SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLKIT

The document is a social media toolkit designed to help advocates communicate the risks associated with the "Big Ugly Bill." It provides platform-specific posting tips and detailed talking points regarding the repeal of electric vehicle tax credits, cuts to clean energy and nutrition programs, increased spending on a proposed anti-missile system, and attacks on scientific integrity.

• The "Big Ugly Bill" is described as hindering the transition to clean transportation by repealing clean vehicle tax credits, which reduces the accessibility of electric vehicles (EVs), and making fuel economy standards impossible to enforce.
• The document argues that the budget bill restricts access to and increases costs for wind, solar, batteries, and energy efficiency, while providing subsidies for fossil fuel interests through reduced royalty rates and mandated lease sales.
• The "Big Ugly Bill" significantly reduced funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by over $100 billion, redirecting some of those funds toward farm subsidies for wealthy farmers.
• The toolkit criticizes the allocation of $25 billion for a proposed anti-missile system called the "Golden Dome," asserting that science shows such a system is unrealistic and could trigger an arms race with Russia, China, and North Korea.
• The Union of Concerned Scientists reports a sharp increase in attacks on science during the second Trump term, documenting 506 attacks as of September 30, compared to 207 during the first term.
• The document advocates for the bipartisan Scientific Integrity Act to protect federal scientists from political interference and ensure honest communication of scientific findings.

APA

Union of Concerned Scientists (n.d.). SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLKIT. https://ucs-documents.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/science-network/Call-Out-Harm-Toolkit.pdf

Chicago

Union of Concerned Scientists. SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLKIT. n.d. https://ucs-documents.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/science-network/Call-Out-Harm-Toolkit.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{unionofconcernedscientistsndsocial, author = {{Union of Concerned Scientists}}, title = {{SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLKIT}}, institution = {Union of Concerned Scientists}, url = {https://ucs-documents.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/science-network/Call-Out-Harm-Toolkit.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }