Copyright © Françoise Herrmann
In a move reflecting the new administration’s denial of global warming all the pages of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) referencing climate change and global warming have been archived. A message is now posted on those EPA pages that reads:
This page is being updated.Thank you for your interest in this topic. We are currently updating our website to reflect EPA's priorities under the leadership of President Trump and Administrator Pruitt. If you're looking for an archived version of this page, you can find it on the January 19 snapshot.
My guess is that it would be unwise to post any updates since nothing so clearly signifies denial. Additionally, this move at least has the advantage of circumventing a political interpretation of scientific data, which might otherwise endeavor to separate issues of pollution and clean air from the broader consequences of global warming and climate change.
But, I might be wrong, and eagerly await the new pages....
Reference
CNN: Marsh, R. (April 29, 2017) EPA removes climate change information from websitehttp://www.cnn.com/2017/04/29/politics/epa-climate-change-website/index.html
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