EPA quietly removes web archive, raising concerns about climate data access

The Environmental Protection Agency has taken down its web archive, potentially limiting public access to historical environmental and climate data and regulatory documents.

First covered Oct 31, 2026 · 6:00 AM PT · 1 article · no longer in the live window

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Primary sources

archive.epa.gov Archives | US EPA

cdn.wildapricot.com Letter%20To%20Epa%20Formatted%20Final (cdn.wildapricot.com)

cumulis.epa.gov CAMP LEJEUNE MILITARY RES. (USNAVY) | Superfund Site Profile | Superfund Site Information | US EPA

More coverage from around the web

envirodatagov.org EPA Discontinues Updates to Climate Change Websites

blog.ucs.org The EPA Is Shuttering its Online Archive: Why that Matters - Union of Concerned Scientists

freegovinfo.info EPA quietly “decommissioning” its web archive - Free Government Information (FGI)

motherjones.com The EPA Is Quietly Killing its Web Archive

jacobin.com Trump’s EPA Just Deleted Climate Change

Appeared in: 2026-11-02 (#17)

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