Farmers and environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Monday, accusing the agency of an “unlawful purge” of data related to “climate change” from its website, The Hill reported.
The lawsuit, filed by Earthjustice and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University on behalf of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Environmental Working Group, alleged that the USDA on Jan. 30 ordered the removal climate policies, datasets, and resources without any public notice or explanation and without following federal transparency laws.
“This lawsuit,” the filing read, “challenges the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s unlawful purge of climate-related policies, guides, datasets, and resources from its websites, without any advance notice as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act, without engaging in reasoned decision-making as required by the Administrative Procedure Act, and in violation of its obligation under the Freedom of Information Act to publish certain information proactively.”
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