Scientific Integrity

A Navy officer treats a patient in an intensive care unit.

US Navy

February 4, 2021

Roundup: As COVID-19 Situation Worsens, Election Results Offer Hope

UCS Science Network

US Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Susan Wynn releases quino into San Diego County

Joanna Gilkeson/USFWS

January 30, 2021

Federal Agencies Have Lost Hundreds of Scientists Since 2017. What Comes Next?

Taryn MacKinney
Former Contributor

January 27, 2021

A New Day for Science: President Biden’s Big Plan for Scientific Integrity And What Comes Next

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

Residents of Wichita Falls, TX, rallying to the 2020 Census

Pedro Tenorio/US Air Force

January 26, 2021

Biden Moves to Protect the Scientific Integrity of the Census

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

Trump White House/Flickr

January 19, 2021

New Documents Reveal the Spectacular Unraveling of a Final Trump Polluter Hand-Out

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

Firefighters waist-deep in PFAS-containing foam

Joint Base San Antonio

January 6, 2021

New Year, New EPA: How the Biden Administration Can Catalyze PFAS Action in 2021

Genna Reed
Former Staff

The White House/Pete Souza

December 9, 2020

Ask a Scientist: What Must the Biden Administration Do to Protect Federal Science?

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

Nik Anderson/Flickr

November 20, 2020

Masks: What the Science Says, and What Lies Ahead

Taryn MacKinney
Former Contributor

Richard Eldridge/US Air Force

November 16, 2020

Roundup: Political Interference and Declining Trust in Public Health Agencies Addressing COVID-19

UCS Science Network

John Klossner

November 9, 2020

Science After Trump: What We Learned and How the Biden Administration Can Build Back

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

Michael J. Ermarth/FDA

October 28, 2020

A New and Direct Assault on Federal Scientists: an Executive Order Designed to Politicize Public Service

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

US Census Bureau

October 21, 2020

Supreme Court Allows Census to Be Cut Short—and Considers Defying 150 Years of Precedent

Taryn MacKinney
Former Contributor

Amson Eaglin/USDA

October 19, 2020

Restoring Science, Protecting the Public: Recommendations for Federal Agencies in the Next Presidential Term

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

SKR_RGR/CC BY 2.0 (Flickr)

October 19, 2020

The Postal Service is Under Attack. Our Research Shows Who This Hurts Most

Taryn MacKinney
Former Contributor

Children's Environmental Health Network

October 8, 2020

On Children’s Environmental Health Day: A Checklist for Defending Science and Protecting Kids

Genna Reed
Former Staff

Charles Edward Miller

September 29, 2020

Hysterectomies at an ICE Facility and the Complicity of Science in Reproductive Rights Violations

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

Jeff Vanuga/NRCS

September 25, 2020

EPA Chlorpyrifos Assessment: A Harbinger of Restricted Science Rule Havoc

Genna Reed
Former Staff

Yvette Arellano/TEJAS

September 18, 2020

Superfund Site Cleanups Ignore Communities of Color

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

Cartoon image of scientist being examined by huge microscope

Jesse Springer

September 3, 2020

Uber and Lyft Are Harassing a Researcher, Pulling a Page from Climate Deniers’ Playbook

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

ThisIsEngineering/Pexels

August 25, 2020

Worried for Government Science? So Are We.

Taryn MacKinney
Former Contributor

White House

August 25, 2020

A Roadmap to Restore Science in Government Decisions

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

Steve Moskowitz/UCS

August 19, 2020

After Formal Request, EPA Gives Experts Limited Time to Apply for Advisory Committees

Genna Reed
Former Staff

haunted by Leonard Cohen/Flickr

August 14, 2020

Clean Air for All? What the EPA’s Ozone Rule Tells Us About Who Air Pollution Laws Leave Behind

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

eric niu/Flickr

July 31, 2020

COVID-19 Election Update: Will the Senate be Complicit in Electoral Disaster?

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow