"Right now, anxiety is sweeping across the scientific community about the Trump administration's efforts to make climate data disappear. However, there are now a very special group of 21 young Americans, ages nine to 20, who are throwing a sizable wrench in the Trump administration's plans."
"According to data from analytics.usa.gov, which tracks Web traffic on all .gov websites, several pages related to climate change have been extremely popular in the week since President Trump's inauguration."
"For nine years under Canada’s previous government, science suffered harsh restrictions. Now US scientists may be facing a similar fate".
"Leaders of several of the nation's top science organizations say they've been shunned by the Trump administration and are alarmed by signs that the administration will muzzle government researchers and reject the scientific evidence that informs such critical issues as vaccine safety and climate change."
"Former vice president Al Gore, the American Public Health Association, and other organizations announced today that they will hold the summit on climate change and health that was canceled by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier this week. The Climate & Health Meeting will take place on February 16th, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia."
"Trump administration officials appear to have walked back plans to scrub climate change references from U.S. EPA's website."
"Scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency who want to publish or present their scientific findings likely will need to have their work reviewed on a 'case by case basis' before it can be disseminated, according to a spokesman for the agency's transition team."
January 25, 2017 — On behalf of the Society of Environmental Journalists, president Bobby Magill has issued a letter [25] 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.
"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."
"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."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/how-21-kids-could-keep-climate-websites-going-completely-dark
[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science
[6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[7] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[8] http://mashable.com/2017/01/26/youth-climate-lawsuit-trump-website-removals/?utm_content=buffer44216&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer#5blbfNNb8iq3
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[10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
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[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/canadian-scientists-offer-support-muzzled-us-counterparts
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/canada
[14] https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jan/27/canadian-scientists-lend-support-to-muzzled-us-counterparts
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/nation%E2%80%99s-top-scientists-can%E2%80%99t-get-through-trump-and-they%E2%80%99re-alarmed
[16] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/01/26/leaders-of-science-organizations-dismayed-by-trump-administration-moves/?utm_term=.1cf77b18612f&wpisrc=al_alert-hse
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/al-gore-and-others-will-hold-climate-change-summit-canceled-cdc
[18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[19] http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/26/14402784/al-gore-climate-change-health-summit-cdc-donald-trump
[20] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-staff-told-stand-down-axing-climate-page
[21] http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060048975
[22] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-science-may-face-case-case-review-trump-team-official-says
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[24] https://www.sej.org/sej-objects-trump-epa-gag-order-threat-data-removal
[25] https://www.sej.org/sites/default/files/SEJ-01252017Letter-in-Response-to-EPA-GagOrder-WH.pdf
[26] https://www.sej.org/headlines/few-hours-badlands-national-park-was-bad-defiance-trump
[27] 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
[28] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-administration-tells-epa-cut-climate-page-website-sources
[29] http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN15906G
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