Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center in Colorado

Governor Jared Polis warned that breaking up Boulder's NCAR would put public safety at risk'

The Trump administration is breaking up a research center praised as a crown jewel" of climate research after accusing it of spreading alarmism" about climate change.

Russell Vought, the director of the White House's office and management budget, said the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, would be dismantled under the supervision of the National Science Foundation.