Updates to this feature are currently paused as we assess the best way to monitor and expose the large number of attacks on science that we're seeing from the current administration.
Science is at the core of a healthy democracy. But for years, presidential administrations have, in differing ways, sidelined scientific evidence and attacked scientific integrity.
Below is a running list of attacks on science. They include disappearing data, silenced scientists, suppressed studies, and other assaults on science-based policy. The list provides a representative sample of threats to the federal scientific enterprise—and a warning of what we face in the future. More information can be found in our peer-reviewed study and in our data repository.
Attacks on science

DOI Ignored Dangers to Marine Mammals from Oil and Gas Operations

Last Ditch Effort to Limit Science in Endangered Species Act Rescinded

Pressure Not to Diagnose PTSD at the U.S. Army and Department of Veterans Affairs

Restrictions on the Right to Publish at the EPA

EPA Scientists Restricted From Presenting Findings at Conferences

EPA Scientists Restricted from Speaking Freely with the Media

BLM Prevents Listing of Endangered Plant, Promotes Oil Shale Development in Its Habitat

The FDA Declares that Bisphenol A is Safe, Despite Scientific Evidence

White House Politics Collide With Endangered Right Whale
