Environmental Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Removing Climate Websites
The groups are accusing several federal agencies of wiping out online tools used to map environmental threats facing disadvantaged communities.
Environmental groups and others are increasingly challenging the Trump administration in court for its watering down or removal of climate policies and information.
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The Trump administration is facing a legal challenge over removing multiple tools for mapping climate, pollution and other overlapping risks facing the American public, particularly disadvantaged communities, from federal websites.
In a suit filed Monday in Washington, DC federal court, the Sierra Club and three other environmental groups accused the Trump administration of removing these climate and environmental justice web resources used by the public, academia, green groups and government officials to guide policy making and community planning, among other tasks. The removal of these tools violated the Paperwork Reduction Act and the Administrative Procedure Act, the suit alleges.