Farmers, green groups sue USDA over ‘unlawful purge’ of climate data

Farmers take legal action over removal of climate data from USDA websites

Organic farmers and environmental groups sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture, alleging it unlawfully deleted climate-related data from its websites, stripping farmers of crucial resources for business planning.Karen Zraick reports for The New York Times.In short:The Agriculture Department ordered the removal of climate-related content from its websites on Jan. 30, leading to the deletion of data sets, interactive tools, and funding informati…

Farmers Sue Trump Administration Over Removal of Climate Data from USDA Websites

Farmers and environmental groups are suing the Trump administration for removing critical climate-related data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) websites. The lawsuit claims the USDA unlawfully took down policies, guides, datasets, and resources related to climate change without giving prior notice, as required by law. It argues the department did not follow proper procedures when making the changes and failed to meet its legal re…

Farmers, green groups sue USDA over ‘unlawful purge’ of climate data

Farmers and green groups sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday for an “unlawful purge” of climate data from its website.  “This lawsuit challenges the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s unlawful purge of climate-related policies, guides, datasets, and resources from its websites, without any advance notice as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act, without engaging…

Farmers Sue Trump’s USDA Over Missing ‘Vital’ Information—What’s Really at Stake?

Judicial troubles of President Donald Trump are not going away soon. He has recently been sued by farmers and environmental groups for deleting crucial data off of the USDA website

Farmers Sue USDA After Agency Deletes Climate Change Data

The lawsuit says the Agriculture Department is hindering farmers from using the data to make “agricultural decisions” while they also face a recent funding freeze.

Farmers sue Trump USDA over deletion of 'vital' information

Climate defenders and farmers sued the Trump administration in federal court on Monday over "the U.S. Department of Agriculture's unlawful purge of climate-related policies, guides, datasets, and resources from its websites." The complaint was filed in the Southern District of New York by Earthjustice and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University on behalf of the Environmental Working Group (EWG), Natural Resources Defense Coun…