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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Delaney Nolan

Elimination of federal climate tools, some used to inquire in to Musk’s firms, sparks alarm

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Elon Musk is developing an artificial intelligence company using a former Electrolux facility in Memphis, Tennessee. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

As Donald Trump’s administration continues its purge of federal agencies, environmental justice campaigners are alarmed by the disappearance of federal environmental and climate data tools – some of which have been used to identify pollution concerns about Elon Musk’s companies.

Several federal agencies, including the EPA and CDC, previously published data regarding pollution levels across the country, as well as data about the vulnerability of each census tract, such as poverty rates and life expectancy. Several of the websites containing that data have gone dark in the weeks following Trump’s inauguration.

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