EDGI, a consortium of academics and volunteers, began safeguarding public climate and environmental data after Trump's first election in 2016. — Pixabay
WASHINGTON: As US President Donald Trump's administration purges public records since storming back to power, experts and volunteers are preserving thousands of web pages and government sites devoted to climate change, health rights and other issues.
Resources on AIDS prevention and care, weather records, references to ethnic or gender minorities: numerous databases were destroyed or modified after Trump signed an executive order in January declaring diversity, equality and inclusion programs and policies within the federal governmentto be illegal.
