US EditionFacing lawsuit, USDA says it will restore climate change-related webpages
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture will restore climate change-related webpages after being sued over their deletions in February.
- The Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Environmental Working Group filed the lawsuit, claiming violations of access to government information rules.
- The USDA's decision follows a letter from the Justice Department stating it will restore removed content and comply with federal posting laws.
- Attorney Jeffrey Stein noted the previous deletions made it difficult for farmers and advocates, expressing hope that the USDA's decision signals positive change in related cases.
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Trump’s USDA tried to erase climate data. This lawsuit forced it back online.
The United States Department of Agriculture says it will restore climate-related information on its websites, following a lawsuit filed earlier this year by agriculture and environmental groups that say farmers rely heavily on these critical resources to adapt to warming temperatures. In January, following President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the USDA’s communications office instructed employees to “identify and archive or unpublish any landi…
USDA will bring back deleted climate content following lawsuit
The U.S. Department of Agriculture removed key online climate resources after President Donald Trump's inauguration, but a federal lawsuit has forced the agency to commit to restoring the information.Melina Walling reports for The Associated Press.In short:The USDA agreed to restore webpages with climate-related content that were taken down after Trump’s January inauguration, avoiding a court injunction hearing set for May 21.The removed content…
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USDA to restore climate change webpages
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has agreed to restore climate change-related webpages to its websites after it was sued over the deletions in February.
Every president since Lyndon Johnson has recognized the security risks of climate change. Then came Trump.
This story was originally published by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For more than half a century, US intelligence agencies and the armed forces have analyzed threats to national security from a range of environmental angles, including dependence on fossil fuels, competition for scarce water resources and strategic minerals, and especially human-caused climate change. These re…
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