Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse & Skip Hobbs in the Senate Reception Hall

In December 2016, Ammonite Managing Partner Skip Hobbs was in Washington for a Council of Scientific Society Presidents (CSSP) conference that addressed the scientific community’s concern over science policy in the incoming Trump Administration. While in Washington, Skip met with Rep. Jim Himes (D, CT) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D, RI) to discuss government science and climate policy initiatives. The CSSP recommended that President Trump appoint a Science Adviser to the President in the first 100 days of the Administration. After Skip informed Rep. Himes of the concerns and recommendations of the CSSP, Rep. Himes offered to write, and did initiate, a “Dear Colleague” letter from House members to the President urging him to appoint a science adviser. Sen. Whitehouse is the leader of the Senate climate caucus, and has given numerous speeches about climate and environmental issues in the Senate.

As a follow-up to the Council of Scientific Society Presidents meeting in Washington, D.C. in December, Hobbs wrote an editorial entitled “Whither Science in the Trump Administration?” which was published in the New Canaan Advertiser and Lakeville Journal, both local Connecticut newspapers.