US EditionTrump administration plans to break up largest federal climate research center
The Trump administration plans to dismantle NCAR, citing 'climate alarmism,' risking disruption to a 60-year-old research center employing about 830 scientists, officials said.
- On Tuesday night, Russ Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, announced that the National Science Foundation will break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado.
- Vought said a `comprehensive review` is underway and that `any vital activities such as weather research will be moved to another entity or location`, citing broader budget cuts and the cancellation of nearly 750 jobs.
- About 750 scientists and support personnel work at the National Center for Atmospheric Research , founded in 1960 at the Boulder site, which houses laboratories and provides data for severe weather events.
- Gov. Jared Polis said, `Colorado has yet to receive information about the Trump administration’s intentions to pull funding for freight rail safety and to try to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a global leader in earth system science, promoting scientific breakthroughs that support national security and the economy`, and Democrats vowed to oppose the plan.
- Analysts caution that dismantling NCAR would compromise weather predictions and hurricane tracking, posing a major setback for the U.S. climate research community and national disaster preparedness.
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The Trump administration earlier this month announced plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Colorado, which has been an anchor scientific institution since 1960. Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought announced the decision on social media, calling NCAR a source of “climate alarmism.” Every day, NCAR’s work protects Americans from threats they never see. It makes weather forecasting accurate …
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Trump Announces Plan to Break Up the Life-Saving National Center for Atmospheric Research
By Bob Henson and Jeff Masters, Yale Climate Connections On December 16, the Trump administration announced its intent to dismantle the National Science Foundation-funded National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, one of the world’s premier institutions for studying the atmosphere in all its variety and complexity. The announcement came in a statement released to USA TODAY from Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Manage…
Trump plan to dismantle US weather research hub alarms scientists and state officials
A proposal by the Trump administration to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research has sparked warnings from scientists, university leaders, and Colorado officials who say the move could undermine public safety, economic stability, and decades of shared scientific infrastructure.
Trump’s Attack on Weather Center Would End Lifesaving Meteorological Research
On December 16, USA Today broke the news that the Trump administration was planning to eliminate the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). According to a tweet by Russell Vought, an architect of Project 2025 and current director of the Office of Management and Budget, the administration had determined that the Colorado-based center was a hub for “climate alarmism. Source
Climate research is Trump's latest casualty
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