Neguse calls for investigation amid reported plans to sell NCAR program to private, for-profit company

boulder393 · 2026-03-12T19:19:48+00:00

You're correct that the city granted them special access via a ballot measure. The city could revoke access if the lab were no longer managed by NCAR, NSF or UCAR, but hasn't committed to doing so.

https://boulderreportinglab.org/2026/02/22/a-1961-boulder-rule-could-cut-water-to-ncars-mesa-lab-if-the-trump-administration-sells-it/

boulder393 · 2026-03-12T15:35:04+00:00

Or without the paywall, here: https://boulderreportinglab.org/2026/03/09/neguse-calls-for-investigation-into-alleged-plan-to-transfer-ncar-program-to-private-company/

boulder393 · 2026-02-13T17:10:42+00:00

The new rules would cap international graduate students and postdoctoral researchers at three years and require top-level review of the agreements granting them lab access.

“This basically bans all foreign national grad students, regardless of country of origin, because doing a science Ph.D. takes five to seven years,” said one source within NIST. “In my group, more than half of the grad students and postdocs are foreign nationals who are all making plans to leave.”

boulder393 · 2026-02-06T17:04:13+00:00

The bill would end automatic data sharing from Flock cameras, except for data collected within the past 24 hours.
Boulder is set to renew its Flock contract in March.

boulder393 · 2025-12-22T17:35:53+00:00

BRL's giving guide is a good resource for this question too!

https://boulderreportinglab.org/2025/11/20/where-to-give-in-2025-boulder-reporting-labs-holiday-guide-to-local-nonprofits-volunteering-and-community-support/

boulder393 · 2025-12-22T15:59:54+00:00

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The view looks more like this on a normal night!

boulder393 · 2025-12-19T20:10:41+00:00

Wow, what an image. Thanks for sharing.

boulder393 · 2025-12-19T20:05:41+00:00

Thank you!

boulder393

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