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Archive.org Works With Others to Back up EPA and Other Government Data

posted by martyb on Friday December 16 2016, @11:14AM   Printer-friendly
from the redundancy++ dept.

Heard on CBC radio from Toronto/Ottawa and also just posted to BBC --
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38324045

A special archiving event is being held in collaboration with Archive's End of Term project. Since 2008 this has saved US government websites at risk during government transitions.

Canadian "guerrilla" archivists will be assisting a rushed effort to preserve US government climate data.

Environmentalists, climate scientists and academics are collaborating to protect what they view as fragile digital federal records and research.

They want the data saved before Donald Trump takes office.

The CBC report interviewed a Canadian scientist who described some of the scientific data that was lost during the Harper government.

Help and donations are requested.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 16 2016, @02:31PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 16 2016, @02:31PM (#442050)

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    Recently read the back story on the backup singer Merry Clayton who sang the Rape, Murder chorus (check her on YouTube)

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    Songwriters: Keith Richards / Mick Jagger
    Gimme Shelter lyrics © Abkco Music, Inc