Agencies Purged Climate Maps Vital for Risk Analysis, Groups Say

The Trump Administration took away public access to government sites with climate and environmental justice resources without proper notice, environmental groups said in a motion looking to force their restoration.

The sudden removal of tools mapping climate, pollution, and local data has “hindered and in some cases halted” their work, plaintiffs including the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Sierra Club said in their motion for a preliminary injunction filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.

The Environmental Protection Agency, Council on Environmental Quality, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and other agencies provided information that isn’t available ...