A coalition of environmental and science groups sued the Trump administration Monday over the removal of government webpages that contained climate and environmental justice data.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, argues that agencies hampered their groups’ ability to understand and try to remedy the environmental harms faced by communities.
The Sierra Club, the Environmental Integrity Project, the Union of Concerned Scientists and California Communities Against Toxics filed the lawsuit against EPA, the Center for Environmental Quality, the Energy and Transportation departments, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The court challenge follows the Trump administration’s sweeping moves to roll back Biden administration policies on climate change and environmental justice. President Joe Biden’s team aimed to channel federal investments toward communities that had seen disproportionate impacts of pollution.
