Is this an idea worth pursuing?

[canetoad]

This post:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141767958

is about The City of Chicago getting access to the archived Environmental Protection Agency page and posting it to their own website.

So, just tossing ideas around - just say Chicago or the EPA creates a downloadable package of these pages, or an abridged version. Then anyone with a bit of web space can upload a mirror page for the EPA. I would put it on a couple of sites, I'm sure others would for the resisTance.

What think you?

Edit to add: just the Climate Change section, not the whole EPA

[elleng]

1. Yes

[Squinch]

2. YES!

I read that and made a note to myself to call my city's mayor on Monday. I bet he'll do it.

[canetoad]

3. I've just looked up the staff directory

at the EPA and have the email of the 2IC at the tech. department. I'll wait till the weed wears off before composing email to him

[Squinch]

4. Good idea to wait. But would they be able to give it to you without losing their job?

(I don't know what a 2IC is)

[canetoad]

5. Second in command

Possibly true that they can't give it out but they may be happy for Chicogo to facilitate distribution.

[Squinch]

6. I'm thinking the way to do it is to go through Chicago.

ETA: but I don't think it would be a terrible idea to write to the EPA person anyway. You don't go into that business because you are a big fan of Trump's. He or she may be able to find a way to get the information out without losing the job.

[canetoad]

7. Yeah, I'll let it percolate around a bit

Technically it's really easy to do; someone packages up a limited edition of the Climate Change page/s, puts it on a server and provides a link. Let resistors and social media do the rest.

Imagine - 10,000 global mirrors for the EPA Climate Change page!

[sarah FAILIN]

8. Didn't a group already do this?

During the transition there was a hacker group working frantically to copy all the data on the government sites for just such an occasion. Not sure where they put it...

[canetoad]

9. I think the EPA

Did it themselves but I believe this was all the archived climate data which would be shitloads of raw data.

I'm thinking more of a solidarity/protest thing by doing similar to Chicago - putting a page on the web.

[Squinch]

11. But now we need to get access to it. I love this idea.

[Squinch]

10. Are you able to package that? If so I'll let the mayor of my town know that I can

give him a link to a source.

This is kind of awesome.