EDGI’s Civic Science Fellows Lay Groundwork
The 2021 – 2023 cohort of Civic Science Fellows. EDGI’s fellows are hosted by the Rita Allen Foundation and funded in partnership with […]
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PRESS RELEASE: EDGI Urges CEQ to Incorporate Federal Enforcement Data into Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool
Image shows the beta version of the federal Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool. EDGI Urges CEQ to Incorporate Federal Enforcement Data […]
PRESS RELEASE: EDGI Releases Report on Carbon Emissions by US Corporations
The Environmental Data & Governance Initiative’s analysis of the most recent EPA data (2020) shows the top ten companies in terms of […]
Owning Up: A Tool to Measure US Carbon Emissions by Corporations
In this post, we introduce EEW’s new open-source Jupyter Notebook for analyzing greenhouse gasses (GHGs) by the entities that either supply or emit them. This tool contributes to a reframing of accountability for climate change in terms of fossil fuel capitalism.
EDGI’s Response to the EPA’s New “ECHO Notify” Tool for Enforcement and Compliance
Tuesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced through their Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance that they are launching “ECHO Notify.” According to the agency news release, the email alert tool “provides information on all EPA enforcement and compliance activities as well as activities of state and local governments under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and the Safe Drinking Water Act.” The public can sign up to receive emails every week with information on activities taking place at facilities within a selected region.
Catalog of Open Federal Datasets Available on EEW’s Site
EDGI’s Environmental Enforcement Watch’s catalog of open federal environmental datasets. View the page here. By Kelsey Breseman, Megan Raisle, Eric Nost, Sara […]
Environmental Enforcement Watch’s Interactive Data Research Tools Now Available on Website
EDGI’s Environmental Enforcement Watch’s new landing page for their open source environmental data science tools. View the page here. By Kelsey Breseman, […]
The Environmental Historians Action Collaborative Co-Organizes Conference on the Climate Crisis
EDGI’s Environmental Historians Action Collaborative (EHAC) is co-organizing a conference on the climate crisis to take place June 16-17, 2022. With the […]
EDGI’s Website Monitoring Team Releases Report on Federal Web Governance in Biden’s First Year
January 20, 2022 – Today, the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI)’s Website Monitoring Team releases Work in Progress: Governance of Digital […]
EDGI’s Website Monitoring Team Analyzes Extreme Politicization of EPA News Releases Under Trump
Today, the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI)’s Website Monitoring Team releases Crossing the Line: Analyzing EPA news releases under Trump and ensuring trust in federal information in the future. This report examines the politicization of EPA’s news releases under the Trump administration and recommends guidelines for protection of the integrity of information coming from the EPA’s press office.