BREAKING: New damning evidence has surfaced of the White House and DOGE directing the termination of National Science Foundation grants for congressionally mandated programs. 🔗 bit.ly/3Wcbw11

No corporation is gonna silence our message! ❌👑 Keep helping us amplify #NoKings today so we can drive HISTORIC early vote turnout, and overcome Trump’s election sabotage.

Job alert: This is a fun one. At @ucs.org, we are looking for a Science Ambassador Fellow to advance our organization-wide initiative to fight back against the current attacks on science and democracy through mobilization of the science community. Join us! apply.workable.com/union-of-con...

Science Ambassador Fellow - Union of Concerned Scientists

Science Ambassador Fellow TERM: 2-year fellowship Programs, Policy, and Advocacy Department Remote Bargaining Unit Position: Yes  Our Organization  The Union of...

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This past Monday, UCS President & CEO @gretchentg.bsky.social testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee about the Trump administration’s unrelenting attacks on science. Here's her testimony:

Attacks on Science, Who's Behind Them, and Their Harm: My Congressional Testimony

Dr. Gretchen Goldman testified before the Senate Environmental and Public Works committee on the effects of attacks on science.

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Truly humbled to make the @time.com 100 Next list out today. Thank you for the nomination, Bill Nye! time.com/collection/t...

Gretchen Goldman Is on the 2026 TIME100 Next

Find out why Gretchen Goldman is on this year’s list

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I'm concluding a great #ClimateWeekNYC for @ucs.org! Despite challenges, lots of great progress, ideas, connection and community happening everywhere on climate, clean energy and transportation. Let's use the momentum to keep driving us forward.

Honored to make the @the-independent.com Climate 100 List as we head into #ClimateWeekNYC!

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🌍 What do Erin Brockovich, António Guterres, and UCS President @gretchentg.bsky.social have in common? They were all named to @the-independent.com's list of the world's top 100 campaigners, change makers & innovators who are working to turn the tide on the climate crisis.

Join us! #ClimayeWeekNYC

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📣 1 WEEK COUNTDOWN BEGINS! 📣 #Climateweeknyc keynote event at The New School Climate Desk Live AI, Energy, and Our Fight for Democracy and a Healthy, Affordable Future

I and @ucs.org have a great lineup for #ClimateWeekNYC! Check out our events all week and see you there! Event details and rsvp links here: www.ucs.org/ucs-nyc-clim...

Join me for #ClimateWeekNYC Climate Desk Live event with @tishmancenter.bsky.social. I'll be joined by Dr. Ana Isabel Baptista, @billmckibben.bsky.social, and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on a panel on "Power in Our Hands: Solutions for an Affordable, Just Future." event.newschool.edu/climateweek2...

What a panel! Profiles in Courage, featuring public health & science warriors @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social, @gregggonsalves.bsky.social, @gretchentg.bsky.social, Steven Kahn, & Elizabeth Villano of Resistance Rangers 💪💪💪 Register at secure.ucs.org/a/2026-9-2-s...

Join @ucs.org for our next Science Rising national call: I'll be joined by @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social, @gregggonsalves.bsky.social, @sekahn.bsky.social and Elizabeth Villano to learn more about their stories, and how we can all be more courageous in this moment. secure.ucs.org/a/2026-9-2-s...

I'm honored to be the inaugural guest on the new alpha podcast by Dr. Catharine Young, focused on telling the stories of the women whose ideas are changing how we understand ourselves, our planet, and what comes next. We had a lovely wide-ranging chat: www.alphapodcast.studio/gretchen-gol...

"To counter the Trump administration’s erosion of independent science and build the nation’s capacity to use science for the public good, scientists from several committees that were disbanded have independently convened to offer policy recommendations on important issues."— @gretchentg.bsky.social

A devastating but lesser known part of federal science attacks is on the federal science advisory system. In a new post, I discuss the state of play on federal advisory committees and how the scientific community is pushing back through independent science efforts. blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...

“Disbanding and reconstituting Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) to seemingly serve the political whims of the current administration could further fracture public trust in government and risk outcomes that prioritize polluter profits over people’s health.”— @gretchentg.bsky.social

Committee Overseeing US Air Quality to Meet for First Time on July 22 Since Previous Members Disbanded

Tomorrow will mark the first time the Trump administration’s newly selected Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee members will hold a public meeting. Statement by UCS President Dr. Gretchen Goldman.

