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.

March 17, 2017

Secretary of Defense James Mattis: The Lone Climate Change Soldier in this Administration’s Cabinet

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

Photo: KatarzynaBialasiewicz/iStock

March 16, 2017

Will Congress Turn Its Back on the Safety of America's Workers?

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

Anthony Eyring/UCS

March 15, 2017

Who's Marching for Science—and Why? Here Are 15 Answers

Guest Commentary

March 15, 2017

How's EPA's Science Advice Process Doing? Celebrating Sunshine and Progress at the EPA

Genna Reed
Former Staff

Photos by Leroy Woodson and Frank Aleksandrowicz, NARA

March 15, 2017

Trump Administration Attacks Public Health Protections with Proposed Cuts to EPA Budget

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

UCS staff Standing Up for Science, Copley Square, Boston, February 2017

March 14, 2017

Stand Up for Science: 5 Ways Scientists Can Make Their Voices Heard

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

Photo: Wikimedia

March 14, 2017

What’s the Skinny on President Trump’s Skinny Budget? All Bark, No Bite

Rob Cowin
Former Contributor

3Ro-Rokenublo/ CC by (Flickr)

March 13, 2017

Marchemos en defensa de nuestro clima, nuestro ambiente y nuestra salud

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

A. Eyring/UCS

March 10, 2017

Dear Scott Pruitt: Stop Lying. We See What You Are Doing.

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

March 8, 2017

Putting Science Into Practice: Why We Need to Play Our Part

UCS Science Network

March 8, 2017

Why the EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act Is Bad for Science

Genna Reed
Former Staff

March 7, 2017

A Dishonest Proposal: The House Science Committee Resurrects EPA Secret Science Nonsense in the HONEST Act

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

NOAA

March 6, 2017

President Trump’s Proposed Budget Cuts: Hurting NOAA Hurts America

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

Photo: Marine Jaouen/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, Flickr

March 3, 2017

President Trump’s Opening Salvos on Clean Water—and Other Public Health Safeguards

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

March 3, 2017

President Trump’s Visit to Newport News, VA and His Speech Aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford: The Climate Connection

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

Wikimedia

March 2, 2017

Beryllium Exposure: Trump Administration Delays Protecting Workers from a Devastating Risk

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

Photo: Jack Pearce/CC BY-SA 2.0, Flickr

February 23, 2017

Congress Does Industry’s Bidding by Cutting Public Safeguards

Genna Reed
Former Staff

February 23, 2017

Overpopulation, and a Movie that Definitely Won’t Get the Oscar

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

Photo: WatchTheFlash_Photography

February 23, 2017

Marginalizing Transgender Students Weakens Science and Diminishes America

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

February 14, 2017

One Way You Can Help Fight Against Political Interference in Science: Tell Us About It

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

February 14, 2017

UCS Founder Kurt Gottfried Wins AAAS Award

David Wright
Former Contributor

February 8, 2017

Congress is Trying to Protect Federal Scientists Because President Trump Isn’t

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

February 8, 2017

Advancing Scientific Integrity Through Federal Advisory Committees

Genna Reed
Former Staff

Photo: Ryan J. Reilly

February 7, 2017

Standing Up to Pernicious New Attacks on Federal Climate Scientists

Peter Frumhoff
Former Director of Science and Policy and Chief Climate Scientist

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