The Trump administration is scaling back key federal data programs, raising concerns that policymakers, businesses, and utilities will lose access to critical information. (NYT)
The EPA moved to end the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, which has tracked emissions from 8,000 industrial sites for 15 years.
NOAA stopped updating its database of billion-dollar weather disasters, which had become widely used by states, insurers, and planners to justify resilience investments.Â
NASA officials also want to decommission satellites that measure greenhouse gases.