All science & democracy resources
Report
![Person reading screen with coding software open](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2020-09/laptop-reading.jpg?itok=cFnDNNja)
Equity and Environmental Justice Assessment of Anti-Science Actions During the Trump Administration
A peer-reviewed article in Journal of Public Health Policy.
Podcast
![Got Science? The Podcast - Adam Kennedy](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-01/gs-thumbnail-adam-kennedy.jpg?itok=gmZjRJAQ)
Saving Endangered Species: Turtle by Turtle
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.
Podcast
![Got Science? The Podcast - Michael Latner](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-12/gs-thumbnail-mike-latner-3.jpg?itok=LxcpFot3)
The Midterms Are Over: What’s Next?
Voting rights expert Dr. Michael Latner recaps the midterm elections and lays out the challenges facing our democracy.
Feature
![A worker rapelling of a wind turbine](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-11/wind-turbine-worker-rapel.jpg?itok=PvILFwkf)
2022 Annual Report
How did UCS perform over the last year?
Activist Resource
![A privacy screen at a polling place.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-09/500-300-voting-screen.jpg?itok=_V405D3L)
Protect the Vote in November 2022
Learn how you can defend our democracy against those who seek to undermine it.
Video
![Pink text over a white background that says "The Federal Rulemaking Process."](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-03/fed-rulemaking-thumbnail.jpg?itok=jDghjL1_)
Use Your Scientific Expertise to Make a Safer and Healthier World
Submitting a public comment to the record is an important way to make your voice heard in the policymaking process.
Video
![How to Counter Disinformation Training Video Screenshot](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-09/how-to-counter-disinformation-video-thumbnail.jpg?itok=-XX02QAo)
How to Counter Disinformation
Learn how to spot disinformation and stop it in its tracks.
Podcast
![US election disinformation](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-08/gs-thumbnail-shireen-mitchell.jpg?itok=Xkn7A951)
How Digital Disinformation Targets Voters
Technology innovator Shireen Mitchell discusses pervasive disinformation on social media centered around US elections, and how we can fight back.
Report
![A town hall meeting aerial](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-07/ucsusa_81017849.jpg?itok=2Gd_WnAM)
Achieving Multiracial, Multiparty Democracy
A task force of activists, organizers, and scholars lay out six key recommendations for safeguarding our democracy.
Activist Resource
![Scientist speaking at a public event](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2019-09/about-communicating-science.jpg?itok=EXl8_eX1)
Communicating Science
Since its founding, the Union of Concerned Scientists has been a leader in science and technology communication. We’ve worked with thousands of researchers and academics to help them make their work more accessible to lay audiences.
Activist Resource
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What You Can Do about Disinformation
Know how to identify it, counter it, and stop it in its tracks.
Explainer
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How to Stop Disinformation
Our recommendations for stopping the spread of disinformation