[HN Gopher] Why the federal government is making climate data di...
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       Why the federal government is making climate data disappear
        
       Author : rntn
       Score  : 31 points
       Date   : 2025-07-20 17:09 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
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       | IAmGraydon wrote:
       | The TLDR is that The Trump administration is deleting federal
       | climate data and reports to make it harder to track, regulate, or
       | respond to climate change as part of a broader effort to boost
       | fossil fuel interests because the morons in the Heritage
       | Foundation told him to. Trump sold another part of the US.
       | Shocking.
        
       | chronogamous wrote:
       | As long as we're stuck in the type of secrecy Einstein so
       | objected to, nudging ecosystems back to within sustainable
       | margins using geoengineering will be way too risky anyway.
       | However, should a situation arise where such a worldwide
       | orchestrated attempt becomes plausible, we'll need as much data
       | as possible if projections are to match the actual outcome of our
       | meddling... If too much data has gone missing (or has become
       | unreliable as a result of being tampered with), this approach
       | will no longer be an option at all.
        
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