Stories by Jacob Carter

Jacob Carter is a research scientist for the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Prior to joining UCS, Dr. Carter worked at the Environmental Protection Agency as an Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Postdoctoral Fellow.

Policy

Biden Has Reversed Trump’s War on Science in His First 100 Days

His administration has made great strides in repairing the damage—but there’s plenty left to do

April 27, 2021 — Jacob Carter, Taryn MacKinney, Genna Reed, Gretchen Goldman, Anita Desikan, Casey Kalman and Andrew Rosenberg | Opinion

Policy

The American Public Still Trusts Scientists, Says a New Pew Survey

So why don’t we act like it?

September 29, 2020 — Jacob Carter

Policy

Government Scientists Are Censoring Themselves

It may not make headlines, but there’s a lot of evidence that it’s happening in the chilling environment the Trump administration has created

August 5, 2019 — Jacob Carter

Policy

The Trump Administration Has Attacked Science 100 Times ... and Counting

That’s more than any administration since the Union of Concerned Scientists started tracking

May 29, 2019 — Jacob Carter, Anita Desikan and Gretchen Goldman

Public Health

The Trump Administration Is Jeopardizing Public Health

The EPA has been transformed from an environmental guardian into an agency that eschews science and uses cost-benefit analyses to reject regulations that would protect the public

January 28, 2019 — Jacob Carter and Betsy Southerland

Policy

Putting the Public at Risk

The Trump Administration is undoing a legacy of science-based protections

July 21, 2017 — Gretchen Goldman, Jacob Carter and Andrew Rosenberg