SCOTUS Scrutiny and the Future of Public Commenting
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) held a Surplus Plutonium Disposition Public Comment Meeting on September 4, 2012 at the North Augusta, […]
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Explore Our Alternative Tools for Contextualizing Hard-to-Access EPA Data
EDGI’s Environmental Enforcement Watch (EEW) team hosted ‘Building Civic Technologies for Environmental Data Justice,’ a five-part workshop series that explored the tools […]
EDGI Launches Project to Shed Light On the Public Comment Process
Today EDGI launched our Public Comments Initiative, a project that aims to help people and organizations understand and more effectively engage in […]
Advancing Public Participation and Community Engagement with the Federal Government
EDGI submitted a public comment in response to the White House Office of Management and Budget’s Request for Information, “Methods and Leading […]
EDGI is hiring: APE Summer Internship
Join the EDGI team! We’re looking to hire a a summer research intern to help coordinate a public online research project. This […]
EDGI’s Public Comment on EPA’s Draft Guidelines for Cumulative Risk Assessment Planning and Problem Formulation
The EPA released draft Guidelines for Cumulative Risk Assessment Planning and Problem Formulation last year. This is a crucial step for the […]
EDGI’s Public Comment to the OSTP on the Development of a Federal Environmental Justice Science, Data, and Research Plan
Late last fall, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) sought to gather information and feedback for developing a coordinated Federal […]
EDGI is hiring a Communications Lead
Join us! We are looking to hire a new, collaborative team member to join EDGI to help with communications—network-wide and with the broader public.
Introducing EDGI’s New Collaborator in our “Cumulative Effects” Project: Community In-Power and Development Association, Inc. (CIDA)
A paradigmatic case of the “sacrifice zone,” West Port Arthur and similar neighborhoods in Beaumont also epitomize the cumulative impacts faced by America’s most environmentally burdened communities.
Introducing EDGI’s New Collaborator in our “Cumulative Effects” Project: Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT)
Forty years have passed, and the people of Sivuqaq are still fighting for a more thorough clean-up of military wastes remaining on Sivuqaq as they work hand in hand with the Anchorage-based organization Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT).