EPA to end updates to climate emissions database after suspending its creator

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The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it would no longer upload research to a database related to greenhouse gas emissions, this move comes a month after its creator was suspended for criticizing the Trump administration.

The database is one of the most viewed in the government, and will now be housed at Stanford University as its creator, Wesley Ingwersen, is leaving the EPA to continue his work there, according to a New York Times report.

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