Trump administration purges 8,000+ climate web pages from federal agencies
Within first two weeks of Trump’s term, administration removed over 8,000 web pages from 12+ government websites including EPA removing “Climate Change” from homepage navigation and EJScreen environmental justice tool. NOAA climate data also targeted. 70% more changes than first Trump term, with “climate change” replaced by “climate resilience” across agencies.
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Sources (4)
- Disappearing Data: Trump Administration Removing Climate Information from Government Websites (2025-02-06)
- As Trump Administration Purges Climate Data and Web Pages, Research Groups Scramble to Save Information (2025-02-04)
- Far more environmental data is being deleted in Trump's second term than before (2025-08-08)
- Trump's EPA Just Deleted Climate Change (2025-01-25)
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