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The EPA Won't Be Shutting Down Its Open Data Website After All (mashable.com)

Posted by msmash on from the let-there-be-light dept.

An anonymous reader shares an article: Scientists and data experts are closely tracking the websites of federal agencies, noting changes to pages dealing with climate change and energy since President Donald Trump took office. On Monday, they noticed an alarming message posted to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) open data website, indicating it would shut down on Friday, April 28. [...] By Monday afternoon, visitors to Open Data received a different pop-up notification, which clarifies that data on the site will still be available come Friday.

2 of 43 comments (clear)

  1. Give it to the Iranians to run! O gave 'em nukes! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Why not?

    Obama not only gave the Iranians a path to nuclear weapons AND $150 billion, he ran interference for their nuclear spies in the US.

    Note the link - Politico. Hardly a bastion of right-wing crazies.

    Obama’s hidden Iran deal giveaway

    By dropping charges against major arms targets, the administration infuriated Justice Department officials — and undermined its own counterproliferation task forces.

    Yep, even before the Iranian nuke deal, Obama was letting Iranian nuclear spies run free.

  2. Paging Steve McIntyre by sideslash · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No doubt climate skeptics are facepalming everywhere to hear the climate alarmists suddenly very concerned about public accessibility for data that affects public policy. This comes of course after arguing for years that the likes of Michael Mann and Phil Jones didn't need to release the data and algorithms behind their papers, but should drive public policy anyway, because science!