Changes to USGS website highlight the importance of search for public access
By Toly Rinberg and Andrew Bergman, members of EDGI’s Website Monitoring Committee (Cross-posted on Sunlight Foundation) As has been true for […]
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EDGI Highlights Environmental Justice Implications in Part 2 of the First 100 Days and Counting
The first six months of the Trump Administration have reversed decades of progress toward environmental justice. The Environmental Data and Governance Initiative […]
Wrapping up Google Summer of Code 2017
EDGI is grateful to have participated in Google Summer of Code (GSoC) for the first time in 2017. Our mentoring team of […]
Towards an Environmental Data Justice Statement: Initial Thoughts
On August 28 at Northeastern University in Boston, EDGI convened an interdisciplinary group of Science and Technology Studies (STS) scholars, civic tech […]
Google Summer of Code 2017: Harsh Baid – Data Visualizations
Written by Harsh Baid. Reblogged with permission from Harsh Baid’s Blog: https://harshbaid.com/blog/2017/working-with-edgi/ Introduction Over the past 3 months, as part of Google […]
Environmental and Public Interest Groups Condemn Racist Violence and Intolerance in Charlottesville, Virginia
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A broad coalition of environmental, public health and public interest groups, including prominent African American and Latino organizations, issued […]
Google Summer of Code 2017: Janak Raj Chadha – Web Monitoring Project
Written by Janak Raj Chadha. Identifying and Prioritizing Important Website Changes Introduction The Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI) is an international […]
Removals and Access Reductions on the USDA’s “Climate Hubs” Website Prompt Concerns About Transparency and Public Access
By Members of EDGI’s Website Monitoring Committee: Andrew Bergman (@andmbergman), Toly Rinberg, and Gretchen Gehrke (For inquiries, please contact edgi.websitemonitoring@protonmail.com) August […]
EDGI at Web Archiving Week!
Three members of EDGI attended Web Archiving Week, #waweek2017, held in London from June 12 – 16, 2017. Located at the Senate […]
Join EDGI with the DataKind DataCorps
We are excited to announce that we will be working with DataKind and DataCorps volunteers in the coming months on “Filtering and […]