With government data on climate science at risk librarians rise to the rescue

As President Trump's administration settled into the White House environmental experts worked to secure non-government facilities to house climate change data for fear that it would be tucked away.

This spurred a local and national movement of volunteers how wanted to help collect and house the data.

USA Today political editor Paul Singer and University of Minnesota librarian Alicia Kubas talked about that movement on the program.

To hear the segment use the audio player above.

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