Donald Trump wants to delete ‘climate’ from federal websites — here’s how you can track the changes
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Summary
Researchers have resurrected an online tool, the Federal Environmental Web Tracker, which can be used to monitor changes to federal environment-related websites.
Since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, more than 200 webpages have been altered, with some information on climate change being removed entirely.
Some of the changes are subtle; for example, an EPA webpage on pollution from power stations has had its title changed to exclude a reference to emissions.
However, some content has been entirely deleted, including whole webpages and sections on topics such as how communities of colour are disproportionately affected by climate change and pollution as a result of poverty and segregation.
The Environmental Data and Governance Initiative will update the database on a weekly basis.