USDA’s Purge of Climate Data is Illegal and Reckless, Doing Immediate Harm to Farmers, Lawsuit Alleges - Inside Climate News
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Summary:
"The Trump administration has deleted thousands of climate-related web pages from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) website, stripping farmers of critical resources as droughts, floods and shifting growing conditions intensify. Now, a coalition of environmental and farming groups is suing to get that information back, arguing that the purge is not just reckless but illegal.
The lawsuit, brought by Earthjustice and the Knight First Amendment Institute on Feb. 24, argues that this “unlawful purge” violates multiple federal laws and directly harms farmers...."