EPA Undermines Public Process and Ignores Evidence in Reconsideration of Endangerment Finding On September 22, 2025, the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative’s […] The post EPA Undermines Public Process and Ignores Evidence in Reconsideration of Endangerment Finding appeared first on Environmental Data and Governance Initiative.| Environmental Data and Governance Initiative
The EPA’s withdrawal of $2.5 billion in environmental justice grants is an economic blow to communities across the country. According to a new report by the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI), the terminated grants would remove over $6 billion in economic benefits, including 65,000 jobs, reaching every county in the U.S. The post Press Release: Cutting EPA’s Environmental Justice Grants Harms the Economy, Report Shows appeared first on Environmental Data and Governance Init...| Environmental Data and Governance Initiative
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 3, 2025 CONTACT: Report authors are available to answer media questions. To arrange an interview, please direct media […] The post Press Release: Report Shows EPA is Swiftly Being Hollowed Out Under Second Trump Administration appeared first on Environmental Data and Governance Initiative.| Environmental Data and Governance Initiative
In its first six months, the Trump administration has significantly altered the federal environmental information landscape. According to a new report by the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI), information about environmental justice and climate change have been particular targets, with swift disappearances across federal websites. The post Press Release: Report Shows Rapid and Thorough Deletion of Environmental Information by Trump Administration appeared first on Environment...| Environmental Data and Governance Initiative
EDGI is developing tools to facilitate communities’ use of the FOIA process. Our first tool is a series of state-by-state community-led FOIA guides. The post Community-Led FOIA: Introduction to the Project and the State-by-State Guide appeared first on Environmental Data and Governance Initiative.| Environmental Data and Governance Initiative
This is the first installment of our State of Environmental Protection series. This series utilizes public data from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to evaluate the current state of our environment and recent trends over time, as well as claims and assumptions behind attacks on federal environmental justice, science, and health. We investigate the progress made since the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and numerous other environmental laws were put into effect during the 1970...| Environmental Data and Governance Initiative
EDGI’s Environmental Enforcement Watch project is covering the state of environmental protection in the US today through a series of blog posts. The goal of this series is to orient our current position relative to the ambitious goals of the Clean Water Act (CWA), Clean Air Act (CAA), Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). What does a second Trump administration mean for the state of environmental law, compliance, and enforcement in the US? The po...| Environmental Data and Governance Initiative
In April 2025, the EPA removed information about its Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions (HBCU-MSI) Advisory Council. The EPA deleted the webpage dedicated to this advisory council along with its entry from the landing page for all Federal Advisory Committees at EPA. The EPA’s Office of Public Engagement and Environmental Education landing page deleted all information about working with HBCU-MSIs, including a paragraph and multiple links describing...| Environmental Data and Governance Initiative
Highlights from the Change Log: NOAA removes “Teaching Climate” resources from Climate.gov Welcome! This post is part of the EDGI Website Monitoring […] The post NOAA removes “Teaching Climate” resources from Climate.gov appeared first on Environmental Data and Governance Initiative.| Environmental Data and Governance Initiative
In the first 100 days of Trump’s second term in office, a barrage of removals disappeared environmental data and information across agency […] The post How Information Was Suppressed in Trump’s First 100 Days (and How It Compares to Last Time) appeared first on Environmental Data and Governance Initiative.| Environmental Data and Governance Initiative