Earlier this summer, access to Climate.gov – one of the most widely climatic information gates online – was thwarted by the Trump administration, and the production team was launched in this process.
The site’s display of written materials over the years can be written about climate science. the site Technically, it is still on the Internet But it was intentionally buried by a team of political appoinals who are now running the National Oceanic and Calf Administration.
Now, a team of climate communication experts – including many former climate team members. Gov – to revive its content in a new organization with an expanded task.
Their new effort, ClimateNot only not to provide interpretations of the public for climate science, but it can also start providing climate -related services directly, such as helping local governments to set the risk of increasing floods due to climate change.
This effort is led by the former liberated Climate.gov in Gove, Rebecca Lindsey, which, although she is unemployed now, has hired many of her former colleagues to volunteer their time in an attempt to build climate.
“Many federal employees are sad about the feeling that they have not only lost a job, but professionally,” said Lindsie. “None of us was ready to abandon the climate. Jawf and the mission.”
In the first few weeks after the Trump administration ended, the new Lindsay team received a continuous flow of external support, including legal support, and a short -term grant helped them develop a vision of what they want to do after that.
“The most popular things in the climate. Ghove was things that only learned about the climate, both the natural climate and the climate change,” said Lindsie. “There is a need for content that helps people achieve basic climate literacy independently of an agency.”
As ancient warriors at federal bureaucracy, sometimes they were surprised by the possibilities that the new effort might offer.
“We are allowed to use Tiktok now,” Lindsay said. “We are allowed to get a little fun. We have a group chat. We dive into things that are not part of our house.”
Climate.us team is also in a soft launch phase Group donation campaign Lindsay hopes that they can take advantage of permanent support from a major institution. Lindsey has also prepared an email address to contact the team to provide regular support.
“Someone bought the name of the field for us. We have a person volunteer the web hosting space for this stage. But we do not yet have a kind of great operational financing that we will need if we will already move the climate to the non -profit space.”
Meanwhile, Lindsay and her team found themselves spending the summer knee in logistical services to build a major profitable institution from scratch.
“We all had to abandon the 9-5 mentality and we are mainly trying to do things as soon as possible,” said one of the new Lindsay team members who previously worked with her at Climate.gov but they asked not to name fear of revenge.
“By continuing the heritage of the climate, GOV and trying to re -spread the most vibrant parts of the climate. Gov, we hope to be the cornerstone,” said Lindsie. “We hope to provide a critical block that attracts other partners who want to be part of the effort.”
Looking at the context of the reason for Lindsay to do this work at this time, in this way, it was an emotional summer. This effort has the brightness of the equal scientific press of parts and personal revenge against the administration that has all declared this war on federal scientific efforts.
Lindsay said: “We have been optimistic and rotating between the activists and the feeling that this is a good thing, and we are on the right path, and then, of course, we are terrifying that we will not be able to pull it and will last six months and we were supposed to look for new jobs and we did not do that.”
“What happens can be so happy that it is easy to feel unable to do anything about it,” said Lindsie team member. “But sometimes you have to look at what is within your reach. This problem is within our reach, so we see it just a kind of doing our role.”
Lindsay also told the Waseet newspaper that all climate content. The hollow is still awake If you know where to lookWhich when I found it, made it more annoying.
“This is the information that taxpayers have already paid,” said Lindsie. “This administration is trying to hide and take it away from us. It is a misuse of the government. It is a waste of resources. People must be discontent. This is not the way the government should work.”
“I think it is important for this initiative to continue even after this group financing stage,” said another part -time shareholder in the project, who wanted to not be identified because they were still an employee of the federal government.
“Whether people realize this or not, climate change affects everyone, regardless of the current political environment. Climate is the only way to understand what is happening on our beautiful, beautiful planet and adapting to it.”