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EPA quietly dismantles its decades-old web archive

Original: The EPA is quietly killing its web archive "For decades, the web archive has been an unparalleled resource for researche

The US Environmental Protection Agency is quietly removing its web archive, a decades-long collection of fact sheets, environmental reports and agency policy records that researchers, legislators, policymakers and the public have relied on. Critics say the archive has been an unparalleled resource for tracking the agency's history and environmental data, and its loss raises concerns about transparency and public access to government records.

Why now: Researchers and the public are alarmed by reduced public access to environmental data and government records.

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• The EPA is quietly killing its web archive "For decades, the web archive has been an unparalleled resource for researchers, legislators, policymakers, and the public writ large. It houses everything from fact sheets and environmental reports to agency policy changes and… · ml@ecoevo.social · 34

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