Searching with Google for https://www.epa.gov/ on 29 April 2017 and clicking on link to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Climate Change Basic Information - Causes of Climate Change - Great Plains, this webpage appeared:
The change appears to have occurred on or about 21 April 2017.
The ‘explanation’ for this change is expanded at https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-kicks-website-updates:
News Releases from Headquarters› Office of the Administrator (AO)
EPA Kicks Off Website Updates
WASHINGTON – EPA.gov, the website for the United States Environmental Protection Agency, is undergoing changes that reflect the agency’s new direction under President Donald Trump and Administrator Scott Pruitt. The process, which involves updating language to reflect the approach of new leadership, is intended to ensure that the public can use the website to understand the agency's current efforts. The changes will comply with agency ethics and legal guidance, including the use of proper archiving procedures. For instance, a screenshot of the last administration’s website will remain available from the main page.
“As EPA renews its commitment to human health and clean air, land, and water, our website needs to reflect the views of the leadership of the agency,” said J.P. Freire, Associate Administrator for Public Affairs. “We want to eliminate confusion by removing outdated language first and making room to discuss how we’re protecting the environment and human health by partnering with states and working within the law.”
The first page to be updated is a page reflecting President Trump’s Executive Order on Energy Independence, which calls for a review of the so-called Clean Power Plan. Language associated with the Clean Power Plan, written by the last administration, is out of date. Similarly, content related to climate and regulation is also being reviewed.
“As EPA renews its commitment to human health and clean air, land, and water, our website needs to reflect the views of the leadership of the agency,” said J.P. Freire, Associate Administrator for Public Affairs. “We want to eliminate confusion by removing outdated language first and making room to discuss how we’re protecting the environment and human health by partnering with states and working within the law.”
The first page to be updated is a page reflecting President Trump’s Executive Order on Energy Independence, which calls for a review of the so-called Clean Power Plan. Language associated with the Clean Power Plan, written by the last administration, is out of date. Similarly, content related to climate and regulation is also being reviewed.
While Twitter showed a link this in the official EPA timeline on 29 April 2017.
Fox News Insider, 27 April 2017:
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said on "The First 100 Days" tonight the United States should exit the Paris climate agreement because it's a "bad business deal" for America.
Pruitt said the U.S. "front-loaded" our costs under the Paris accord, while countries like China, Russia and India can continue to pollute and not take steps that our country already has.
He noted that U.S. carbon dioxide emissions are at pre-1994 levels, thanks to innovation and technology.
"What we should be talking about is how we export innovation, how we export technology that we've already deployed here," Pruitt said.
He said that the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan and the Paris deal represented a $2.2 trillion reduction in gross domestic product over a ten year period for the U.S., in addition to $292 billion of compliance costs and up to 400,000 lost jobs annually.
"That's a bad business deal for this country," Pruitt said, calling it a prime example of the previous administration's "America last" strategy.
To date there are an est. 14,481 EPA webpage captures on the Wayback Machine between 18 Apr 1997 and 28 Apr 2017.
So before Donald Trump rewrites U.S. climate change history and smothers the EPA website with 'alternative facts' I suggest interested readers download what data they can while they can.
EPA's Climate Change Indicators in the United States was published in 2016 and here is the Wayback archive of that document:
2016 full report (PDF)(96 pp, 20 MB, August 2016)
2016 fact sheet (PDF)(2 pp, 2 MB, October 2016)
EPA has developed comprehensive technical documentation that describes the data sources and analytical methods for every indicator presented in the Climate Change Indicators in the United States report. A PDF version of the technical documentation is provided below for each indicator, along with an overview that describes EPA's process for selecting and evaluating indicators.
Additional files you can download from other pages:
High-resolution figures and the numerical data underlying the figures (on each indicator page)
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Technical documentation overview (PDF)(15 pp, 339 K, August 2016)
Antarctic Sea Ice technical documentation (PDF)(7 pp, 302 K, August 2016)
Arctic Sea Ice technical documentation (PDF)(11 pp, 382 K, November 2016)
Atmospheric Concentrations of Greenhouse Gases technical documentation (PDF)(16 pp, 431 K, August 2016)
Bird Wintering Ranges technical documentation (PDF)(5 pp, 223 K, May 2014)
Climate Forcing technical documentation (PDF)(7 pp, 248 K, August 2016)
Cherry Blossom Bloom Dates in Washington, D.C. technical documentation (PDF)(3 pp, 173 K, April 2016)
Coastal Flooding Documentation (PDF)(6 pp, 202 K)
Drought technical documentation (PDF)(9 pp, 273 K, August 2016)
Glaciers technical documentation (PDF)(8 pp, 260 K, August 2016)
Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions technical documentation (PDF)(8 pp, 226 K, August 2016)
Great Lakes Water Levels and Temperatures technical documentation (PDF)(7 pp, 268 K, August 2016)
Heating and Cooling Degree Days technical documentation (PDF)(6 pp, 222 K, August 2016)
Heat-Related Deaths technical documentation (PDF)(9 pp, 399 K, August 2016)
Heat-Related Illnesses technical documentation (PDF)(7 pp, 209 K, August 2016)
Heavy Precipitation technical documentation (PDF)(7 pp, 195 K, August 2016)
High and Low Temperatures technical documentation (PDF)(10 pp, 244 K, August 2016)
Ice Breakup in Two Alaskan Rivers technical documentation (PDF)(4 pp, 178 K, August 2016)
Lake Ice technical documentation (PDF)(9 pp, 270 K, August 2016)
Land Loss Along the Atlantic Coast technical documentation (PDF)(21 pp, 1 MB, May 2014)
Leaf and Bloom Dates technical documentation (PDF)(7 pp, 216 K, August 2016)
Length of Growing Season technical documentation (PDF)(5 pp, 233 K, August 2016)
Lyme Disease technical documentation (PDF)(9 pp, 309 K, August 2016)
Marine Species Distribution technical documentation (PDF)(6 pp, 255 K, August 2016)
Ocean Acidity technical documentation (PDF)(6 pp, 295 K, August 2016)
Ocean Heat technical documentation (PDF)(5 pp, 195 K, August 2016)
Ragweed Pollen Season technical documentation (PDF)(5 pp, 208 K, August 2016)
River Flooding technical documentation (PDF)(5 pp, 184 K, August 2016)
Sea Level technical documentation (PDF)(11 pp, 301 K, August 2016)
Sea Surface Temperature technical documentation (PDF)(6 pp, 184 K, August 2016)
Snow Cover technical documentation (PDF)(6 pp, 210 K, August 2016)
Snowfall technical documentation (PDF)(7 pp, 212 K, August 2016)
Snowpack technical documentation (PDF)(6 pp, 223 K, August 2016)
Streamflow technical documentation (PDF) (PDF)(7 pp, 201 K, March 2017)
Stream Temperature technical documentation (PDF)(4 pp, 197 K, August 2016)
Temperature and Drought in the Southwest technical documentation (PDF)(10 pp, 248 K, August 2016)
Trends in Stream Temperature in the Snake River technical documentation (PDF)(4 pp, 171 K, August 2016)
Tropical Cyclone Activity technical documentation (PDF)(8 pp, 223 K, August 2016)
U.S. and Global Precipitation technical documentation (PDF)(6 pp, 183 K, August 2016)
U.S. and Global Temperature technical documentation (PDF)(9 pp, 242 K, August 2016)
U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions technical documentation (PDF)(6 pp, 249 K, August 2016)
West Nile Virus technical documentation (PDF)(6 pp, 206 K, August 2016)
Wildfires technical documentation (PDF)(13 pp, 548 K, August 2016)
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