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Jeremy Wallace @jeremywallace.bsky.social · 6d

Today!

Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 8d

Join me to discuss combatting the New Climate Denialism at @carnegieendowment.org this Wednesday, Oct 1 in DC or online, along with my co-panelists @jeremywallace.bsky.social, @cathfraser.bsky.social, @leonardom-d.bsky.social, @noahjgordon.bsky.social and more. carnegieendowment.org/events/2025/...

Climate Clarity: Combatting New Denialism in the United States

A conversation on how to combat denialism and advance climate solutions.

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 8d

Join me to discuss combatting the New Climate Denialism at @carnegieendowment.org this Wednesday, Oct 1 in DC or online, along with my co-panelists @jeremywallace.bsky.social, @cathfraser.bsky.social, @leonardom-d.bsky.social, @noahjgordon.bsky.social and more. carnegieendowment.org/events/2025/...

Climate Clarity: Combatting New Denialism in the United States

A conversation on how to combat denialism and advance climate solutions.

carnegieendowment.org

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 12d

Great to see more preservation and public access for critical Federal climate resources as the Administration guts Federal science.

Alt NOAA Climate @altnoaaclimate.bsky.social · 13d

Climate.us just stood back up the Fifth National Climate Assessment website! nca5.climate.us

Fifth National Climate Assessment

The Fifth National Climate Assessment is the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. It is a congressionally mandated interagency effort that provides the sc...

nca5.climate.us

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 15d

Jumping into #ClimateWeekNYC

Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 15d

🌎✊We kicked off #ClimateWeek in NYC by joining the #MakeBillionairesPay March w/
@gretchentg.bsky.social

— because it's long been time to make polluters pay.

We're hosting & engaging in events all week long. Learn more about how you can join us in person or virtually:

➡️ act.ucsusa.org/3K8sNCt

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 15d

Join me this Thursday for a virtual panel on the state of play on US scientific research, along with Obama Administration Science Advisor John Holdren and @thebulletin.org President and CEO Alex Bell.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 15d

Earlier this year, President Donald Trump issued an executive order and budget proposal aimed at cutting support for the scientific research community.

How will possible cuts affect scientists, and what solutions may exist? This Thursday, join the Bulletin for an expert discussion.

Under Attack: Science, Research, and the Trump Administration

Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 10:30 A.M. CDT / 11:30 A.M. EDT

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 18d

On Thursday, join @ucs.org for a virtual event on a critical strategy in the fight for climate justice and a livable planet: holding the fossil fuel industry accountable. secure.ucs.org/a/2025-9-25-...

And check out UCS' full #ClimateWeekNYC lineup: www.ucs.org/ucs-nyc-clim...

Danger Season & Decades of Deceit: Why We Must Hold the Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable

Join a virtual discussion on the critical strategy in the fight for climate justice and a livable planet: holding the fossil fuel industry accountable. Thursday, September 25, 1:00–2:00 p.m. ET.

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 18d

Also Saturday, @ucs.org will be at the Make Billionaires Pay march. Join us: secure.ucs.org/a/2025-9-20-... #ClimateWeekNYC #MakeBillionairesPay

Flyer of the Event with the words: Make Billionaires Pay. Join us in NYC. Sept 20th 12 pm. Park Ave between 46th - 49th. Makebillionairespay.us

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 18d

Saturday night, join me for a Climate Film Fest viewing and panel discussion of the White House Effect documentary. www.climatefilmfest.com #ClimateWeekNYC

Images of The White House Effect Movie Flyer and the panel members. Information on images is available at the link in the post, including how to buy tickets. Event is Saturday, September 20th at 5:00-7:15pm at Regal Essex Crossing Cinema, NYC.

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 18d

@ucs.org is headed to #ClimateWeekNYC! Join us with events all week, starting tomorrow. Here's a sampling of where we'll be. 🧵Join us! www.ucs.org/ucs-nyc-clim...

UCS at NYC Climate Week 2025

UCS at New York City's Climate Week 2025

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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 20d

“I was fired for holding the line on scientific integrity. But that line does not disappear with me.” Important testimony today from former CDC director Dr. Susan Coller Monarez:

Former C.D.C. Director to Tell Lawmakers She Was ‘Fired for Holding the Line’

www.nytimes.com

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 21d

So the next time you're feeling despair, look to the many who are volunteering their time and talents to ensure that science and truth prevail, despite the Administration's best efforts to squash them. I hope you'll join us. blog.ucs.org/melissa-finu...

