Workshop Title: Sharing your voice: Effective Public Comment Writing for EPA’s proposal to Weaken Chemical Disaster Prevention Requirements OverviewJoin the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI) for a workshop on writing effective public comments on EPA’s proposed rule to weaken the Risk Management Program (RMP). The proposed rule … Read more
On March 13, the EPA removed several pages about the risks of ethylene oxide, a known carcinogen and highly potent hazardous air pollutant used to sterilize medical supplies. The removed pages included information on ethylene oxide’s risks to humans and the environment, impacts of facilities on surrounding communities, webinars and resources for the public, and actions that the EPA and communities can take to reduce risk. While almost all of these pages now return “page not found” errors, the homepage for “Hazardous Air Pollutants: Ethylene Oxide” now redirects to a new homepage for ethylene oxide. This new page is devoid of information about the harms and risks and instead simply states the utility of ethylene oxide to sterilizing medical equipment and links to EPA’s new proposed rule to weaken regulation of the chemical.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 19, 2026 CONTACT: To arrange an interview or with questions about EDGI’s analysis, please direct media inquiries to shannanlenke.stoll@envirodatagov.org. Analysis Shows EPA’s Enforcement Claims Are Misleading March 19, 2026 – The Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI) analyzed the Environmental Protection Agency’s announcement last week that it achieved its “strongest enforcement … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 2, 2026 CONTACT: Report authors are available to answer media questions. To arrange an interview, please direct media inquiries to shannanlenke.stoll@envirodatagov.org. EPA’s Enforcement Performance Under Trump Takes Historic Dive February 2, 2026 – In 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) enforcement of environmental pollution laws was historically weak by many measures. … Read more
January 20, 2026 — Today marks one year of the second Trump administration’s relentless attempt to dismantle federal environmental and public health protections. By attacking environmental data and science and undermining the public’s Environmental Right to Know (ERTK), the administration is directing federal agencies to serve polluting industry over the health of people and the … Read more
History of the Endangered Species Act In April 2025, the Trump Administration proposed to rescind the definition of “harm” as it applied to the Endangered Species Act, in an attempt to remove the implication that habitat modification constitutes harm. In November 2025, the Department of the Interior’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced four proposed … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 18, 2025 CONTACT: Report authors are available to answer media questions. To arrange an interview, please direct media inquiries to shannanlenke.stoll@envirodatagov.org. EPA Communications Under Zeldin Politicized, Report Shows December 18, 2025 – Public communications issued by the current EPA’s press office are becoming more politicized, according to a new analysis issued … Read more
A side-by-side view of the homepage for “EPA History” on May 28, 2025 (left), and November 24, 2025 (right), after links to several pages about EPA and environmental history were removed. Text highlighted in red has been removed; text highlighted in green has been added. Highlights From the Change Log: EPA Removes Information about Agency … Read more
The Climate Change Impacts and Risk Analysis (CIRA) page on December 3, 2025 (left), and December 5, 2025 (right), after it was taken down. Highlights From the Change Log: EPA Scrubs Information About Climate Change Indicators and Impacts Welcome! This post is part of the EDGI Website Governance Team’s “Highlights From the Change Log” blog … Read more
The NIEHS Environmental Health Perspectives home page on November 5, 2025 (left), and December 1, 2025 (right), after it was taken down. Highlights From the Change Log: NIEHS’s Only Journal – Environmental Health Perspectives – Is Suddenly Removed Welcome! This post is part of the EDGI Website Governance Team’s “Highlights From the Change Log” blog … Read more