"Vought initially gave a statement regarding NCAR to USA Today and later confirmed the outlet's reporting on social media. Calling it "one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country," Vought also decried what he termed "woke" activities at NCAR. These appear to be fairly typical efforts made to attract underrepresented groups to the sciences-efforts that were uncontroversial prior to the current administration."
"NCAR is primarily based in a complex on the outskirts of Boulder, Colorado, and maintains a supercomputing center in Wyoming. Much of its funding comes from the National Science Foundation, but the day-to-day management is handled by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), a nonprofit that represents 130 individual educational institutions. In addition to climate science, researchers based there study Earth and space weather, atmospheric chemistry, and their impacts on the environment and humans."
The Office of Management and Budget announced plans to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). NCAR conducts research on weather, climate, atmospheric chemistry, Earth and space weather, and operates a large supercomputing center. The center is based near Boulder, Colorado, with a supercomputing facility in Wyoming, funded largely by the National Science Foundation and managed daily by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), a nonprofit representing 130 institutions. The move was justified by claims that NCAR promotes "climate alarmism" and engages in "woke" activities, and specified targeting of "green new scam research activities." It is unclear whether the government has authority to order such changes.
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