3 Ways Trump’s EPA Could Use the Language of Science to Weaken Pollution Controls
President Donald J. Trump tours the Pratt Industries plant with Pratt Industries Executive Chairman Anthony Pratt Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Wapakoneta, […]
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EDGI’s Environmental Historians Annotate Project 2025
EDGI’s Environmental Historians Action Collaborative working group annotated select chapters and sections of Project 2025 related to the environment, providing important context and fact-checking […]
A New Legal Landscape for Environmental Regulations
Environmental governance is at a pivotal moment. With the shifting legal landscape over the last eight years, including the spate of Supreme Court (SCOTUS) rulings earlier this summer, environmental protections are being undermined from multiple angles. The future of environmental regulations and the regulatory state are perhaps more vulnerable than at any other time in recent history.
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, […]
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 […]