The Trump (R) Administration is moving to Dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, taking aim at One of the World's Leading Climate Research Labs. Trump Officials have Circled the Federally Funded Research Institution, based in Boulder, Colorado, as a Hub for "Federal Climate Alarmism" after it was established Decades earlier in 1960, for Research in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physical Meteorology.
The Administration Plans to Identify and Eliminate what it Calls "green new scam research activities" during an Upcoming Review of the Center, according to the White House, while "Vital Functions" such as Weather Modeling and Supercomputing will be Moved to another Entity or Location. The White House Billed the Restructuring as a Return to the NCAR's Original Focus. “The National Science Foundation will be Breaking-Up the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado," Russ Vought (R), Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said in a Statement. "This facility is one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country. A comprehensive review is underway and any vital activities such as weather research will be moved to another entity or location.”
Surrounded by both Crewed and Uncrewed Aircraft, Joseph Cione, Lead Meteorologist for the Hurricane Research Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, discusses the Program's Newest Technologies in Lakeland, Florida, in June 2023. Efforts to Dissolve the NCAR will begin immediately, the Official said, with the Plan being to Fully Close the Center's Mesa Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado.
It comes after Trump has also pushed Massive Cuts to NOAA, including Eliminating the Agency’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), and Ending Funding for its Climate, Weather, Ocean Laboratories., and Cooperative Institutes. The NCAR's Staff is made up of about 830 Employees who are Part of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), a Nonprofit Consortium of more than 130 Colleges and Universities, focused on Research and Training in Earth System Sciences. It is Unclear how many Jjobs and Programs the Dismantling could Affect.
The National Science Foundation (NSF), an Independent Federal Agency, Contracts the University Consortium to Manage the Center. The NSF provided $123 million to the NCAR in the 2025 Fiscal year, accounting for about Half the Center's Budget. In Addition to the Mesa Laboratory, the NCAR Operates Two Aircraft for Atmospheric Research and Manages a Federally Owned Supercomputing Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The White House pointed to "UCAR’s woke direction," Singling out several Initiatives Trump Officials said are Wasteful and Frivolous.
The Flagged Programs include a Rising Voices Center for Indigenous and Earth Sciences, that Seeks to “make the sciences more welcoming, inclusive, and justice-centered" an Art Series Aimed at Building “our relationship with water through mediums such as recycled materials, photography, oil paintings, and more", and Research into Wind Turbines that Seek to “better understand and predict the impact of weather conditions and changing climate on offshore wind production.”
Trump Regularly refers to Climate Change as a "Hoax" or a "Con Job", even though the Vast Majority of Scientists say Climate Change is Real and have Raised Alarm over Rising Temperatures. Temperatures in 2024 were the Hottest on Record and the Heat in the Uppermost Layer of the Ocean was also a Record High, According to the N0AA and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA).
The move to Break up the NCAR comes after the Trump Administration earlier in the Day, announced the Cancelation of $109 million Environmentally focused Transportation Grants in Colorado, that sought to Boost Electric Vehicles (EVs), Rail Improvements and Research into Hydrogen and Natural Gas-Powered Trains.
Trump has Sharply Criticized Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) over His State's Imprisonment of Tina Peters, a former County Clerk in Colorado Convicted of Multiple Crimes for Letting someone Access Data from a Secure Voting System, in an effort to Prove Baseless 2020 Election Denial Conspiracies. Trump last week called Polis an "incompetent" Governor and a "Weak and Pathetic Man."
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