Lindsey became one of the roughly 280,000 federal workers to lose their jobs, she knew something had to be done.
Lindsey joined forces with former NOAA employees Anna Eshelman, and Mary Lindsey, her older sister, to become the core team behind the deactivated site’s successor, Climate.us, preserving over 15 years of key climate data and resources. The trove features key maps, educational materials and climate indicator reports, including the now-deleted Fifth National Climate Assessment, the government’s most comprehensive analysis of climate change that was at risk of being lost to the public.
Source: The 19th
There are many things that can annoy me, but for years a big one was the myth pushed by the right that goverment employees were all lazy pencil pushers collecting a check. So many go to work in governent because they actually want to good and help their fellow citizens. This story is a reminder of just that.