I'm starting a #Mastodon thread on the new #Trump administration's actions and positions on #OpenAccess to research.
I posted frequently about the actions of his first administration. But I did it on #Twitter / #X, which I no longer use.
As background to this new Mastodon thread, see my tweets on his first term, which I've collected on a wiki page.
cyber.harvard.edu/hoap/The_Tru…
For updates, watch this space.
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in reply to petersuber • • •Update. "The mad dash to protect environmental data from Donald Trump"
theverge.com/2025/1/18/2434602…
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"Information about climate change vanished from federal websites under Donald Trump, who has repeatedly called climate change “a hoax.” Now, federal agencies could face deep staff and budget cuts overseen by Trump cronies Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. The proposed cuts not only threaten what kind of data the government shares but also whether it can collect and organize it at all....
One key resource that could languish under the Trump administration is the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool, #EJScreen.…Even if it stays online, the tool is not as useful without constant upkeep....
Much of the env
... Show more...Update. "The mad dash to protect environmental data from Donald Trump"
theverge.com/2025/1/18/2434602…
(#paywalled)
"Information about climate change vanished from federal websites under Donald Trump, who has repeatedly called climate change “a hoax.” Now, federal agencies could face deep staff and budget cuts overseen by Trump cronies Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. The proposed cuts not only threaten what kind of data the government shares but also whether it can collect and organize it at all....
One key resource that could languish under the Trump administration is the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool, #EJScreen.…Even if it stays online, the tool is not as useful without constant upkeep....
Much of the environmental data included in EJScreen is collected by the #EPA itself. The EPA isn’t likely to abandon its air quality monitors anytime soon, but #Project2025…proposes eliminating the EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights that manages the tool...."
#Climate #ClimateChange #Environment
The mad dash to protect environmental data from Donald Trump
Justine Calma (The Verge)petersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. Here's a good use of #GitHub to track textual changes and page takedowns on federal govt web sites since #Trump took office.
404media.co/github-is-showing-…
This project is dedicated to the pages on #DEI. I hope someone launches a similar project on the pages dedicated to science and research.
#USPol #USPolitics
GitHub Is Showing the Trump Administration Scrubbing Government Web Pages in Real Time
Jason Koebler (404 Media)