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Badlands National Park Twitter Account Posts, Deletes Messages About Climate Change

The posts about anthropogenic climate change were quickly deleted from the Badlands National Park's official Twitter page.

by Bethania Palma, Published Jan. 24, 2017


Image courtesy of Badlands National Park Twitter


On 24 January 2017, the official Twitter account belonging to the Badlands National Park posted a series of messages about human-caused climate change:


Without any explanation, the tweets were deleted — except for a vague, yet slightly ominous, image:


badlands deerThe tweets were posted just days after the National Park Service official Twitter account was deactivated after posting unflattering tweets about President Donald Trump on 20 January 2017, the day of his inauguration. The Trump administration has also called for a social media blackout of the Environmental Protection Agency, whose official Twitter account has been silent since 19 January 2017.


By Bethania Palma

Bethania Palma is a journalist from the Los Angeles area who has been working in the news industry since 2006.


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