Gretchen Goldman, PhD

Thank you for your leadership, @amstatnews.bsky.social.

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Graphic with text describing the Wednesday session at AGU25. Same details as described on the Wednesday tab at link in post.

Join me and @ucs.org at the @agu.org Annual Meeting next week. I'll be presenting Wednesday along with @carlonimbus.bsky.social and others. You can see our scientific sessions listed here and visit us at booth # 684. See you then! #AGU25
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Congrats, Collette! Amazing and well deserved!

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Job alert: At @ucs.org, we're hiring a science policy director. This could be your dream job! Join us. apply.workable.com/union-of-con...

How did assaults on science become the norm — and what can we do? An insightful book explores attacks on science from a historical and a personal perspective.

"How did assaults on science become the norm — and what can we do? An insightful book explores attacks on science from a historical and a personal perspective." | Great review of #ScienceUnderSiege by @gretchentg.bsky.social for @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Thank you and @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social for keeping up the good fight!

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In times like these, when our government is trying to suppress dissenting voices, I'm grateful to lead an organization that is independently funded by @ucs.org members, not beholden to government or corporate dollars.

Help us preserve that independence this #GivingTuesday.
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Graphic for a Green 2.0 event titled “Building a Resilient Environmental Movement through Best Practices,” scheduled for Wednesday, December 9, 2025, 1–2 PM ET. Includes headshots of speakers Dr. Gretchen Goldman, Rory Muhammad, Whitney Herrington, Iris Zhan, Andrea Akall’eq Burgess, and Michelle Gin, with illustrated people working at laptops along the bottom.

Strong employee experience practices boost satisfaction, prevent burnout and build a motivated, equity-centered workforce. Join @green2-0.bsky.social and leaders including UCS’s president @gretchentg.bsky.social to discuss strengthening our sector.

Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Federal Workers Can Take New Survey Following FEVS 2025 Cancellation — FEDmanager There’s a new survey for federal workers to make their voices heard, after the cancellation of the 2025 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) by the Trump Administration.  The Partnership for...

This is a great case of civil society stepping up to fulfill what should be government services in the absence of Federal leadership.

If you would have taken the Fed Employee Viewpoint Survey nixed by Trump, take the Partnership for Public Service’s new survey: www.fedmanager.com/news/federal...

This thread and article is really quite something.

"Notably absent were any academic researchers or clinicians." 👀

Kennedy Says He Told C.D.C. to Change Website’s Language on Autism and Vaccines

Political appointees should not be dictating the scientific conclusions of federal science agencies. This is wildly inappropriate of Secretary Kennedy and devastatingly dangerous for public trust in the CDC as a scientific authority.
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How Scientists Can Stand Up for Democracy The Union of Concerned Scientists invites you to a virtual science advocacy training on how the scientific community can push back against the growing authoritarian threat and stand up for our democra...

Today: Join me, @lewan.bsky.social, and @ucs.org colleagues to discuss how the scientific community can push back against the growing authoritarian threat and stand up for our democracy.

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The Trump Administration has abdicated its responsibility to ensure the public can make science-based health decisions. If the government can't do this job, we must find other ways to bring science to the people.

Screenshot of webpage at link.

On scientific topics, especially in public health, federal government webpages have been a trusted way for the public to find reliable information.

A CDC webpage with disinformation is dangerous in the short term and erodes public trust in science in the long term.

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Alice Wong, disability rights advocate and wordsmith, dies at 51 Alice Wong, a transformational leader for disability rights and justice, who founded the Disability Visibility project to magnify disabled culture, died Nov. 14.

A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50.

I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.

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Join me and @green2-0.bsky.social for this virtual event on Building a Resilient Environmental Movement through Best Practices on Wednesday, December 9, 1 - 2 pm ET.

Register here:
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Ask a Scientist: How Is the Scientific Community Meeting This Moment? UCS—and scientists generally—are uniquely positioned to resist democratic backsliding. Here's how.

ASK A SCIENTIST: How are UCS and the scientific community fighting back against the Trump administration’s attacks on science? UCS President @gretchentg.bsky.social shares her insights:

Thank you, Andy!

Don't despair. The US science enterprise is in unchartered territory, but we aren't powerless and there are big opportunities to reimagine the role of science in decision making for policy and for the public. We can build something better for the future and I'm all in.

How Scientists Can Stand Up for Democracy The Union of Concerned Scientists invites you to a virtual science advocacy training on how the scientific community can push back against the growing authoritarian threat and stand up for our democra...

Building independent science infrastructure contributes to a key strategy for fighting democratic backsliding in the US. You can learn more in a webinar with myself, Dr. Stephan Lewandowsky, and my @ucs.org colleagues Matt Heid and Melissa Varga next week: secure.ucs.org/a/2025-11-20...

Independent Science Advisory Committees Establish science infrastructure outside of government and ensure that essential science advice remains available for those who need it.

If you are a scientist in a position to reconstitute or reimagine Federal science advisory bodies, @ucs.org has resources to help. Independent science advice is worth advancing--for the public, for decisionmakers, for the record and to counter misinformation. www.ucs.org/resources/in...

Focusing on constructive things to do for American science Time to let go of the idea that the administrators are going to lead us out of this alone

In response to attacks on science, many ask what can I do? Building independent science is a constructive thing we can do! Here's a recent post from @science.org Editor-in-Chief Holden Thorp articulating this opportunity: holdenthorp.substack.com/p/focusing-o...

The Independent Science Initiative UCS is building an alliance for independent science. Learn more about independent science efforts currently underway.

Scientists are filling gaps left by the Trump administration's gutting of Federal science agencies, disbanding of science advisory bodies, and shuttering of government science services.

Check out the impressive list on this new @ucs.org clearinghouse: www.ucs.org/resources/in...

UCS Is Building an Alliance for Independent Science UCS is working to build a powerful alliance for independent science. Its new web resource hosts information and resources for current and former advisory committee members, current and former federal ...

US science is under assault like never before, but in response the scientific community can build an alliance for independent science--that can fill gaps left by the decimation of Federal science and reimagine the role of science in policy and society. 🧵 blog.ucs.org/genna-reed/u...

Join us! We were able to schedule the consultation within a few days so you could at least do that step to assess options and price points.

Me posing in front of our new heat pump in a UCS t-shirt.

Personal news: We got a heat pump! This seizes on the last days of the clean energy tax credits and eliminates our direct household fossil fuel burning. The big ugly bill will have huge costs for the US energy system, but I'm grateful for US progress and momentum so far. blog.ucs.org/julie-mcnama...

A Future Worth Fighting for at COP30 (and Beyond) Climate advocates have put decades of blood, sweat, and tears into building a better future for the next generation. We're not stopping now.

Some personal and political thoughts from me as #COP30 gets underway.

We've come too far to give up now. Our kids' future is worth fighting for.

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Today!

Climate Clarity: Combatting New Denialism in the United States A conversation on how to combat denialism and advance climate solutions.

Join me to discuss combatting the New Climate Denialism at @carnegieendowment.org this Wednesday, Oct 1 in DC or online, along with my co-panelists @jeremywallace.bsky.social, @cathfraser.bsky.social, @leonardom-d.bsky.social, @noahjgordon.bsky.social and more. carnegieendowment.org/events/2025/...

Great to see more preservation and public access for critical Federal climate resources as the Administration guts Federal science.