Trump orders USDA to take down websites referencing climate crisis
Source: The Guardian
Trump orders USDA to take down websites referencing climate crisis
Forest service website among many sites affected as agencies scramble to comply with president’s orders
Gabrielle Canon and agencies
Fri 31 Jan 2025 23.22 GMT
First published on Fri 31 Jan 2025 22.06 GMT
On Thursday, the Trump administration ordered the US agriculture department to unpublish its websites documenting or referencing the climate crisis.
By Friday, the landing pages on the United States Forest Service website for key resources, research and adaptation tools – including those that provide vital context and vulnerability assessments for wildfires – had gone dark, leaving behind an error message or just a single line: “You are not authorized to access this page.”
The government website was one of many that were affected on Friday by new directives from the Trump administration on what information federal agencies can publish.
Several went dark on Friday as agencies scrambled to comply with Donald Trump’s executive orders declaring his administration would recognize only two genders and ordering an end to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/31/trump-order-usda-websites-climate-crisis
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