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The Carbon Tax Meets the Suburbs: Projecting the Equity Impacts of New York’s Proposed Climate and Community Investment Act

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The Carbon Tax Meets the Suburbs: Projecting the Equity Impacts of New York’s Proposed Climate and Community Investment Act

By David Wiczer (Economics, Stony Brook University) and Christopher Sellers (History, Stony Brook University) The carbon tax, long hailed as among the most promising means for curbing the greenhouse emissions that cause climate change, has often faltered politically, through disagreements over how to distribute its burdens. By itself, a tax on fossil fuels can stir controversy … Read more

EDGI’s Fifth Birthday Celebration

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EDGI is five years old! To celebrate, we hosted a virtual celebration on Wednesday, November 3, to reflect on our progress and growth: from an email chain and burst of civic activity to a respected, established organization with staff and volunteers who engage in ongoing research and tool building around environmental data and governance. We … Read more

Join us to celebrate: EDGI at Five Years

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Join us to celebrate: EDGI at Five Years

On Wednesday, November 3, 2021, from 8-9PM Eastern / 5-6PM Pacific, EDGI will hold a birthday celebration of our fifth year as an organization! Join us as we reflect on our recent accomplishments and hear from Kelsey Breseman, Chris Sellers, Marianne Sullivan, and other working group leads about what to expect going forward – and … Read more

Code With EDGI! Environmental Enforcement Watch Does #Hacktoberfest2021

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Code With EDGI! Environmental Enforcement Watch Does #Hacktoberfest2021

On Wednesday, October 27 at 1PM Eastern/4PM Pacific, the Environmental Data Governance Initiative’s Environmental Enforcement Watch (EEW) will hold an event as part of Hacktoberfest, a month-long series of events by and for the open source community. EEW’s event will include a brief demonstration of one of EEW’s open source Jupyter Notebook followed by time to explore and hack on the project. 

EPA Changes Up Its Climate Change Website

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EPA Changes Up Its Climate Change Website

On August 12, 2021, the EPA published extensive additions of at least 38 webpages to its “Climate Change” website, www.epa.gov/climate-change. These additions include webpages regarding EPA’s activities addressing climate change, from its various partnership initiatives to regulatory actions.

EDGI is Hiring! Development Lead – Half-time

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EDGI is Hiring! Development Lead – Half-time

Job Posting: Development Lead – Part-time  Anticipated start date: November 15, 2021 Compensation: $37.86 per hour; half-time employment with retirement contributions and paid vacation, holiday, and sick leave  Expected hours: 20 hours per week; flexible schedule Location: Fully remote  Position Description  The Development Lead will develop and implement the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative’s (EDGI’s) … Read more

What’s in My Watershed? A Tool for Community Analysis of Water Pollution and Polluters

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What’s in My Watershed? A Tool for Community Analysis of Water Pollution and Polluters

By Eric Nost, Megan Raisle, Steve Hansen, Kelsey Breseman, Lourdes Vera, Sara Wylie, and EDGI In Brief Why We Created a Watershed Notebook Who’s responsible for this mess? As the intertwined climate-public health crisis grows, more and more people are confronting the harms wrought by fossil fuels and toxics industries in their neighborhoods. As hurricanes … Read more

Prioritizing Accessibility for Online Events

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What’s in My Watershed? A Tool for Community Analysis of Water Pollution and Polluters

By Leslie Alanis Using funding from Code for Science & Society (CS&S), EDGI has developed and implemented standards for  event accessibility. Specifically, our Environmental Enforcement Watch (EEW) team has developed tools aimed at making our event—including the tools, language, and data we use at events—as accessible to the public as possible. At EEW events held … Read more

EDGI Urges White House Scientific Integrity Task Force to Improve Public Information Policies

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EDGI Urges White House Scientific Integrity Task Force to Improve Public Information Policies

Stronger public information policies are necessary for stronger scientific integrity policies. This comment underscores that relationship by providing specific examples of federal website information management decisions during the Trump administration that were at odds with scientific integrity and undermined public trust. The comment then relays a series of recommendations to promote and protect the free flow of scientific information from the government to the public, and utilize websites as a vehicle for building public trust in the government by facilitating greater environmental, scientific, and civic literacy.