Score One for American Farmers. The USDA Is Restoring Climate Change Data.

And now the USDA has capitulated, saying they’ll restore the public data they’d deleted. Data deleted in the wake of Trump’s never-ending culture war included “climate-smart agriculture, forest conservation, climate change adaptation, and clean energy project investments in rural areas,” as reported by Engadget. “The department had removed resources on its websites related to climate-smart farming, conservation practices, rural clean energy projects and access to federal loans related to those areas,” as reported by the Associated Press. The USDA “will restore the climate change-related web content that was removed post-Inauguration, including all USDA webpages and interactive tools enumerated in Plaintiffs’ Complaint,” adding that they expect the process to take two weeks. “Members of the public, including our clients, rely on information from USDA to understand how climate change is affecting our nation’s forests, food supply, and energy systems.