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War on Measurement

Government data sets are used to set our homeowners insurance rates, plan for severe storms, and distribute education dollars.

This data you paid for is now offline.

Read below to understand just what has gone missing.

Trump administration moves to dissolve Colorado climate lab | AP News – 17 Dec, 2025

Study shows U.S. sea level rise is accelerating, rebutting Trump climate report – The Washington Post – 17 Dec, 2025

What happens when government data goes dark | Editorial Columns | thebrunswicknews.com – Nov 11, 2025

Far more environmental data is being deleted in Trump’s second term than before | Georgia Public Broadcasting – Aug 8, 2025

Trump administration plans to end NASA missions tracking greenhouse gas and plant health | AP News – Aug 6, 2025

Interior Department ends air quality monitoring at all national parks | The Washington Post – May 5, 2025

Businesses face ‘chaos’ as EPA aims to repeal its authority over climate pollution | Georgia Public Broadcasting – 19 Aug, 2025

EPA wants to roll back greenhouse gas reports from polluters | AP News – 12 Sept 2025

Evidence that climate change is a public health threat is indisputable, report finds | AP News – 17 Sept, 2025

Hundreds of scientists rebuke Trump administration over latest climate move – 17 Sept, 2025

EPA orders some scientists to stop publishing research, employees say – The Washington Post – 20 Sept, 2025

UN chief defends science and weather forecasting as Trump threatens both | AP News – 22 Oct, 2025

An E.P.A. Plan to Kill a Major Climate Rule Is Worrying Business Leaders – The New York Times – 25 Oct, 2025

E.P.A. Drastically Limits Protections for Wetlands – The New York Times – 17 Nov, 2025

Under Trump, reshaped EPA veers from traditional mission | AP News – 30 Dec, 2025

The EPA is no longer investigating chemical accidents

The EPA, like many other govt agencies, has been gutted. How does this impact you? Remember the Biolab fire? The division that investigates those accidents doesn’t exist anymore. (Even the chemical industry is against this closure). Air quality monitoring prevents asthma and deaths. But now, that data is no longer being reported, and we just have to take industry’s word for it that they are complying with emissions standards.

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