Climate.gov, taken down under Trump, relaunched by nonprofit as climate.us
A nonprofit team has restored the US government's deleted climate.gov website, now available at climate.us, with all original content and future plans.
When the Trump administration ordered the shutdown of the federal climate portal climate.gov, the data and resources were not lost forever. A group of volunteers, including former climate.gov staff, had preserved copies of the material, which is not copyrightable by the federal government. They teamed up and launched a new site: climate.us.
On Tuesday, the team announced the completion of the first phase: restoring everything that was lost when climate.gov went offline. The site now hosts the full 15-year collection of climate news and stories, expert blogs, visual status reports on key climate indicators, maps and data pathways, climate literacy resources, classroom materials, and restored access to the Fifth National Climate Assessment.
The creators—many of whom were involved in building the original portal—are not satisfied with mere restoration. They have established a nonprofit to maintain the new website and plan to focus on what they call "long-term public service." The organization intends to create new resources and develop additional materials to help the public understand the changing climate.
