EDGI Receives Sustaining Grant from David & Lucile Packard Foundation

EDGI Receives Sustaining Grant from David & Lucile Packard Foundation

EDGI is honored to announce that the David & Lucile Packard Foundation has awarded us a generous grant to sustain and expand our work over the next two years.  Supported by previous funding through the Packard Foundation, EDGI identified gaps in policies that enabled the Trump administration to undermine science, roll-back environmental protections, scrub public … Read more

EDGI is hiring! Web Developer — Part-Time

EDGI is hiring! Web Developer — Part-Time

Web Developer EDGI is hiring a short-term web developer to assist in the maintenance and improvement of the website for our Environmental Enforcement Watch (EEW) project. EEW is an online public research project investigating patterns in violations of federal environmental regulations and the enforcement of environmental laws. The web developer will work with a UX … Read more

Environmental Enforcement Watch Hosts Public Open Hour to Discuss Challenges with Environmental Data

Environmental Enforcement Watch Hosts Public Open Hour to Discuss Challenges with Environmental Data

On Thursday, April 29th, EDGI’s Environmental Enforcement Watch project (EEW) hosted our first open hour of the year to provide a networking space and structured conversation around the challenges participants from across the country face producing, using, and accessing environmental data for justice. Then, participants tried out EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) tool … Read more

EDGI’s Public Comment on EPA’s NPDES Renewal for Chelsea Creek

EDGI’s Public Comment on EPA’s NPDES Renewal for Chelsea Creek

Chelsea River, aka Chelsea Creek, is the site of seven oil storage facilities whose permits, issued by EPA Region 1 under National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems (NPDES), are up for renewal this year. These facilities store 70-80% of the New England region’s heating oil and all of the jet fuel for the Boston Logan International … Read more

EDGI’s New Code of Conduct Emphasizes Restorative Justice

EDGI’s New Code of Conduct Emphasizes Restorative Justice

By Kelsey Breseman EDGI is proud to announce an all-new Code of Conduct (see below), which places fresh emphasis on the values we embrace (rather than simply what behaviors will be disallowed) and references a restorative justice-based toolkit for conflict resolution. The new Code of Conduct, a replacement to EDGI’s former Code of Conduct, applies … Read more

How the Biden Administration Can Protect Public Environmental Information

How the Biden Administration Can Protect Public Environmental Information

Just one week into Biden’s presidency, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced its intent to review the effectiveness of scientific integrity policies across federal agencies, stating that, “scientific findings should never be distorted or influenced by political considerations.” The OSTP review provides an opportunity to address the policy gaps in the governance of public information found on the websites of federal agencies, an issue that the website monitoring team of the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative has been tracking since the beginning of the Trump presidency. 

Say Goodbye to the Obama Era “All of the Above” Energy Approach

Say Goodbye to the Obama Era “All of the Above” Energy Approach

The BLM has removed the phrase “all of the above energy approach.” The image on the left shows BLM’s “Energy and Minerals” webpage on January 20, 2021, and the image on the right shows the same webpage on January 21, 2021. Text highlighted in red was deleted; text highlighted in green was added.  Welcome! This … Read more