EPA initiated fewer civil cases in 2018 than it has in over 35 years (and other red flags of weak enforcement)
2018 was one of the weakest, perhaps the weakest, enforcement year for the EPA in decades.
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Pollution and Hazardous Waste Reduction Is the Lowest on Record Under Trump’s EPA
Contrary to the EPA’s recently released “Year in Review,” we are not on a path to a safer, cleaner future.
Which Environmental and Data Justice Projects Inspire You?
Which environmental and data justice projects inspire you? In these fraught times, new modes of activism, research, and partnership are called for to enable justice, equity and shared livable futures. How can we interweave justice work across domains to create research and data infrastructures designed for justice? To that end, we are seeking to hold … Read more
Recap from Data Together Annual Meeting
The scientific data on which so much of what we know is based—the data we need to make informed decisions about many of the most important issues facing our world today—are entrusted to governments and corporations, which often do not have motivation to preserve and foreground evidence, especially as it relates to environmental harms generated by the status quo.
EPA Discontinues Updates to Climate Change Websites
After nearly 18 months with the EPA’s climate change website “being updated” behind closed doors, two weeks ago, the agency apparently decided to change course.
We are Hiring a Part-Time System Administrator!
We are searching for a remote part-time System Administrator to work on and support our Web Monitoring Platform, Scanner, used by our Web Monitoring Working Group.
Join us November 3 for Lessons on FOIA and Environmental Information Access in the Trump Era
Seating is limited, please RSVP soon! On Saturday, November 3, Environmental Data & Governance Initiative members Jake Wylie and Kevin Nguyen will be speaking at an all-day event hosted by our friends at the CUNY School of Law. We’ll be talking about changes our Web Monitoring research group has found in information access and how our … Read more
Caging Nature, Caging Humans
For this guest post, EDGI has invited Dr. Mary E. Mendoza’s commentary on the border wall and justice for humans and non-humans alike. Mendoza calls for combining our thinking about human and ecological systems in order to create conditions where diversity thrives. by Mary E. Mendoza Environmental destruction and human misery have gone hand in … Read more
EPA’s Proposed Rule Uses the Idea of Transparency to Reduce Real Transparency and Delay Protecting Environmental and Public Health
Public access to the data and models undergirding environmental regulation sounds appealing. But there are several reasons to think that the EPA’s call for “transparency” is disingenuous and that this rule would actually undermine science and public knowledge.