Science and Democracy

The partnership between science and democracy is as fragile today as ever before. Our experts keep you informed on the latest developments, from Capitol Hill to local communities.

June 10, 2019

HBO’s Chernobyl: A Fictionalized Representation of the True Horrors of Sidelining Science

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

June 10, 2019

One Thing You Can Do to Stand Up for Science This Week

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

June 10, 2019

Under Our Noses: PFAS Contamination in Southern Colorado

UCS Science Network

June 7, 2019

Three Times EPA Administrator Wheeler Failed His Science Advisors This Week

Genna Reed
Former Staff

June 6, 2019

Bury Myers’ NOAA Nomination

UCS Science Network

Photo: Gretchen Goldman

June 6, 2019

Wheeler’s Breathtaking Ignorance of Science, in One Comment

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

An intern doing scientific research in a US Navy laboratory.

Photo: John F. Williams, US Navy/CC BY 2.0, Flickr

June 5, 2019

Understanding the New Restrictions on Fetal Tissue Research, and Attacks on the Scientists Who Use It

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

Photo: sharply_done/iStockphoto

June 4, 2019

Put Them In, Coach: Why Sidelining the EPA’s Science Advisory Board Is a Disservice to Us All

Genna Reed
Former Staff

Photo: Elizabeth Greenwald/CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia)

June 3, 2019

Let’s Stop Letting Minority Rule Give Us Science Fiction Abortion Laws

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

Photo: Quinn Dombrowski/Flickr

May 31, 2019

Court Records Reveal Plan to Use Census for Racial Discrimination

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

Photo: mliu92/Flickr

May 30, 2019

Trump Administration Puts Offshore Oil Rig Workers’ Lives at Risk

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

Science and Democracy Fellows, along with trainers and fellows at COMPASS, gather for their first training.

May 29, 2019

Managing the Work: Reflections on a year of science advocacy from the 2018 UCS Science and Democracy Fellows (Part 2)

UCS Science Network

May 28, 2019

Drops, Ripples, Waves: Reflections on a year of science advocacy from the 2018 UCS Science and Democracy Fellows (Part 1)

UCS Science Network

May 22, 2019

Children’s Health Research Centers Protect Our Kids. The EPA Just Defunded Them.

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

Morgan Swofford/UCS

May 21, 2019

How Scientists are Responding to On the Media’s Reporting on Researcher Harassment

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

May 20, 2019

If 3M Really Cares About the PFAS Science, Here’s How They Should Move Forward

Genna Reed
Former Staff

Photo: John and Christina/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 (Flickr)

May 16, 2019

A Stroller Debacle at CPSC Politicizes Child Safety and I Have No Chill

Genna Reed
Former Staff

May 13, 2019

Improving Transparency and Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest for Science Advisory Committees

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

Photo: Another Believer/Wikimedia Commons

May 13, 2019

The National Academies Illustrates the More Nuanced Value of Transparency in Science

Genna Reed
Former Staff

BrotherM/Flickr

May 8, 2019

The Science Denial is Crystal Clear: The EPA Ignores Scientists on Asbestos

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

House Speaker’s Office/Facebook

April 30, 2019

Challenging Trump’s Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement

Alden Meyer
Former Contributor

sauvagemartin62/pixabay

April 30, 2019

Deadly Shooting at California Synagogue—Where is the Gun Violence Research, CDC?

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

Photo: Tavo Romann/Wikimedia Commons

April 30, 2019

EPA’s Plan to Ignore Co-Benefits will Cost American Lives

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

US Department of the Interior/Flickr

April 30, 2019

Taking the “Public” out of Public Service, New Interior Secretary Bernhardt Refuses to Address Climate Change

Joel Clement
Former Contributor

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