The Trump administration is moving to dismantle a world-class climate and weather research institution in Colorado, the latest salvo in President Donald Trump’s war on science.
White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought announced the plan Tuesday night on social media.
“The National Science Foundation will be breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado,” wrote Vought. “A comprehensive review is underway & any vital activities such as weather research will be moved to another entity or location.”
Vought also accused NCAR of producing “climate alarmism.” The move follows nearly a year of the Trump administration rolling back environmental initiatives, and Trump in a United Nations speech calling climate change the “greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.”
The state-of-the-art research lab in Colorado studies Earth’s climate, including how to better predict severe weather, develop air quality forecasts, model flooding and predict droughts, study and predict wildfire behavior, and study how solar storms impact Earth.
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