Policy · Updated 27 Oct, 12:35 am IST
EPA plans to decommission its online web archive by year-end
Why it matters for readers: If you follow environmental policy, the archive’s removal would make it harder to track past rules and agency actions.
- The EPA posted a discreet webpage update announcing a plan to decommission its online web archive at year-end.1
- The archive contains tens of thousands of environmental resources dating back at least 20 years, according to advocates.1
- Gretchen Gehrke of the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative said the archive’s information is irreplaceable and its loss would harm public oversight.1
- The announcement came amid recent public actions by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin targeting agency regulatory standards.1
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