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U.S. EPA Updates Web Sites

posted by martyb on Sunday April 30 2017, @03:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the we-can-find-no-longer-find-data-against-our-plans dept.

butthurt writes:

You were warned. Now it begins: The Chicago Tribune reports that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working on changes to its Web properties:

The EPA's extensive climate change website now redirects to a page that says "this page is being updated" and that "we are currently updating our website to reflect EPA's priorities under the leadership of President Trump and Administrator Pruitt." It also links to a full archive of how the page used to look on Jan. 19, before Trump's inauguration.

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @07:41PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @07:41PM (#501961)

    That's how democracy works.

    No, that is only how 'democracy' works if you are a reductive fool who flunked out of civics class.

    Democracy requires a baselines set of norms and institutions that all groups accept as important and valuable because they are the scaffolding that supports the democratic process. When those norms are violated and those institutions discarded democracy is weakened. Dismantle too much of that scaffolding and democracy collapses into tribal conflict. President bannon has outright said that is his goal — "the deconstruction of the administrative state" — his word choice demonstrates he is an illiterate blowhard, [merriam-webster.com] but his intent was clear and this attack on the EPA's science work is a clear example of that intent in action.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @10:15PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @10:15PM (#502018)

    Well, you are wrong about flunking out of civics class. It's reasonable to assume that the rest of your rant has equal truth value.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @11:04PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @11:04PM (#502036)

      AC got owned and now his feelings are hurt.