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"Data Scientists Restore a Climate Justice Tool Taken Down by Trump"

"One day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, a digital mapping tool used by federal and state agencies to identify environmentally disadvantaged communities was taken offline. Within 48 hours, a coalition of data scientists known as the Public Environmental Data Project had resurrected a functional but unofficial copy of the tool on an independent domain."

Source: Inside Climate News, 02/05/2025

Advisers Push CDC To Explain Data Removal, Say When Info Will Be Restored

"Top advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are asking the agency’s acting director to explain the abrupt removal of information and data from CDC websites, and say when it will be restored." "Agencies took down info on topics including gender, vaccines, and climate change"

Source: STAT News, 02/04/2025
February 27, 2025

DEADLINE: EJN Story Grants to Support Reporting on the Marine Environment in the Adriatic Region

Internews’ Earth Journalism Network is offering grants to support in-depth reporting on the marine environment in the Adriatic region, as well as solutions to the climate and environmental threats confronting this ecosystem. Deadline: Feb 27, 2025.

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"Climate Books For Black History Month"

"To win allies for climate action, activists must understand how the environment, intersects with concerns for the health and well-being of people and communities. Inequities of the past and the present must be addressed by the policies and programs offered for a sustainable future."

Source: Yale Climate Connections, 02/03/2025

"Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday"

"More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis has found, as federal agencies rush to heed President Trump’s orders targeting diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”"

Source: NYTimes, 02/03/2025

EPA Tells Staff To Pause Most External Communications And Meetings

"The agency joins several across government at which the Trump administration has issued at least a partial gag order. An agency spokesperson has denied that a pause is in place."

Source: Government Executive, 02/03/2025

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