Far more environmental data is being deleted in Trump's second term than before
Summary
A report from the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI) found that during President Trump's second term, there were significantly more changes to U.S. government environmental websites compared to his first term. These changes often involved deleting or altering information related to environmental justice and climate change.Key Facts
- The EDGI report highlights a 70% increase in website changes under Trump's second term compared to the first.
- In the first 100 days of Trump's second term, 632 significant changes were made, compared to 371 in the same period of his first term.
- EDGI defines significant changes as those that alter the content, focus, or links of a page.
- Fewer EDGI volunteers monitored fewer pages in the second term (4,429 pages) compared to the first term (over 25,000 pages monitored).
- Programs and tools related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and environmental justice were major targets of these changes.
- Climate change information was also altered or removed, although inconsistently across federal websites.
- The federal climate change site globalchange.gov was shut down, while the EPA's climate change site remained accessible.
- Oversight on how the government manages its websites is limited, leading to concerns about public access to information.
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