Trump administration removes federal datasets on climate, health and social issues
Updated
Updated · The Guardian · May 7
Trump administration removes federal datasets on climate, health and social issues
6 articles · Updated · The Guardian · May 7
Deleted or altered resources include an EPA chemical-risk tool, CDC pregnancy and youth surveys, a USDA hunger survey and NOAA's disaster database, affecting communities nationwide.
Experts say the losses hinder tracking hazardous plants, infant mortality, food insecurity, trans youth mental health and climate disasters, weakening public-health planning, emergency response, grant applications and insurance pricing.
The changes, tied to a campaign against "woke" and climate policies, also include staffing cuts and survey rollbacks, with critics warning lasting damage to federal data infrastructure and public accountability.
From Data Erasure to Legal Battles: The Impact of 2025 Federal Cuts on LGBTQ+ Visibility, Climate Justice, and Public Health Monitoring
Overview
Since January 2025, the Trump administration launched executive actions led by the Department of Government Efficiency to cut diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and remove sexual orientation and gender identity data from federal surveys. This erased visibility for transgender communities and disrupted environmental justice by rescinding key policies and sidelining EPA staff and grants. Health data gaps widened as racial and ethnic details were removed, coinciding with Medicaid and ACA restrictions that increased uninsured rates. Federal workforce cuts weakened disaster response, while states faced new fiscal pressures. Legal challenges, like Harvard's lawsuit, and data preservation efforts emerged, but funding cuts to agencies like the Bureau of Labor Statistics threaten long-term data quality and public trust.