The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has ordered agency officials to remove content related to climate change from its websites. According to ABC News, the directive instructed web managers to “identify, archive, or unpublish materials mentioning climate change” by no later than the end of Friday. #BREAKING: The Department of Agriculture has ordered that ALL references to “climate change” be removed from their website by end of day today, per ABC Trump is gutting ALL of the Green New Scam! pic.twitter.com/y83WsqMSVH — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 31, 2025 Per ABC News: In an email sent Thursday, USDA Director of Digital Communications Peter Rhee detailed the process, requiring staff to “identify and archive or unpublish any landing pages focused on climate change” and track related content in an attached Excel spreadsheet for review. “OC will review the submitted materials and make determinations on next steps,” Rhee wrote, referring to the department’s Office of Communications. A separate email sent to website managers at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) emphasized the urgency of the request. “USDA and ARS OC are requesting you comply with the instructions below from USDA’s Office of Communications,” the email read, instructing ARS staff to submit their content audit by 3 p.m. ET Friday to meet the department’s deadline. NEW: The U.S. Department of Agriculture has directed officials to remove content related to climate change from its public websites, according to emails obtained by ABC News. The directive follows President Trump's orders reversing climate policies.https://t.co/BqWvhM6B0x — ABC News (@ABC) January 31, 2025 From POLITICO: The directive from USDA’s office of communications, whose authenticity was validated by three people, could affect information across dozens of programs including climate-smart agriculture initiatives, USDA climate hubs and Forest Service information regarding wildfires, the frequency and severity of which scientists have linked to hotter, drier conditions fueled by climate change. And it is reminiscent of moves made during the first Trump administration to remove references to climate change from federal government websites. The email sent Thursday afternoon calls on website managers to “Identify and archive or unpublish any landing pages focused on climate change” and “Identify all web content related to climate change and document it in a spreadsheet” for the office to review. It set a Friday deadline for handing over titles, links and “your recommendation on how the content should be handled.” The action comes as funds for clean energy and agriculture programs remain in limbo amid a federal spending review ordered by the Office of Management and Budget. The Trump administration has pushed to halt and reverse spending from the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which provided billions of dollars for wildfire management, clean energy investments and credits to store carbon dioxide that benefit rural communities USDA serves.