Stand up for science (signatures needed)

Tell the EPA: Don't delete climate science The petition to the EPA reads: "Stop censoring science on EPA.gov and provide Americans with the information we need to act on the climate crisis." Add your name: Dear Katy, Just days after Trump took office, the EPA started erasing the words "climate change" across its website.1 The goal was clear: Hide the climate crisis so that oil, coal and gas companies can keep making billions. But making the words vanish didn't make the crisis disappear. And just because we know that Trump's EPA officials are corrupt does not mean we can let them off the hook. The EPA serves the public. We need the agency responsible for environmental protection to tell the truth about climate change. It's time to tell EPA: Stop censoring science. Put the facts about climate change front and center on EPA.gov now. Tell the EPA: Stand up for science. Put the facts on climate change back on the EPA website. Click here to sign the petition. After two years under the Trump administration, the EPA website is riddled with missing links and redirecting pages that obscure once easily found information. One section that provided local communities with resources for fighting climate change disappeared for months. When it reappeared, it included just 175 of its 380 pages.2 Public information on climate change matters. Without it, many people won't recognize the severity of the crisis and will not be motivated to act – which is part of why the EPA wants to hide it. Pretending the climate crisis doesn't exist also helps the EPA to justify ignoring it in policymaking. The sustained attacks on our environment over the past two years are enabled by an agency burying its head in the sand. The website changes reflect a broader attack on science and scientists under the Trump administration. Government climate scientists report being prohibited from attending conferences or speaking publicly about their work.3 Scientific advisory boards have been disbanded.4 Funding for research has been cut. The ultimate effect of this censorship is to suppress scientific information when we need it most. Since the EPA's move to censor climate science from the public, temperatures keep rising. Hurricanes Irma, Maria and Harvey inflicted billions in damage. Wildfires in California devoured thousands of homes and tragically took over 100 lives. It's time for the EPA to stop trying to hide the truth of how our climate is changing and how burning fossil fuel is behind this crisis. Tell the EPA: Stand up for science. Put the facts on climate change back on the EPA website. Click the link below to sign the petition: https://act.credoaction.com/sign/EPA-dontdelete?t=9&akid=32043%2E12967895%2E0L3asE Thanks for fighting back, Brandy Doyle, Campaign Manager CREDO Action from Working Assets Add your name: References: Laignee Barron, "Here's What the EPA's Website Looks Like After a Year of Climate Change Censorship," TIME, March 1, 2018. Ibid. Hannah Waters, "How the U.S. Government Is Aggressively Censoring Climate Science," Audubon Magazine, Summer 2018. Ibid. Share on Facebook Post to your wall Tweet this Post to Twitter © 2019 CREDO. All rights reserved. This email was sent to katy63.kelso@blogger.com. To change your email or mailing address, please click here: https://act.credoaction.com/me/update/?t=19&akid=32043%2E12967895%2E0L3asE To unsubscribe, please visit our subscription management page at: http://act.credoaction.com/cms/unsubscribe/unsubscribe/?t=21&akid=32043%2E12967895%2E0L3asE