Censorship will not stop us

A statement by Lisa Anne Hamilton of the Center for International Environmental Law criticizing the Trump administration's early actions to remove climate change references from government websites and freeze environmental research grants, framing these actions as a form of censorship and climate denial.

• Shortly after President Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2017, the White House energy webpage removed all mentions of climate change and instead pledged to dismantle "harmful and unnecessary environmental policies."
• The Trump administration took several steps to restrict climate-related activities and funding, including the Center for Disease Control cancelling a Health and Climate summit and the US Environmental Protection Agency freezing all grants and contracts, which included pollution prevention, environmental justice, and climate research programs.
• The removal of decades of research from public sites is viewed as a threat that could hinder the creation of data sets used to monitor global temperatures and severe weather patterns, while the protection of such data is considered a primary defense against climate denial.
• The author references strategies from the American Petroleum Institute in the 1990s, noting that climate denial involves casting doubt on 60 years of scientific study, discrediting institutions by framing them as political, and undermining access to data.
• The Center for International Environmental Law commits to supporting the goals of the Paris Agreement and holding parties accountable for their contributions to climate change.

APA

Hamilton, L. A. (2017). Censorship will not stop us. Center for International Environmental Law. https://www.ciel.org/censorship-will-not-stop-us/

Chicago

Hamilton, Lisa Anne. Censorship will not stop us. Center for International Environmental Law, 2017. https://www.ciel.org/censorship-will-not-stop-us/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Hamilton |first1=Lisa Anne |title=Censorship will not stop us |publisher=Center for International Environmental Law |date=1 February 2017 |url=https://www.ciel.org/censorship-will-not-stop-us/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{hamilton2017censorship, author = {Hamilton, Lisa Anne}, title = {{Censorship will not stop us}}, publisher = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2017}, month = feb, url = {https://www.ciel.org/censorship-will-not-stop-us/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }