Court says climate lab can keep using supercomputer

Federal Judge Temporarily Halts Trump Administration's Effort to Target Climate Research Lab In a significant victory for climate scientists, a federal judge has blocked a Trump administration effort to seize control of a supercomputer used by a leading climate and weather research lab in Colorado. The lab, which is affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research, has been at the center of a contentious battle over access to critical weather data and climate modeling tools. The Trump administration had sought to take away the lab's supercomputer, which is used to analyze vast amounts of data and make critical predictions about weather patterns and climate change. The decision by Judge R. Brooke Jackson, an Obama appointee, is a temporary reprieve for the lab, but the long-term implications of the case remain uncertain.

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Court says climate lab can keep using supercomputer A federal judge temporarily halted a Trump administration effort to target a climate and weather research lab in Colorado. © AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File Judge R. Brooke Jackson, an Obama appointee, blocked the administration from taking away a...