Climate.us Brings Back Online 15 Years of Climate.gov Deleted by Trump

In recent hours, Climate.us has become accessible online, a nonprofit platform that brings back the entire collection of climate resources from Climate.gov, the NOAA site dismantled by the Trump administration. The project, initiated by former officials and volunteers from the federal portal, announces the completion of restoring fifteen years of materials lost with the shutdown.

Climate.gov had been discontinued and redirected to NOAA.gov, with a message referencing Executive Order 14303, entitled "Restoring Gold Standard Science," and a memorandum from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy dated June 23, 2025. Compliance with these two acts was cited as the reason for the redirect.

Since content produced by U.S. federal agencies is not subject to copyright, volunteers had preserved copies of the original material before it vanished. This led to the decision to establish a nonprofit organization and make it available to the public, culminating in the official launch of Climate.us.

What has become available

The site collects the fifteen-year archive of climate news and reports, expert blogs, visual climate indicators, maps and data pathways, resources for climate literacy, and educational materials. Access to the Fifth National Climate Assessment, the national climate assessment report, has also been restored.

Funded in part from the ground up

A third of the funds raised for the launch comes from over 2,500 small donations, totaling approximately $250,000, as specified in the official launch announcement. Over 80 scientists have volunteered as content reviewers for the site.

Leading the project is Rebecca Lindsey, Managing Director of Climate.us and a former member of the Climate.gov team. "Reliable climate information should not disappear when political changes occur," she stated.

Having surpassed the salvage phase, the team indicates that the focus is shifting to long-term public service: new resources, collaboration with scientific experts, visualizations, and outreach materials built upon the newly recovered archive.