EPA website removes climate science site from public view after two decades
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday evening that its website would be undergoing changes to better represent the new direction the agency is taking, triggering the removal of several agency websites containing detailed climate data and scientific information.
One of the websites that appeared to be gone had been cited to challenge statements made by the EPAs new administrator, Scott Pruitt. Another provided detailed information on the previous administrations Clean Power Plan, including fact sheets about greenhouse gas emissions on the state and local levels and how different demographic groups were affected by such emissions.
The changes came less than 24 hours before thousands of protesters were set to march in Washington and around the country in support of political action to push back against the Trump administrations rollbacks of former president Barack Obamas climate policies.
As EPA renews its commitment to human health and clean air, land, and water, our website needs to reflect the views of the leadership of the agency, J.P. Freire, the agencys associate administrator for public affairs, said in a statement. We want to eliminate confusion by removing outdated language first and making room to discuss how were protecting the environment and human health by partnering with states and working within the law.
The agency also said it would carefully archive pages from the past administration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/04/28/epa-website-removes-climate-science-site-from-public-view-after-two-decades/