Blog Archives – Page 12 of 24 – Environmental Data and Governance Initiative

How the Biden Administration Can Protect Public Environmental Information

October 13, 2025March 29, 2021 by Marcy Beck

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.

EDGI’s Data Program Examines the Role of Environmental Data Governance Through the Lenses of Power, Justice, and Equity

October 15, 2025March 23, 2021 by EDGI Comms

EDGI’s data program examines the role of environmental data and its governance through the lenses of power, justice, and equity: Which communities are invited to participate in environmental data’s production and management, in what ways, and which are not.

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

October 15, 2025March 22, 2021 by EDGI Comms

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

In Advance of Haaland Confirmation, DOI Overhauls Its Priorities

October 15, 2025March 16, 2021 by EDGI Comms

Between January 20 and February 28, 2021, the Department of the Interior (DOI) overhauled its stated priorities. The DOI’s priorities, as listed on its “Our Priorities” webpage, had been altered dramatically under the Trump administration.

EPA Indicates Bold Support for Scientific Integrity on Its Website

October 15, 2025March 9, 2021 by EDGI Comms

The “EPA Actions to Address PFAS” webpage was changed to reflect EPA career scientists’ conclusions about the latest toxicity assessment for PFBS guidelines and their decision to remove the document. The image on the left represents the webpage on January 20, 2021; the image on the right represents the webpage on February 9, 2021. Words … Read more

Climate Silence and the Trump Administration’s Censorship of Federal Environmental Agency Websites

October 15, 2025March 4, 2021 by Shannan Lenke Stoll

A new paper by the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI) summarizes how the Trump administration took unprecedented steps to censor climate change-related information—including by limiting access to websites about its causes and actions that mitigate it, as well as by changing the language used to refer to it.

New Report Shows Pattern Under Trump of Federal Agencies Removing Public Information Prior to Environmental Proceedings

October 15, 2025February 25, 2021 by EDGI Comms

Today, the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI) releases Access Denied: Federal Web Governance Under the Trump Administration. The report examines the Trump administration’s management of federal websites related to environmental regulation and makes recommendations for the Biden administration moving forward. Currently, there are few policies governing website content.

EDGI supports Internet Archive’s Decentralized Web Principles

October 15, 2025February 19, 2021 by EDGI Comms

By Kelsey Breseman EDGI began back in 2016, when a massive data-saving movement launched in response to the realization that critical scientific data would be endangered by an anti-science Trump administration. Since then, EDGI has monitored changes to environmental information on federal websites. It has also explored the potential for community-driven data stewardship—through a decentralized … Read more

Since Biden’s Inauguration, Environmental Enforcement Has New Place of Prominence on the EPA’s Homepage

October 15, 2025February 18, 2021 by EDGI Comms

Beginning January 25th, 2021, EPA’s top webpage epa.gov includes a clickable black and yellow image to report environmental violations.

Goodbye Homeland Security, Hello Emergency Response: EPA Renames a Major Research Initiative

October 15, 2025February 15, 2021 by EDGI Comms

Between January 4, 2021 (left) and January 19, 2021 (right), EPA’s Homeland Security Research webpage began redirecting to a new webpage, Emergency Response Research. Welcome! This post is part of the EDGI Website Monitoring Team’s “Change of the Week” blog series. The purpose of this series is to highlight interesting changes we have observed in … Read more