EPA’s Enforcement Performance Under Trump Takes Historic Dive
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 2, 2026 CONTACT: Report authors are available to answer media questions. To arrange an interview, please direct media […]
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One Year into the Second Trump Administration, Defending the Environmental Right to Know is More Important Than Ever
January 20, 2026 — Today marks one year of the second Trump administration’s relentless attempt to dismantle federal environmental and public health […]
EPA Communications Under Zeldin Politicized, Report Shows
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 18, 2025 CONTACT: Report authors are available to answer media questions. To arrange an interview, please direct media […]
Trump Excuses Some of the Nation’s Riskiest Emitters From Clean Air Act Rules
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 12, 2025 CONTACT: Report authors are available to answer media questions. To arrange an interview, please direct media […]
EPA Undermines Public Process and Ignores Evidence in Reconsideration of Endangerment Finding
EPA Undermines Public Process and Ignores Evidence in Reconsideration of Endangerment Finding On September 22, 2025, the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative’s […]
Press Release: Cutting EPA’s Environmental Justice Grants Harms the Economy, Report Shows
The EPA’s withdrawal of $2.5 billion in environmental justice grants is an economic blow to communities across the country. According to a new report by the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI), the terminated grants would remove over $6 billion in economic benefits, including 65,000 jobs, reaching every county in the U.S.
Press Release: Report Shows EPA is Swiftly Being Hollowed Out Under Second Trump Administration
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 3, 2025 CONTACT: Report authors are available to answer media questions. To arrange an interview, please direct media […]
Press Release: Report Shows Rapid and Thorough Deletion of Environmental Information by Trump Administration
In its first six months, the Trump administration has significantly altered the federal environmental information landscape. According to a new report by the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI), information about environmental justice and climate change have been particular targets, with swift disappearances across federal websites.
New Environmental Justice Grants Map Highlights Impacts of EPA Fund Cancellations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 20, 2025 CONTACT: EDGI’s experts are available to answer media questions. For media inquiries, please email Shannan Lenke […]
PRESS RELEASE: EDGI Works to Safeguard Federal Environmental Data and Information
In anticipation of a second and likely more significant assault on federal environmental information by the Trump administration, the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI) is ramping up its website monitoring work, coordinating a broad multi-organizational data preservation effort, and expanding its civic data science tools for accessing federal environmental data. EDGI is also supporting the End of Term Archive as it works to build the largest archive of federal web-based data and information ever created.