Press Coverage

Check out our recent coverage highlights, as well as EDGI member op-eds. Full coverage of EDGI is documented below.

Recent Highlights

Trump attacks climate science and spreads fear among scientists

Erasing references to climate change, censoring environmental data and undermining globally recognized agencies... The Trump administration is leading an unprecedented offensive.

Le Monde.fr

The ‘Wayback Machine’ is preserving the websites Trump’s White House took down | CNN Business

The White House has ordered thousands of government web pages to be taken down over the past month, leaving virtually no trace of some federal agencies’ policies regarding critical topics such as sexual orientation, January 6 cases and discrimination.

CNN

FEMA’s website started deleting ‘climate change’

The edits come as the Trump administration takes a wrecking ball to federal agencies.

The Verge

The scramble to save critical climate data from Trump's war on DEI

Researchers and activists are archiving websites and data because “policymakers and the public need good information to make the best policy."

Grist

Attention Required! | Cloudflare

insideclimatenews.org

Scientists brace ‘for the worst’ as Trump purges climate mentions from websites

Trump administration pulling references online ‘won’t make crisis’ stop affecting Americans’ lives, say experts

the Guardian

Donald Trump’s data purge has begun

Researchers have been archiving government websites for months.

The Verge

Archivists Work to Identify and Save the Thousands of Datasets Disappearing From Data.gov

More than 2,000 datasets have disappeared from data.gov since Trump was inaugurated. But analyzing exactly what happened and where it went is going to take some time.

404 Media

Groups archive environmental justice data scrapped by Trump

The organizations starting by building a public tool based on the White House's former Climate and Environmental Justice Screening Tool.

E&E News by POLITICO

The mad dash to protect environmental data from Donald Trump

“I think it’s a much bigger threat this time around.”

The Verge

What's in a name? Trump set to wipe government language | Context

From erasing references to climate change to favoring the phrase 'illegal aliens,' Trump may change how we talk about the issues

www.context.news

Scientists Scramble to Save Climate Data from Trump—Again

Federal climate databases remained largely intact during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term. Scientists say the threats are bigger this time

Scientific American

Safeguarding Against A Trump Data Dump

Various organizations race to preserve invaluable scientific, educational, and economic data at potential risk during another Trump administration.

Forbes

Scientists fear Trump will erase public research, here’s what they are doing | CNN

The Environmental Data and Governance Initiative is working to preserve scientific data and research on public government websites amid fears that topics like climate change and green energy will be removed from government websites after President-elect Trump takes office. CNN’s René Marsh explains.

CNN

Why Do We Keep Developing in Climate Disaster Zones?

Affordable real estate in the Sun Belt continues to attract buyers under a false sense of security. For experts, the burning question is how—or if—we can build housing ethically in at-risk areas.

Dwell

Could Trump’s Return Pose a Threat to Climate and Weather Data?

Project 2025, the conservative playbook, calls for breaking up the federal agency that maintains weather data and collects climate change information.

www.nytimes.com

Recent Op-eds

How to find climate data and science the Trump administration doesn’t want you to see

Several groups are working to preserve webpages, tools and data – some of which have already gone missing from government webpages since the start of the Trump administration.

The Conversation

3 ways Trump’s EPA could use the language of science to weaken pollution controls

For example, the first Trump administration tried to use the principles of transparency to prevent federal agencies from considering major health studies when setting pollution rules.

The Conversation

SCOTUS Scrutiny and the Future of Public Commenting

A spate of US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) rulings decided this summer will have dramatic and damaging effects on how federal agencies issue and enforce regulations.

scilight.substack.com

Introducing the Public Comments Initiative

Public comments and their impact on scientific integrity in federal rulemaking

scilight.substack.com

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www.historians.org

The EPA Is Shuttering its Online Archive: Why that Matters

Science Network guest blogger Gretchen Gehrke of the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative explains the upcoming discontinuation of the Environmental Protection Agency's online archive--and what this means for the public.

The Equation

How the Biden Administration Can Protect Federal Environmental Information

Science Network guest blogger Gretchen Gehrke explains that information on federal websites remains vulnerable to censorship and removal–and to fix that, we need federal web governance policies.

The Equation

Censorship of Federal Environmental Agency Websites Under Trump: What We Learned and How to Protect Public Information Moving Forward

A review of thousands of web pages from federal agencies, including the EPA, NASA, and NOAA, found that the use of the term “climate change” decreased almost 40 percent between 2016 and 2020. Establishing better web governance policies is a central piece of regaining and retaining the public’s trust

The Equation

10 ways Biden should fix the EPA

Biden has nominated Michael Regan to lead the agency, which must be rebuilt and strengthened in the new administration.

Vox

Pennsylvania water is not what it used to be | Opinion

The Conodoguinet has been protected by the Clean Water Act since 1972.

pennlive

Trump’s Most Ambitious Environmental Rollback Yet

Last week, the Trump administration set its deregulatory crosshairs on the National Environmental Policy Act, one of the US foundational environmental laws.

The Globe Post

EDGI: EPA didn't provide enough information for true public comment on WOTUS rule — Public Health Law Watch

On February 14th, the EPA and Engineers Corps published a new rule changing the definition of “waters of the United States.” The public could comment on the new rule until April 15th. However, it’s unclear whether the public had access to enough information to make a truly informed comment.

Public Health Law Watch

Full Coverage

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