Check out our recent coverage highlights, as well as EDGI member op-eds. Full coverage of EDGI is documented below.
Recent Highlights
The Women Saving America’s Climate Data
A couple weeks after Donald Trump was elected president for the second time, a group of …
January 16, 2026
Data Center Project Cancellations Quadrupled in 2025 as Locals Fight B…
At least 25 data center projects around the country were canceled last year due to opposition …
January 13, 2026
All the climate info that disappeared under Trump. And how it’s being …
Scientists are racing to rescue hundreds of datasets, websites and federal reports that have been deleted …
January 7, 2026
After a White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black…
Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them …
January 6, 2026
‘Trump’s EPA’ in 2025: A fossil fuel-friendly approach to deregulation
The Trump administration has transformed the Environmental Protection Agency in its first year, cutting federal limits …
December 30, 2025
Trump officials removed web tools that interpret environmental data. V…
There’s been a lot of news about the removal of environmental, health and diversity data from …
April 3, 2025
America’s digital infrastructure belongs to you
COMMENTARY | We’ve seen unprecedented attacks on our nation’s federal digital infrastructure, from removing or restricting …
April 3, 2025
How Digital Archivists Are Saving Public Information from the Memory H…
Through clever usage of APIs, the Library Innovation Lab at Harvard Law School has created an …
April 1, 2025
Trump National Security Officials: Add NOAA to the Chat for Climate Li…
Growl. Sigh. Rinse. Repeat. Yet another resource that belongs to us, the US public, has disappeared …
March 27, 2025
Op-Eds
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 …
2025-02-14
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 …
2025-01-08
SCOTUS Scrutiny and the Future of Public Commenting
A spate of US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) rulings decided this summer will have dramatic and damaging …
2024-09-14
Introducing the Public Comments Initiative
Public comments and their impact on scientific integrity in federal rulemaking …
2024-08-27
The EPA Is Shuttering its Online Archive: Why that Matters
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it will be discontinuing its online archive in July …
2022-03-17
How the Biden Administration Can Protect Federal Environmental Informa…
In a healthy democracy, the public needs to be able to trust information disseminated by its …
2022-02-18
Censorship of Federal Environmental Agency Websites Under Trump: What …
Over the last four years, the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI) has documented and analyzed …
2021-03-18
10 ways Biden should fix the EPA
Biden has nominated Michael Regan to lead the agency, which must be rebuilt and strengthened in …
2020-12-18
Full Coverage
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