Blog

Changes to EPA’s COBRA Tool Have Major Implications for Climate Policy

by
Changes to EPA’s COBRA Tool Have Major Implications for Climate Policy

This post is part of the EDGI Website Governance Team’s “Highlights from the Change Log” blog series. The purpose of this series is to highlight interesting changes we have observed in the content of, or access to, federal websites. We want to share these changes to encourage public engagement with and discussion of their significance, as well as understanding of the ephemeral nature of website information. These website changes happened in Fall 2025 and feature changes to information about EPA’s regulatory analysis.

Trump Excuses Some of the Nation’s Riskiest Emitters From Clean Air Act Rules

by
Trump Excuses Some of the Nation’s Riskiest Emitters From Clean Air Act Rules

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 12, 2025 CONTACT: Report authors are available to answer media questions. To arrange an interview, please direct media inquiries to shannanlenke.stoll@envirodatagov.org. Trump Excuses Some of the Nation’s Riskiest Emitters From Clean Air Act Rules  November 12, 2025 – Under President Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin some of the nation’s largest … Read more

Threats to Drinking Water Call for Stronger Regulation and Enforcement

by
Threats to Drinking Water Call for Stronger Regulation and Enforcement

By: Jennifer Epstein, Eric Nost, Christopher Cane, and Shannan Lenke Stoll This is an installment of our State of Environmental Protection series, where we use public data from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to evaluate the claims and assumptions behind authoritarian attacks on federal environmental justice, science, and health. We question the idea that … Read more

Federal Agencies Post Incendiary Banners About the Government Shutdown

by
Federal Agencies Post Incendiary Banners About the Government Shutdown

This post is part of the EDGI Website Governance Team’s “Highlights from the Change Log” blog series. The purpose of this series is to highlight interesting changes we have observed in the content of, or access to, federal websites. We want to share these changes to encourage public engagement with and discussion of their significance, as well as understanding of the ephemeral nature of website information. These website changes happened in October 2025 and feature various incendiary banners about the October government shutdown.

Surface Waters Under Threat

by
Surface Waters Under Threat

This is an 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 1970s. Moreover, we seek to understand the landscape of environmental regulation, responsibility, and harm originating from industry in the United States.

EPA Undermines Public Process and Ignores Evidence in Reconsideration of Endangerment Finding

by
EPA Undermines Public Process and Ignores Evidence in Reconsideration of Endangerment Finding

EPA Undermines Public Process and Ignores Evidence in Reconsideration of Endangerment Finding On September 22, 2025, the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative’s (EDGI’s) Website Governance Team submitted a public comment in response to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Proposed Rule: Reconsideration of 2009 Endangerment Finding and Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Standards (Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0194) under Section … Read more

A New Wave of Air Toxics Demands Real Enforcement

by
A New Wave of Air Toxics Demands Real Enforcement

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 1970s. Moreover, we seek to understand the landscape of environmental regulation, responsibility, and harm originating from industry in the United States.