SciLight
Jacob Carter, Andrew A Rosenberg, Kathleen Rest, Rachel Brittin, Rick Spinrad, Janie Gittleman, Lindsay Cooper, Libby JewettA newsletter for people who want to stand up and defend science and science-based policy making from those who would politicize it.
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A Fourth Measles-Associated Death in Pennsylvania
An illustration of the virus that causes measles. CDC/Allison M. Maiuri, MPH, CHES
Today, Pennsylvania reported two additional measles-associated deaths, bringing the state’s total to four this year. The deaths include a 40-year-old woman...
Science, Policy, and Other News that Caught My Eye
Greetings, SciLight readers. It was a Trumpapaloozaa of a week. Trump Floats $5,000 Checks to Americans if Republicans Win Midterms. He proposes changes to the US census…. He keeps trying to restrict mail-in voting. And he was notably absen...
9/11's Unfinished Legacy
President George W. Bush waves to rescue workers while touring the site of the World Trade Center terrorist attack in New York City. (Photo by Eric Draper; National Archives Catalog ID 5997292)
On September 11, 2026, the United States mark...
Who Gets to Rewrite a Climate Assessment?
Photo by USGS on Unsplash
Science changes, and that is one of its strengths. Researchers challenge assumptions, improve models, gather new observations, publish new findings, and sometimes conclude that an earlier understanding needs to ch...
Science, Policy, and Other News that Caught My Eye
Greetings, SciLight readers. Another challenging week. Army Secretary resigns. Military leaders warn Hegseth against extending Iran war operations. Trump renames Lake Ontario. And now the U.S. Mint puts golden $1 coin with Trump’s image int...
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Dr. Jacob Carter studies and reports on how science influences government decision making. He is an expert in scientific integrity, science-informed policy processes, and holds a Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology.
Working in science policy, ocean policy, environmental policy. Have served in government, academia, and NGOs in leadership positions for 35 years.
Former Executive Director of the Union of Concerned Scientists. Current Board member of the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC) and The Institute for Policy Integrity at NYU.
I am a strategic communicator, storyteller, and nature enthusiast. I write about the fight to protect the environment, science, the politics of the planet, and the stories that shape our future.
Former technocrat, trained scientist, with 3 decades of federal government experience
Executive Director of The Story Collider
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