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The mad dash to protect environmental data from Donald Trump

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Brandon Bell, Getty Images

With Donald Trump stepping back into office, advocates are warning that access to important environmental and public health datasets could be at risk.

Information about climate change vanished from federal websites under Donald Trump, who has repeatedly called climate change “a hoax.” Now, federal agencies could face deep staff and budget cuts overseen by Trump cronies Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. The proposed cuts not only threaten what kind of data the government shares but also whether it can collect and organize it at all.

“The funding, the people, the cultural knowledge associated with these tools and the data are just as, if not more, important than the data itself.”

Federal agencies gather all kinds of data — from air quality readings to research on extreme weather events. Researchers and advocates have been scrambling to save as much data as they can, a skill they honed during Trump’s first term. Even so, relying on outdated information has its pitfalls. Gaps in government data collection or maintenance could leave city planners and community groups stuck with an incomplete picture of the risks posed by pollution and climate change in their area.

“The funding, the…

Read the full story at The Verge.

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