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Anything the US government publishes directly is in the public domain, including the contents of climate.gov, when it was online. One of the reasons the migration could happen without legal repercussions is precisely because the information was public domain.

From the article:

> This is possible because US government data is public domain by law.

From the FAQ on the new climate.us [0]:

> Can I re-use this data/product/image/video?

> Yes! Any content dated prior to June 30, 2025 and credited to NOAA Climate.gov is in the public domain can be freely re-used with proper attribution.

> Any content after June 30, 2025 and credited to Climate.us, is under the Creative Commons license: CC BY-SA 4.0 Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International.

[0] https://www.climate.us/faqs

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> Any content dated prior to June 30, 2025 and credited to NOAA Climate.gov is in the public domain [and] can be freely re-used with proper attribution.

What a bizarre thing to say. It's in the public domain. Why would you need attribution?

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