EPA Climate Change Website

May 30, 2017
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 Meeting Agenda
•

Overview

•

Technical walkthrough

•

Release timeline

•

Questions

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 Overview
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 Why?
• Amplification of the importance of data in the climate change discussion
• Clear contrast with efforts otherwise
• Build on efforts of MNCAA, C40, USDN, & others
• Example of why data matters
• It’s different
• Sending a signal together across the country

• (aka don’t leak this)

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 Technical Walkthrough
• YourWebsite.gov/climatechangeisreal
• Instructions and website files are available at
https://chicago.github.io/climatechangeisreal
• The website can be matched your city website
by modifying the files within the “branding”
folder.

From Github…
https : //github corn/Chi cago/cl imatechangei sreai git

To host the site in Apache, you need the following Rewrite rules:

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• Chicago can work with your team’s IT
department with any questions.

• The code is designed to allow other cities to
automate a refresh of the site regularly.
This repository

• Chicago is working with other groups (e.g.,
Sunlight Foundation, EDGI) to update the site
in the future.

is

des'gned to allow custom branding to match your site's name and logo. The

navigate back to the

changed.
After cloning the repository or pulling in new updates, simply copy your preferred branding to this
folder using the above naming conventions.

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 Tentative Timeline
Subject to change (macro issues, Paris pullout, etc)
Sun, 5/28

Mon, 5/29

Tue, 5/30

Wed, 5/31

Thu, 6/1

TODAY

Fri, 6/2

Sat, 6/3

Indicate soft
interest

Intro Webinar

Sun, 6/4

Sun, 6/11

Mon, 6/5

Mon, 6/12

Tue, 6/6

Tue, 6/13

Wed, 6/7

Thu, 6/8

Fri, 6/9

Sat, 6/10

TBD Press
Call/ E-mail
Update

In or Out?
Need Info Up
& URL
Available by
COB

Placed story
(Chicago
Mayor’s Press
Office)

Individual
Releases

Wed, 6/14

Thu, 6/15

Fri, 6/16

Sat, 6/17

Individual
Releases

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 Questions/Contact Information

Policy

Chris Wheat, Mayor’s Office
Christopher.wheat@cityofchicago.org
Margaret Hansbrough, Mayor’s Office
Margaret.hansbrough@cityofchicago.org

Press

Kiera Ellis, Mayor’s Press Office
Kiera.ellis@cityofchicago.org

Website/ Tom Schenk, Dept. of Innovation & Technology
Technical Tom.Schenk@cityofchicago.org
Doug Hurdelbrink, Dept. of Innovation & Technology
Douglas.Hurdelbrink@cityofchicago.org

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