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Climate.gov, a federal website, used to provide a bridge between climate data and the public – with graphs, tools, and blogs to help people understand it.
But last year, the Trump administration took it offline.
Lindsey: “Our ability to make smart decisions as a country, as a global society, it depends on unbiased, timely, relevant science information. … That information shouldn’t be vulnerable to political decisions.”
Rebecca Lindsey was the site’s project manager when she was fired as part of a DOGE-led purge.
Lindsey: “All of us were shell-shocked when we abruptly lost our jobs.”
And the loss of Climate.gov has made it harder for teachers, journalists, elected leaders, and others to find reliable climate data, lesson plans, and resilience-planning tools.
So now, Lindsey and others who worked on Climate.gov are bringing those resources back.
They’ve launched Climate.us, which features graphs, explainers, blogs, and links to other resources.
Lindsey: “I hope that it will continue to be that source of science-based … nonpartisan information, so that when people want answers to their questions about climate, there will always be a place that they can come and find it.”
Reporting credit: ChavoBart Digital Media
