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Last week an unusual gathering of scientists and hackers met at the University of Pennsylvania. This was not the first time such a group had met and they were tasked with retrieving and preserving climate data from government web pages before the Donald Trump administration tore it all down. Their predictive action was not in vain, either, after the inauguration the new Whitehouse.gov website reflects notable absences. Dr. Bethany Wiggin is director of the program in Environmental Humanities at the university and has been heavily involved in this activism meets data recovery. bFM Reporter Mackenzie Smith spoke to her and began by asking what led to this action.