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SEJ Objects to Trump EPA Gag Order, Threat of Data Removal [1]

January 25, 2017 — On behalf of the Society of Environmental Journalists, president Bobby Magill has issued a letter [2] to President Trump and the journalism community objecting to the silencing of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency staff. Currently, EPA staff and public affairs people can not talk to journalists. SEJ also urges the Trump EPA to maintain online access to climate and other vital environmental information.

Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [3]
Science [4]
Visibility: 
Public [5]

For A Few Hours, Badlands National Park Was Bad In Defiance Of Trump [6]

"Badlands National Park tugged on Superman’s cape Tuesday. It spit into the wind. It pulled the mask off the old Lone Ranger, and it messed around with President Trump."

Climate Change [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [3]
Science [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [10], 01/25/2017

Trump Administration Tells EPA To Cut Climate Page From Website: Sources [11]

"U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to remove the climate change page from its website, two agency employees told Reuters, the latest move by the newly minted leadership to erase ex-President Barack Obama's climate change initiatives."

Climate Change [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [3]
Science [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Reuters [12], 01/25/2017

Trump Plans To 'Reform' How EPA Uses Science, Report Claims [13]

"Donald Trump is planning to 'reform' the way that the Environmental Protection Agency uses science, according to a new report."

Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [8]
Science [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Independent [15], 01/24/2017

CDC Abruptly Cancels Long-Planned Conference On Climate Change, Health [16]

"With little warning or explanation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently canceled a major climate change conference that had been scheduled for next month in Atlanta."

Climate Change [7]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [8]
Science [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [17], 01/24/2017

"The Scramble to Protect Climate Data Under Trump" [18]

"Fearing what might happen to the data that catalogues the details of climate change in an administration with so many climate deniers, researchers rush to save it."

Climate Change [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Science [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: InsideClimate News [19], 01/23/2017

"Trump’s Cabinet Picks Contradict Him on Climate Change" [20]

"Contradicting President Donald Trump, his choices to head the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency each told members of Congress during their confirmation hearings this week that climate change is not a hoax, as Trump has alleged."

Science [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: ENS [21], 01/23/2017

"Proposed Presidential Autism–Vaccine Panel Could Help Spread Disease" [22]

"A White House panel that questions vaccine safety and attacks immunization standards set by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control—a possibility raised last week in meetings with incoming president Donald Trump—could actually lead to increased disease outbreaks."

Science [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Scientific American [23], 01/23/2017

"Rick Perry Regrets Call to Close Energy Department" [24]

"Rick Perry, the former Texas governor and President-elect Donald J. Trump’s nominee as energy secretary, said in his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday that he regretted having recommended the abolition of the Energy Department in the past."

Climate Change [7]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [8]
Science [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NY Times [26], 01/20/2017

Trump EPA Pick Voices Doubts On Climate, Defends Oil Industry Funding [27]

"President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency expressed doubt about the science behind global climate change during a contentious Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, but added he would be obliged for now to uphold the EPA's finding carbon dioxide poses a public danger."

Science [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Reuters [28], 01/19/2017

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[1] https://www.sej.org/sej-objects-trump-epa-gag-order-threat-data-removal [2] https://www.sej.org/sites/default/files/SEJ-01252017Letter-in-Response-to-EPA-GagOrder-WH.pdf [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science [5] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [6] https://www.sej.org/headlines/few-hours-badlands-national-park-was-bad-defiance-trump [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [9] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [10] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/01/24/for-a-few-hours-badlands-national-parks-was-bad-to-the-bone-in-defiance-of-trump/?postshare=801485311352767&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.7eab6961c8e8 [11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-administration-tells-epa-cut-climate-page-website-sources [12] http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN15906G [13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-plans-reform-how-epa-uses-science-report-claims [14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [15] http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/donald-trump-plan-reform-epa-environmental-protection-agency-science-climate-change-report-a7542191.html [16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/cdc-abruptly-cancels-long-planned-conference-climate-change-health [17] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/01/23/cdc-abruptly-cancels-long-planned-conference-on-climate-change-and-health/?utm_term=.b418987a2538 [18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/scramble-protect-climate-data-under-trump [19] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19012017/climate-change-data-science-denial-donald-trump [20] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump%E2%80%99s-cabinet-picks-contradict-him-climate-change [21] http://ens-newswire.com/2017/01/19/trumps-cabinet-picks-contradict-him-on-climate-change/ [22] https://www.sej.org/headlines/proposed-presidential-autism%E2%80%93vaccine-panel-could-help-spread-disease [23] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/proposed-presidential-autism-vaccine-panel-could-help-spread-disease/ [24] https://www.sej.org/headlines/rick-perry-regrets-call-close-energy-department [25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [26] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/us/politics/rick-perry-energy-department.html [27] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-epa-pick-voices-doubts-climate-defends-oil-industry-funding [28] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-pruitt-idUSKBN1521K3 [29] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science?page=204 [30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science?page=201 [31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science?page=202 [32] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science?page=203 [33] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science?page=206 [34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science?page=207 [35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science?page=208 [36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science?page=209 [37] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science?page=323