Undermining the Importance of the U.S. Global Change Research Program Efforts to Address Climate Change
The U.S. Global Change Research Program “USGCRP’s Role” webpage (shown on the left) became a restricted access page after March 5, 2018 […]
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Building Just, Equitable, and Effective Environmental Governance Under Biden
When President elect Joe Biden and Vice-President elect Kamala Harris take office on January 20, 2021, they will need to respond quickly to the compounding disasters of the COVID-19 pandemic and the escalating climate crisis, both of which have had a disproportionate impact on communities of color, especially Black and Indigenous communities. The need for bold climate action and for a federal leadership deeply rooted in justice have never been greater. Both will require more effective environmental data and governance systems that put justice and equity at their center.
Biden’s Pick for the Office of Public Engagement, Cedric Richmond, Profits While Polluting Industries in His District Avoid Culpability
Environmental Enforcement Watch’s new report card on EPA enforcement in Cedric Richmond’s district between 2001 and 2019 adds to the public understanding […]
Fifty Years After the EPA’s Formation, EDGI Releases A People’s EPA
Today the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI) launches a collaborative digital project, A People’s EPA (APE). Since December 1970, Congress has charged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with implementing laws that protect us from air pollution, dirty water, and hazardous waste. Launching 50 years after the EPA’s establishment, the new project website helps illuminate the complex history, present day struggles, and future direction of the country’s lead environmental agency.
EDGI is hiring! Development Director — Part-Time
Job Posting: Development Director — Part-time Dates: February 1, 2021 – August 31, 2021 Compensation: $48 per hour Expected hours: 20 hours […]
Only One EPA Web Resource Has Been Restored — Entirely Scrubbed of Climate Change Content
The “Climate and Energy Resources for State, Local, and Tribal Governments” website (left) was replaced with the “Energy Resources for State, Local, […]
Change of the Week: Story of Clean Power Plan Website Removal Underscores Need for Better Information Policies
This week’s change of the week was made in April 2017 and features the redirecting of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan website to a single webpage about a 2017 executive order on “energy independence.” We discussed this issue in our 2018 public comment on the proposed repeal of the Clean Power Plan, and it underscores the urgent need to develop better web resource policies.
Democratizing Data Reports Released by EDGI’s Environmental Enforcement Watch
Seventy-six congressional report cards released by Environmental Data & Governance Initiative’s Environmental Enforcement Watch on October 22, 2020, show a decline in compliance and enforcement for key U.S. environmental laws under the Trump administration. The report cards are summarized in the new report, Democratizing Data: Environmental Enforcement Watch’s Report Cards for Congressional Oversight of the EPA, which provides for the first time an analysis of Environmental Protection Agency data on compliance and enforcement in the districts and states of the representatives and senators serving on the two congressional committees tasked with overseeing the Environmental Protection Agency.
Making a public dataset: reviewing and reclassifying changes to federal environmental webpages
Blog written by Alejandro Paz Lead image shows the HTML source code comparison for two versions of the same page, on which […]
Change of the Week: It’s the two-year anniversary of EPA abandoning its Climate Change website “updates”
Welcome! This post is part of the EDGI Website Monitoring Team’s “Change of the Week” blog series. The purpose of this series […]