(CNN) - It’s happening again. The Environmental Protection Agency has scrubbed more references from the agency’s website.
In the EPA’s strategic plan, “climate change resilience” is gone, along with links on how to adapt to climate change.
Clicking on the EPA’s web page for the nation’s most contaminated Superfund site will lead to a message that it is being updated “to reflect EPA’s priorities under the leadership of President Trump.”
The agency says, “Of course the site will be reflective of the current administration’s priorities.”
Scott Pruitt, Trump’s pick for EPA Administrator, has said, “I don’t even know what it means to deny the climate. I would say that there are climate exaggerators.”
This isn’t the first time the Trump administration has wiped away references to climate change. As reported in April, the agency scrubbed a page devoted to climate change. Instead, the message, “Sorry, but this web page does not exist,” popped up when people clicked the link.
Andrew Bergman is a part of a team of academics and non-profits monitoring the government site for changes.
He said the administration has an ultimate goal.
“I think in the short term to be able to more easily repeal certain regulations they don’t like without as much pushback from the public,” Bergman said.
There is no evidence that the agency is crossing any legal red lines by removing the information from its website.
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