Trump Administration Decreasing Safety & Attacking Science

DENVER - Colorado Governor Jared Polis released a statement following reports that the Trump administration is seeking to pull funding for freight safety and to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), which is a global leader in earth systems scientific research.

"Colorado has yet to receive information about the Trump administration's intentions to pull funding for freight rail safety and to try to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a global leader in earth system science, promoting scientific breakthroughs that support national security and the economy. If true, public safety is at risk and science is being attacked. Climate change is real, but the work of NCAR goes far beyond climate science. NCAR delivers data around severe weather events like fires and floods that help our country save lives and property, and prevent devastation for families. If these cuts move forward we will lose our competitive advantage against foreign powers and adversaries in the pursuit of scientific discovery.

"At the same time, pulling critical transportation infrastructure funding makes our freight rail corridors, which are critical to commerce, less safe. Canceling rail safety funding while claiming to care about 'core infrastructure' is like ripping out the seatbelts and calling it efficiency. Colorado was awarded grants for real safety and infrastructure improvements," said Colorado Governor Jared Polis.

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