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Scientists breathe new life into climate website after shutdown under Trump (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/environment@beehaw.org

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Earlier this summer, access to climate.gov – one of the most widely used portals of climate information on the internet – was thwarted by the Trump administration, and its production team was fired in the process.

The website offered years’ worth of accessibly written material on climate science. The site is technically still online but has been intentionally buried by the team of political appointees who now run the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Now, a team of climate communication experts – including many members of the former climate.gov team – is working to resurrect its content into a new organization with an expanded mission.

Their effort’s new website, climate.us, would not only offer public-facing interpretations of climate science, but could also begin to directly offer climate-related services, such as assisting local governments with mapping increased flooding risk due to climate change.

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[–] 01189998819991197253 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Good mission, poor execution. Allow me to elaborate: they've registered on US soil (GoDaddy) [and hosted on US soil (Amazon)]. If Trump really closed down the .gov to censor information, he could just as easily shut this one down, too.

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