Federal Science Advisory Committees Are Being Defunded and Dismantled. Here’s a Toolkit to Help Independent Scientists Step Up

Despite the current Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle federal science advisory committees, scientists and their organizations can still collaborate to form independent committees.

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 21d

These efforts cannot fully replace federally funded and commissioned scientific activities, but they are filling key short-term gaps in science advice, countering misinformation, and helping to fight the democratic backsliding happening before our eyes. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Scientists’ role in defending democracy

The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...

www.science.org

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 21d

Medical associations like the American Academy of Pediatrics are creating their own guidelines and advice to provide science-based information, given HHS conflicts of interest and several U.S. states have committed to following evidence-based guidance. publications.aap.org/redbook/reso...

AAP Immunization Schedule

The American Academy of Pediatrics’ Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule can be found here.

publications.aap.org

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 21d

The @agu.org and @ametsoc.org will publish papers on topics that would have been covered by dismissed authors of the National Climate Assessment. news.agu.org/press-releas...

AGU and AMS join forces on special collection to maintain momentum of research supporting the U.S. National Climate assessment

Congressionally mandated, the NCA draws on the latest scientific research to evaluate how climate change is affecting the United States. The new special collection does not replace the NCA but instead...

news.agu.org

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 21d

United by Nature will revive and reimagine the now shuttered National Nature Assessment to produce the most comprehensive review to date of the importance of nature to humans. weareunitedbynature.org

weareunitedbynature.org

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 21d

The National Academy of Sciences will fast track a study of climate impacts on public health in the wake of the administration’s attack on the Endangerment Finding and their bogus Department Of Energy’s “climate report.” www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/08...

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 21d

The former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration leaders that ran the now-shuttered Climate.gov have launched Climate.us to ensure reliable climate information—including timely data on sea level rise and other effects of climate change—continues to reach the masses. www.climate.us

Climate.us

independent, nonprofit, and immune to politics

Climate.us

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 21d

The University of Minnesota Vaccine Integrity Project will carry forward producing evidence-based childhood vaccination advice, in contrast to Secretary Kennedy’s now compromised Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...

Vaccine Integrity Project

CIDRAP provides an initiative dedicated to safeguarding vaccine use in the U.S, so that it remains grounded in the best available science.

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 21d

The Independent Census Scientific Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, donating their time and expertise to submit recommendations to the U.S. Census Bureau and counter disinformation, despite the administration's dismissal of the Census Scientific Advisory Committee. www.censusscientific.org

Independent Census Scientific Advisory Committee (I-CSAC)

The Independent Census Scientific Advisory Committee (I-CSAC) is a group of nationally recognized experts who provide independent, science-based advice to strengthen the U.S. Census Bureau.

www.censusscientific.org

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 21d

This week, a group of experts will step up in a big way to ensure that science goes on, despite Trump administration cuts to Federal science advice. They join several other independent science efforts fighting back. 🧵 blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...

Science Must Go On: How Courageous Scientists Are Meeting the Moment

Scientists are stepping up to provide their expertise outside of federal structures that no longer support them.

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 22d

Science and scientists are under attack like never before and we need all the tools in the toolbox to fight back. Here's my @nature.com book review of Science Under Siege. Thanks for speaking up for science, @michaelemann.bsky.social and @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How did assaults on science become the norm — and what can we do?

An insightful book explores attacks on science from a historical and a personal perspective.

www.nature.com

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 25d

I'm looking forward to keynoting the 16th Annual National Postdoc Appreciation Week hosted by the National Postdoctoral Association next Monday. Join me! #NPAW act.ucsusa.org/41Hr1hy

Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 27d

🚨Next week! Celebrate the 16th annual National Postdoc Appreciation Week! This year’s theme: communicating your science & research. UCS President @gretchentg.bsky.social kicks off the event talking science & policy.

📆Monday, Sept 15, at 12 pm ET.

RSVP: act.ucsusa.org/41Hr1hy

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 28d

Join me, @aaas.org Section X, Georgia Tech Public Policy, @crsugimoto.bsky.social, Kei Koizumi, and Barry Bozeman tomorrow to talk about the state of play on Federal scientific integrity and what's next. We have a ton to cover. Join us:

gatech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Event flyer with photos and icons representing the people and organizations listed in the post. Additional details at registration link.

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · Aug 31

It was great and you can! There are 5 in operation on that route I believe.

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · Aug 30

In other news, today this transportation nerd rode the inaugural run of one of the Next Gen higher speed @amtrak.com Acela trains, complete is Acela-bration cookies.

Let's build more nice things.

Photo of me posing with a cookie on a new amtrak Acela Train.

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