025. When science conflicts with your authoritarian, pro-fossil fuel agenda, there's nothing left but to try to silence it... climate.law.columbia.edu/Silencing-Sc...
Silencing Science Tracker | Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
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October 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
*117* instances of censorship, funding cuts, mass firings, and other attempts to interfere with federal research since January 20, 2025. When science conflicts with your authoritarian, pro-fossil fuel agenda, there's nothing left but to try to silence it... climate.law.columbia.edu/Silencing-Sc...
Climate & other scientists have long been attacked by bad actors with anti-science ideologies. Now they're facing an onslaught of politically-motivated attacks by the current administration & its supporters. If you're facing harassment, intimidation, or other attacks: www.csldf.org/resource/poc...
A Pocket Guide for Scientists: Handling Political Harassment and Legal Intimidation - Climate Science Legal Defense Fund
We produced this guide to educate scientists about the legal risks they may face from politically-motivated attacks.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Climate & other scientists have long been attacked by bad actors with anti-science ideologies. Now they're facing an onslaught of politically-motivated attacks by the current administration & its supporters. If you're facing harassment, intimidation, or other attacks: www.csldf.org/resource/poc...
Here we go again with another list of forbidden terms from the self-described "most transparent administration" in history... 🤦🏻♀️ climate.law.columbia.edu/content/doe-...
DOE Staff Given List of Banned Terms | Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
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October 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Here we go again with another list of forbidden terms from the self-described "most transparent administration" in history... 🤦🏻♀️ climate.law.columbia.edu/content/doe-...
This is our weekly reminder to all federal researchers that you are not alone in the face of the Trump administration's relentless attacks on science. ❤️ If you have legal questions related to your work, please reach out: csldf.org/contact
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CONTACT If you’re a scientist and would like a free, confidential consultation with one of our attorneys, please reach out.…
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October 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is our weekly reminder to all federal researchers that you are not alone in the face of the Trump administration's relentless attacks on science. ❤️ If you have legal questions related to your work, please reach out: csldf.org/contact
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As the Trump administration continues its extreme (and generally illegal) anti-science actions, @csldf.org will continue to stand alongside researchers. Help us help them: csldf.org/donate
Donate - Climate Science Legal Defense Fund
DONATE Let’s get to work. Together, we can protect the scientific endeavor. All of our legal and educational initiatives are…
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October 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
As the Trump administration continues its extreme (and generally illegal) anti-science actions, @csldf.org will continue to stand alongside researchers. Help us help them: csldf.org/donate
In addition to showing up by the MILLIONS (!!!), there are many ways to advocate for science. Learn how to do so safely and effectively with our Activism and Advocacy toolkit: www.csldf.org/resources/ac...
Activism & Advocacy - Climate Science Legal Defense Fund
ACTIVISM & ADVOCACY TOOLKIT Our free legal resources help scientists understand how they can safely speak out for science. Scientists’…
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October 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
In addition to showing up by the MILLIONS (!!!), there are many ways to advocate for science. Learn how to do so safely and effectively with our Activism and Advocacy toolkit: www.csldf.org/resources/ac...
Bill Nye the Science Guy: No Kings Rally DC | Full Speech
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October 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Scientists are under attack by an out-of-control, virulently anti-science administration - but they are NOT alone in the fight. @csldf.org will be at the @geosociety.bsky.social #GSAConnects on 10/20 & 10/21.
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GSA Free & Confidential Legal Consultations (2025) - Christopher Marchesano
We are the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund and we are offering totally free and confidential legal consultations. We provide legal services for scientists and researchers who face any sort of haras...
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October 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM