Fired NOAA staff rebuild climate website, launch Climate.us to keep data public
Former NOAA communicators dismissed in 2025 have launched Climate.us to restore public access to climate data after Climate.gov was shut down.
In June 2025, the Department of Government Efficiency cut roughly 600 NOAA positions, including the staff that ran Climate.gov, a premier climate-education website that once attracted over a million monthly users. After the site was taken offline and redirected to a page that omitted references to human-driven warming, former lead writer Rebecca Lindsey and former colleagues rebuilt most of its content on a new private domain, Climate.us.
The revived portal offers sophisticated climate graphics, weekly additions such as an El Niño Southern Oscillation blog, and relies on a network of scientific advisers, including former National Weather Service employee Rick Thoman. Their work has encouraged ex-EPA communicators and other groups to consider restoring removed climate resources. Lindsey reports that Climate.us now receives nearly a million visits per month, serving teachers and the broader public with accurate climate information. The initiative reflects a broader effort by former government scientists to counteract politically motivated suppression of climate data.
Why it matters
It keeps reliable climate information accessible to the public despite government censorship.
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