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NOAA Leadership Trades Scientific Integrity for Political Appeasement
Gretchen Goldman, Research Director, Center for Science and Democracy
September 7, 2019 8:37 AM EDT
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EPA Administrator Wheeler Worsens Particulate Pollution Review Process
Gretchen Goldman, Research Director, Center for Science and Democracy
August 22, 2019 10:53 AM EDT
In April, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler rejected the recommendations of his hand-picked science advisors on the particulate matter and ozone standard updates. Now, we again see him choose to meet a political deadline at the expense of a scientifically sound process. The bottom line is that Administrator Wheeler has made a small, inadequate, and unprecedented addition to what is still a very broken process of updating our National Ambient Air Quality Standard for particulate matter. Read more >
The Scientific Integrity Act and the Importance of Storytelling in Science Communication
Gretchen Goldman, Research Director, Center for Science and Democracy
August 16, 2019 4:22 PM EDT
My job regularly requires explaining complex science and policy topics to the media, public, and decisionmakers. So I took over the Union of Concerned Scientists’ twitter account (#GretchenTakeover) to share my top tips for talking about science in decisionmaking, examples of effective science communication, and suggestions for how to advocate for the Scientific Integrity Act. Here are the key takeaways. Read more >
What I’ll Tell Congress at Today’s Hearing on Politics and Science
Michael Halpern, Deputy director, Center for Science & Democracy
July 17, 2019 9:45 AM EDT
At 10am this morning, two subcommittees of the House Science Committee will hold a hearing called “Scientific Integrity in Federal Agencies,” which will examine political interference in science and legislation to help fix the problem. I am honored to be one of the witnesses invited to appear. Read more >
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Court Records Reveal Plan to Use Census for Racial Discrimination
Michael Latner, Kendall Science Fellow
May 31, 2019 9:51 AM EDT
Just weeks before the Supreme Court will determine the constitutionality of placing a citizenship question on the 2020 Census, newly released documents from a federal trial demonstrate that Trump administration officials falsely testified about the Justice Department’s motives and justification for adding the question, a decision that has been roundly criticized by the nation’s leading scientific and civil rights organizations. The documents reveal that renowned and recently deceased redistricting expert Thomas Hofeller played a direct role in advocating for a Census citizenship question that would provide data needed to implement racially discriminatory gerrymanders using citizen-only redistricting populations.
