After Trump axed federal employees running climate site, thousands crowdfund its comeback
Key takeaways
- The site, with millions of users each year, was known for colorful charts that anyone could freely download and that simplified giant sets of data, such as temperature readings.
- It would be very bad if I had to create those on my own.” Swain said.
- She explained that the online resource was “a bridge between scientists, data and the public.”
Former federal employees have put up Climate.us, a recreation of the previous Climate.gov website that was dismantled. (Climate.us) By Mack Baysinger Follow Published July 1, 2026 Updated July 2, 2026 11:25 AM PT 4 min Click here to listen to this article Share via Close extra sharing options Email Facebook X Linked In Threads Reddit Whats App Copy Link URL Copied! Print 0:00 0:00 1x This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here.
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Federal employees who were axed during waves of cuts by the Trump administration have fought back against the dismantling of a key climate science website, Climate.gov, and put up a new site, Climate.us, that can now do everything the original did.