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"Dissent becomes easier, and more effective, when we do it with others." — @juliaangwin.com & @fieldsmeyer.com. Join them — and learn how you can take collective action this summer — at our next Science Rising National Call on July 14. Register today: act.ucsusa.org/4yeoiuA

How can we safeguard federal science policy decisions from political interference? Today, @jbd-phd.bsky.social, Joe Reed, and I have a new essay out with @knightcolumbia.org on reimagining federal scientific integrity, given progress and trials of past decades. knightcolumbia.org/blog/envisio...

Envisioning Federal Scientific Integrity As a Tool to Protect Democracy and Fight Corruption

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Knight First Amendment Institute@knightcolumbia.org · 4mo ago

Can protecting government science help protect democracy? In a new essay, @gretchentg.bsky.social, @jbd-phd.bsky.social, and Joseph Reed of @ucs.org call for a stronger federal scientific integrity infrastructure built around three principles: transparency, independence, and authority.

Breaking: chaotic federal funding cuts over the past year by the Trump administration has led to a 15% drop in admissions to PhD programs across more than 50 top research universities.

Decline of Ph.D. Admissions Could Imperil a ‘Generation of New Talent’

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On July 14, join me and @ucs.org for a critical conversation on the new book, "On Courage: How to be a Dissident in an Age of Fear", with authors, @juliaangwin.com and @fieldsmeyer.com for the second national call of our Science Rising Initiative. RSVP to join us: act.ucsusa.org/Courage

This week @ucs.org launches a new interactive tool on the staggering 574 attacks on science so far under the Trump Administration. It's hard to convey the full scope and severity of what's happening but this tool helps us make sense of it and what we can all do about it: www.attacksonscience.org

A US District Court ordered the Trump administration to stop censoring American history and science in national parks, thanks to our suit. Today is a win for science and for all national park visitors to learn the truth about our nation’s history and climate. democracyforward.org/news/press-r...

Court Blocks Censorship and Erasure of American History and Science at National Parks

Injunction Halts Effort to Unlawfully Remove History and Science from Park Displays

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The strong collective response of the science community to the proposed OMB rule has demonstrated the broad unity that’s possible when we all work together. We'd do well to apply this same level of activation to the larger assaults on science and democracy. My new post: blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...

The Science Community Is Stepping Up. Let’s Go Bigger.

The scientific community is fighting a proposed change to research funding. Let's keep this momentum going to take on more attacks on science.

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If ever there was a time for scientists to step into our power, it is now! 📍TODAY: Join us for the national launch of #ScienceRising and learn how to get involved. Register here: act.ucsusa.org/49oOEPN

Join us tomorrow at #ScienceRising national launch! INFO + RSVP↘️

Uniting to Protect Science & Democracy: Science Rising National Launch Event

The Union of Concerned Scientists invites you to join the public launch of Science Rising, a new initiative mobilizing the science community to speak out and take action against the Trump administrati...

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD@gretchentg.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Last week, moves from the White House showed how great threats to science and democracy are. This week, we're making moves to fight back in bigger ways. If ever there was a time for scientists to step into our power, it is now. Join us as we launch Science Rising: blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...

Last week, moves from the White House showed how great threats to science and democracy are. This week, we're making moves to fight back in bigger ways. If ever there was a time for scientists to step into our power, it is now. Join us as we launch Science Rising: blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...

Science is Rising: Finding our Power to Protect Science and Democracy

What can scientists do in the face of assaults on our democracy? RISE UP!

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Today, @ucs.org sends an open letter to the Australian Parliament and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) regarding CSIRO climate science cuts. (1/4) files.ucs.org/2026/CSIRO-l...

"If ever there was a time for scientists to step into our power, it is now." --UCS President @gretchentg.bsky.social.

A Scientific Method of Resisting

This post originally appeared on If You Can Keep It, a publication of Protect Democracy. The second Trump administration has set about dismantling the institutions of American science. Over the ...

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A beautifully written letter to Federal scientists on the occasion of the nation's 250th. Thank you for your service, friends. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Federal scientists, a great American invention: a letter to our federal colleagues

Click on the article title to read more.

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Join me, Arati Prabhakar, Erica Chenoweth and @ucs.org on June 3 to launch Science Rising, a new initiative to speak out and mobilize scientists and science supporters to protect science and our democracy. This moment calls for something new. Let's show up. Join us at www.sciencerising.org