Information On Climate, Grid Security, Carbon Cycles, Paris Agreement And Much More Gone From Multiple Federal Websites
If President Trump’s first term was an indication, many government websites with environmental information on climate science will change drastically in the first months of his new administration. NASA’s climate website, for example, already displays a message about moving to a “more integrated portal on science,” with the word “climate” removed from the URL.
Some of the changes may already be making it harder for U.S. climate scientists to collaborate internationally. David Ho, a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa climate researcher, said last week he found an error message when he tried to look for reports related to his work on ocean carbon cycles on the White House Office of Science and Technology website. On Bluesky, Ho wrote, “But when I visited, they’re just gone. Sad.” Such disruptions can undermine trust and confidence in U.S. science, he said. “Many of these international collaborations take time to build and execute,” he said. “Our international partners want to know that our agreements and policies have endurance and won’t just change suddenly because of politics.”
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Duke University researcher Tyler Norris recently noticed his work on energy grid interconnection had been removed from the Department of Energy’s website. Trump and his allies have been critical of FERC Order 1920, a policy meant to improve grid interconnection that experts say is critical to decarbonization. “Trump’s appointees have removed web access to USDOE’s interconnection innovation webinars, including my presentation from 2024,” Norris wrote on social media. “Is interconnect efficiency…woke?,” another user responded. “Mr. Trump signaled on day one that he intends to use all available levers to promote fossil fuels while sidelining energy technologies he opposes, and his administration’s apparent efforts to censor key technical publications appear consistent with this objective,” Norris told Inside Climate News.
The Trump administration is also removing climate information and documents from the U.S. State Department website, which a few days ago had a climate section filled with documents related to U.S. climate policies aimed at meeting the terms of the 2015 Paris climate pact, as well as materials outlining recent plans to cut emissions of greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide, including methane.
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