Trump's plan to shut down weather and climate center triggers lawsuit

Trump's plan to shut down the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center has sparked a federal lawsuit, reigniting the debate over politicizing climate science. The proposed closure would eliminate a critical source of long-range forecasts, which support over $3 trillion in weather-sensitive economic activity annually. The lawsuit, filed by environmental groups, argues that the shutdown violates the Clean Air Act and undermines disaster preparedness, given that the center's data reduced Hurricane Sandy damage estimates by 15%. Comparatively, #10's fictional narrative pales in impact, as this real-world battle threatens to disable a system that saves an average of $13 billion per year in weather-related losses.