Trump administration removes 80 pages of climate science facts from epa website

The Environmental Protection Agency has purged at least 80 pages of climate change information from its official website in what represents one of the most comprehensive removals of scientific content from government sites during the Trump administration. The deleted materials included fundamental explanations of how human activities contribute to global warming, detailed charts showing warming trends, and resources that translated complex climate data for educators and the public.

The EPA’s climate science page now emphasizes only “natural processes” like solar variations and Earth’s orbital changes as climate drivers, completely omitting human causes. “Human causes are not even on the list, which is simply misinformation,” said Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UC Agriculture and Natural Resources. “A week ago, that page correctly reflected the scientific understanding of climate change.”

Among the disappeared resources were comprehensive guides showing climate impacts on wildlife and human health, economic risk assessments, and educational materials used by teachers and local governments nationwide. The removals go beyond previous administration changes that merely replaced terms like “climate change” with phrases like “extreme weather” – this represents a wholesale rejection of established climate science.

The changes appear connected to the EPA’s expected reversal of its “endangerment finding,” the scientific foundation that allows the agency to regulate carbon emissions. As government websites become less reliable sources of unbiased information, experts worry about the broader implications for public access to credible scientific data during a time when misinformation already proliferates across digital platforms.