Commerce Department Cuts $4 Million in Funds to Princeton’s Climate Programs

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said that one of the university’s programs ‘fosters fears’ by focusing on alarming climate scenarios.
Commerce Department Cuts $4 Million in Funds to Princeton’s Climate Programs
The Princeton University campus is in Princeton, N.J., on Oct. 8, 2024. Ted Shaffrey/AP Photo
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The Commerce Department said on Tuesday that it will cut nearly $4 million in funding to Princeton University’s climate programs it deems are “no longer in keeping” with the Trump administration’s priorities.

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick ordered to stop funding three award programs at the university—the Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System, Climate Risks and Interactive Sub-seasonal to Seasonal Predictability, and Advancing Prediction—according to a statement.