White House Plans to Break Up Weather Research Center

Will NCAR's closure end ideological corruption, or destroy vital climate research infrastructure?
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White House Plans to Break Up Weather Research Center
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Above: Director of the U.S. OMB Russell Vought on Oct. 21, 2025. Image credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-Trump narrative

Shutting down this politically captured institution ends the climate justice scam. NCAR has become intellectually and politically corrupt by prioritizing DEI ideology over scientific rigor. The organization has discriminated against straight, white, able-bodied males through explicit hiring preferences and wasted taxpayer dollars spreading woke ideology through bystander intervention training.

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Anti-Trump narrative

Dismantling NCAR destroys decades of public investment in one of the world's premier weather and climate research institutions that enables critical forecasting of hurricanes, droughts and extreme weather events. This anti-science attack would leave Americans less prepared for climate dangers while decimating the infrastructure that small colleges and universities depend on for atmospheric research.

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Metaculus Prediction

Public Figures

Russell Vought

Jared Polis

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Climate Change
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Establishment split

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