PBS NewsHour

Scientists scramble to safeguard vital environmental data

Clip: 02/15/2017 | 8m 37s

Since the election, members of many scientific and research groups have been archiving government data they believe could be jeopardized by the new administration. Their fear is that without data, you can’t have environmental regulation. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien took a look at one of those efforts underway at New York University.

Aired: 02/15/17

Rating: NR

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