Check out our recent coverage highlights, as well as EDGI member op-eds. Full coverage of EDGI is documented below.
Recent Highlights
Residents Stopped a Data Center, but a Gas Plant Still Threatens This …
Data centers analysis linked: “Analyses have found that communities closest to U.S. data centers regulated by …
October 6, 2026
The Coal Industry Asked for a Rescue. Trump Obliged.
Roughly one-third of the nation’s coal-burning power plants were scheduled to close within five years, according …
September 28, 2026
Inside the Struggle to Dismantle America’s Greenhouse Gas Data
Regardless of what exactly might take the place of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program and related …
August 18, 2026
Microsoft Ups Investment in Polluting AI, but Cuts Down Carbon Removal…
A study from the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative found that the communities living within a …
August 13, 2026
Trump administration ends NOAA support for annual Arctic Report Card
Project 2025, the blueprint for a second Trump administration that the Heritage Foundation published prior to …
August 12, 2026
Whiting Neighbors Rattled As BP Refinery Tagged Top U.S. Carbon Gusher
A new national analysis has put BP’s Whiting refinery in an unwelcome spotlight, landing the Whiting …
July 27, 2026
BP Whiting Refinery included on new greenhouse gas emissions report
The Environmental Data and Governance Initiative, on Tuesday, released its “Trends and Accountability in EPA Greenhouse …
July 26, 2026
Where U.S. Government Data Is Disappearing
During the first Trump administration, environmental researchers and advocacy groups raised alarms about sudden disappearances of …
July 22, 2026
A Disappearing Data Chronology
The Disappearing Data Chronology documents fundamental changes to the federal information landscape under the Trump administration, …
July 21, 2026
Op-Eds
A Year in, the Trump Administration is Exercising “Gold Standard” Supp…
It’s been one year since the White House’s Office of Science Technology and Policy (OSTP) published …
June 24, 2026
Despite What This EPA Says, Enforcement under Trump Has Dropped
Each year, the EPA releases a report on its environmental enforcement for the previous fiscal year; …
March 31, 2026
The Trump administration is disappearing climate change data
On Feb. 12, the Trump administration repealed the landmark 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding, flouting decades …
February 27, 2026
Trump administration is on track to cut 1 in 3 EPA staffers by the end…
As Congress faces a Sept. 30, 2025, deadline to fund the federal government, Environmental Protection Agency …
September 29, 2025
How to find climate data and science the Trump administration doesn’t …
Government scientists at NOAA collect and provide crucial public information about coastal conditions that businesses, individuals …
February 14, 2025
3 ways Trump’s EPA could use the language of science to weaken polluti…
The Trump administration is widely expected to loosen regulations on polluting industries …
January 8, 2025
SCOTUS Scrutiny and the Future of Public Commenting
A spate of US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) rulings decided this summer will have dramatic and damaging …
September 14, 2024
Introducing the Public Comments Initiative
Public comments and their impact on scientific integrity in federal rulemaking …
August 27, 2024
Full Coverage
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