EPA: "Staff Told To 'Stand Down' On Axing Climate Page"

"Trump administration officials appear to have walked back plans to scrub climate change references from U.S. EPA's website.

"We've been told to stand down," an EPA employee told E&E News today. That new directive comes after staff were told yesterday to remove the agency's climate change page from its website, worrying climate change activists and sending data specialists scrambling to download files.

The backlash that erupted after reports surfaced last night that the climate page would be eliminated may have prompted administration officials to change course. News of the plans was first reported last night by Reuters. EPA's press office did not respond to requests for comment today."

Robin Bravender and Hannah Hess report for Greenwire January 25, 2015.

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"EPA Spokesman: No Plan To Take Down Climate Webpages" (The Hill)

"Agencies Told to Halt Communications as Trump Administration Moves In" (New York Times)

"Silenced Federal Agencies Violating Their Own Policies" (Climate Central)

"White House Says No Curb On Federal Agency Media Activities" (Reuters)

"USDA Saying Less During Transition, But Scientists Not Gagged" (Food Safety News)

"EPA Spokesman Says Website Review Underway: Media Report" (Reuters)

"Agriculture Department Lifts Clampdown On Its Science Division" (BuzzFeed News)