Lawsuit claims NCAR changes pose ‘direct threat’ to US security
Restructuring the atmospheric research center would disrupt weather and climate data systems relied on by cities, the military and infrastructure planners, NCAR’s parent agency argues.
NOAA Weather Radio Modernization Act Introduced to Strengthen Emergency Alert Coverage
The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Brian Babin introduced the NOAA Weather Radio Modernization Act, legislation directing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to modernize and expand the NOAA Weather Radio network to strengthen nationwide emergency alert coverage.
Lawsuit challenges Trump admin’s plan to dismantle country’s largest climate research lab
The universities that oversee the National Center for Atmospheric Research allege in the suit that the center is “collateral damage” in the Trump administration’s ongoing feud with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis.
Panel: Farmers more dependent on government science than realized
Discussing the importance of government science agencies to agriculture, from left: Pamitha Weerasinghe of Knowledge for a Competitive America (moderator); Harmon Wilts of H&G Farms in Minnesota; John Sokich, a National Weather Service retiree; Allison Bredder of NASA Acres; and Dave Turner of the NOAA Global Systems Laboratory.
Scientists sound alarm over federal plan to dismantle vital weather and climate lab
Atmospheric and planetary scientists at Johns Hopkins warn that dismantling the nation’s premiere weather-forecasting resource, NCAR, would leave us more vulnerable to the effects of extreme weather events.
Polis urges public comments to keep Boulder’s NCAR intact as deadline arrives
The National Science Foundation is accepting public comments on proposals that could restructure or break up the Boulder-based climate research center, with a deadline of March 13.
Budd Secures Key Provisions in Weather Act to Improve Hurricane Forecasting and Update Radar Technology
U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, secured two of his bills as provisions in the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026, which was unanimously passed out of committee last week.
Better weather forecasts, disaster reviews the goal of new federal bills
As emergency managers warn NOAA and National Weather Service cuts threaten public safety, the proposals would further investigate major weather disasters and invest in forecasting technology.
Insurers rally behind weather research bill amid deep NOAA cuts
Twenty percent workforce reduction and defunded labs have rattled the industry
Congressional investment in science essential to protect our ocean
Federal science funding affects Maine in concrete ways.