Universities File Lawsuit Challenging Trump Admin’s Plan to Dismantle Country’s Largest Climate Research Lab

A group of universities that oversee the country’s largest federal climate research center filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the lab.

The suit challenging the decision to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) alleges the Trump administration is waging a “widespread and coordinated campaign of punishment and coercion” against the state of Colorado over ongoing tension between President Donald Trump and the state’s governor, Jared Polis.

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