Science & Democracy Resources

This toolkit explains how scientists can support legal accountability for the fossil fuel industry.

Our running list of attacks on science—disappearing data, silenced scientists, and other assaults on scientific integrity and science-based policy—provides a representative sample of threats to the federal scientific enterprise.

The latest Union of Concerned Scientists survey of federal scientists shows the powerful, positive effects of strengthening scientific integrity policies under President Biden.

The latest Union of Concerned Scientists survey of federal scientists shows the powerful, positive effects of strengthening scientific integrity policies under President Biden.

New England Aquarium’s Adam Kennedy manages the sea turtle rescue and rehab hospital and tells us what it takes to save critically endangered species.

Voting rights expert Dr. Michael Latner recaps the midterm elections and lays out the challenges facing our democracy.

How did UCS perform over the last year?

Learn how you can defend our democracy against those who seek to undermine it.

Submitting a public comment to the record is an important way to make your voice heard in the policymaking process.

Learn how to spot disinformation and stop it in its tracks.

Technology innovator Shireen Mitchell discusses pervasive disinformation on social media centered around US elections, and how we can fight back.

A task force of activists, organizers, and scholars lay out six key recommendations for safeguarding our democracy.