Overview
- Filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for Colorado, the complaint seeks injunctions to stop asset transfers, restore canceled agreements, and lift gag orders.
- Defendants include the National Science Foundation, NOAA, the Commerce Department, and the Office of Management and Budget; NSF said it does not comment on pending litigation.
- UCAR cites steps already underway, including a terminated NOAA climate grant, new reporting demands, a push to privatize NCAR assets, and an effort to shift the Wyoming supercomputing center out of UCAR’s control.
- The filing links the actions to disputes over Colorado’s mail-in voting and the state’s refusal to free former clerk Tina Peters, a retaliation claim the White House denies.
- Scientific organizations warn that disrupting NCAR’s 1,400-strong workforce and critical facilities used for weather, wildfire, and space-weather forecasting could endanger public safety and erode U.S. leadership.