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Federal agencies scrub climate change from websites amid Trump rebranding

Federal agencies are beginning to remove references to climate change from their websites, as Trump issued a rebranding of departments.


Federal agencies scrub climate change from websites amid Trump rebranding
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A Fox News Digital review found that climate change pages on both the Forest Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) websites appear to be down and are not currently functioning. When accessed, the pages are blank with only the statement, "You are not authorized to access this page."

The scrub comes after it was reported that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ordered officials to review references to climate change on their websites.

Additionally, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not list climate change on the drop bar of its "environmental topics." Climate and climate change are still referenced on some parts of the website, but they are linked or mentioned on the homepage.

The move mirrors a similar rebranding of government websites during Trump's first term, where he also removed references to climate change or climate change effects from several federal departments online pages.

Trump targeted the Biden administration's green energy agenda in his first slew of executive orders, withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement, getting rid of the electric vehicle (EV) mandate, and doing away with its climate emissions target. 

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House, USDA and EPA for comment.

Fox News Digital's Brooke Singman contributed to this report.

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