This repository contains copies of the climate change websites, data, and other information that was unceremoniously removed from the Environmental Protection Agency. While the EPA removed the websites, it does not eliminate the risk the climate change poses to people. These pages provide scientifically-based information about climate change, the risk it poses, and what we can do to combat it.
This repository allows others to republish information on climate change on their own website, such as cityofchicago.org/climatechangeisreal, so people can still access this vital information. Republishing this information across multiple organizations helps raise the profile of climate change risks even higher and makes a statement that the science that demonstrates the rise in global temperatures cannot simply be deleted.
We invite others to help maintain this repository. If you notice any broken links, missing pages, or if more pages were removed, please open an issue or submit a pull request.
We recommend that these websites are not hosting within your content management system (CMS). Since these are static files, they can be hosted on a web server with some simple configuration.
To begin, clone the repository to your preferred web server with git clone https://github.com/Chicago/climatechangeisreal.git.
Configure your web server using the following instructions. We also recommend that you automatically update the repository on a regular basis with a cron job or scheduled task with git pull origin master.
To host the site in Apache, you need the following Rewrite rules:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/$ /climatechange
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/sites/(.*)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/branding/(.*)
RewriteRule ^(.+) $1_.html Use the web.config file included in the repo.
This repository is designed to allow custom branding to match your site's name and logo. The /branding folder contains customizable HTML stubs to integrate into your own website.
logo.png- Logo used in the site headerheader.html- Contains the header, which includeslogo.pngfooter.html- Contains the site footer, which includes the copyright notice and reference to the organizationmenu.html- Contains a simple "home button" so users can always navigate back to the/climatechangeisrealroot. This file likely does not need to be changed.
After cloning the repository or pulling in new updates, simply copy your preferred branding to this folder using the above naming conventions.