<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
Refuge	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
public	O
and	O
collaborative	O
project	O
designed	O
to	O
address	O
concerns	O
about	O
federal	O
climate	O
and	O
environmental	O
data	O
that	O
is	O
in	O
danger	O
of	O
being	O
lost	O
.	O
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<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
Refuge	I-General_Concept
began	O
as	O
a	O
grassroots	O
organization	O
in	O
opposition	O
to	O
government	O
data	O
on	O
climate	O
change	O
and	O
the	O
environment	O
not	O
being	O
archived	O
systemically	O
.	O
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<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
Refuge	I-General_Concept
's	O
main	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
collect	O
and	O
allocate	O
data	O
in	O
multiple	O
safe	O
locations	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
sustainable	O
way	O
of	O
archiving	O
old	O
and	O
new	O
data	O
.	O
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<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
Refuge	I-General_Concept
was	O
initiated	O
in	O
2016	O
to	O
protect	O
federal	O
climate	O
and	O
environmental	O
data	O
that	O
is	O
vulnerable	O
under	O
an	O
administration	O
that	O
denies	O
climate	O
change	O
.	O
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<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
Refuge	I-General_Concept
is	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
National	O
Geographic	O
Foundation	O
,	O
private	O
donors	O
,	O
Libraries+	O
Network	O
,	O
Preserving	O
Electronic	O
Governance	O
Initiative	O
(	O
PEGI	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Union	O
of	O
Concerned	O
Scientists	O
(	O
USC	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Penn	O
Program	O
in	O
Environmental	O
Humanities	O
(	O
PPEH	O
)	O
.	O
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<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
Refuge	I-General_Concept
collects	O
public	O
federal	O
data	O
on	O
the	O
climate	O
and	O
environment	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
satellite	O
imagery	O
,	O
PDFs	B-Application
,	O
and	O
stories	O
.	O
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<s>
Through	O
the	O
Data	O
Rescue	O
events	O
,	O
Data	B-General_Concept
Refuge	I-General_Concept
has	O
accumulated	O
4	O
terabytes	O
of	O
data	O
,	O
30,000	O
URLs	O
,	O
and	O
800	O
participants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
Refuge	I-General_Concept
collects	O
stories	O
on	O
vulnerable	O
federal	O
climate	O
and	O
environmental	O
data	O
through	O
:	O
surveys	O
,	O
oral	O
history	O
,	O
photo	O
essays	O
,	O
maps	O
,	O
video	O
shorts	O
,	O
and	O
animations	O
.	O
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<s>
Data	O
stories	O
are	O
collected	O
and	O
used	O
to	O
emphasize	O
the	O
importance	O
of	O
Data	B-General_Concept
Refuge	I-General_Concept
,	O
in	O
how	O
the	O
data	O
on	O
climate	O
change	O
and	O
the	O
environment	O
are	O
being	O
used	O
by	O
people	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
across	O
the	O
world	O
for	O
meaningful	O
practices	O
.	O
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