Scientific Integrity

A view of the US Capitol building in a snowstorm, through the haze of yellowish streetlights

Architect of the Capitol/Flickr

January 18, 2023

Roundup: Congress Passes an Omnibus Spending Bill to Mixed Reviews

UCS Science Network

Wallpaper Flare

May 1, 2020

The White House Scrapped the Science on Trichloroethylene—So We’re Urging the EPA to Investigate

Taryn MacKinney
Former Contributor

April 29, 2020

What I Wish I Had Said on CNN About Trump’s “Lysol and Sunshine” Speech

Joel Clement
Senior Fellow

U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Whitney Stanfield/Released

April 13, 2020

While Pandemic Unfolds, EPA is Attempting to Sideline Science with Exclusionary New Policies

Ken Kimmell
Former contributor

Gage Skidmore/Flickr

April 10, 2020

President Trump Is More Focused on TV Ratings than Saving Lives from COVID-19

Michael Halpern
Former contributor

Governor Tom Wolf/CC BY 2.0 (Flickr)

April 7, 2020

Roundup: Sidelining Science Hits New Lows in Response to Public Health Crisis

UCS Science Network

April 3, 2020

EPA Advances Broad Science Restrictions in Midst of Coronavirus Pandemic

Michael Halpern
Former contributor

March 25, 2020

UCS to Host Virtual Public Hearing on EPA Science Rule

Michael Halpern
Former contributor

March 23, 2020

Big UCS Win! Court Questions EPA Limits on Science Advisory Committees

Michael Halpern
Former contributor

Secret documents folder

C. Todd Lopez, Department of Defense

March 11, 2020

White House Removes Public Health Experts from Coronavirus Discussions

Michael Halpern
Former contributor

Photo: USDA/Flickr

March 4, 2020

The Trump EPA Is Restricting EPA Science. It’s Somehow Worse than We Expected.

Gretchen Goldman
Research Director, Center for Science & Democracy

March 4, 2020

EPA Moves to Handcuff Its Scientists

Michael Halpern
Former contributor

Training on the use of personal protective equipment. Photo: cdc.gov

February 28, 2020

Coronavirus and the Terrifying Muzzling of Public Health Experts

Michael Halpern
Former contributor

Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

February 3, 2020

New Emails Show Acting Administrator Neil Jacobs is Unfit to Lead NOAA

Gretchen Goldman
Research Director, Center for Science & Democracy

Catherine Xu/UCS

January 31, 2020

Keeping Up With Scientific Integrity: October–December 2019

UCS Science Network

Billy Hathorn/Wikimedia Commons

January 2, 2020

EPA Science Advisors Tear Into Agency’s “Transparency” Proposal

Michael Halpern
Former contributor

(U.S. Air Force photo by Delanie Stafford)

December 5, 2019

Three Reasons why The Pentagon Must Address Climate Change as a National Security Threat

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

Allison Cain/UCS

December 3, 2019

Keeping Up With Scientific Integrity: July-September 2019

UCS Science Network

December 3, 2019

Court Hears Challenge to EPA Science Advice Ban

Michael Halpern
Former contributor

November 14, 2019

Notable Moments from the Hearing on EPA’s Proposal to Sideline Science

Michael Halpern
Former contributor

November 12, 2019

Our Unhealthy Democracy: A New Report and a Call to Action

Michael Latner
Senior Voting Rights Fellow

June 7, 2019

Three Times EPA Administrator Wheeler Failed His Science Advisors This Week

Genna Reed
Director of Policy Analysis

Photo: Gretchen Goldman

June 6, 2019

Wheeler’s Breathtaking Ignorance of Science, in One Comment

Gretchen Goldman
Research Director, Center for Science & Democracy

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