Press Coverage

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

Recent Highlights

Inside the Struggle to Dismantle America’s Greenhouse Gas Data

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 by 80%

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
Whiting Neighbors Rattled As BP Refinery Tagged Top U.S. Carbon Gusher

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

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
Why did energy-saving tips disappear from the Energy Department website?

Why did energy-saving tips disappear from the Energy Department websit…

“I can’t remember another time that, with DOE specifically, we’ve seen an entire domain go down …
July 17, 2026
SpaceXAI’s Unpermitted Data Center Power Project Impacts Black Communities, Analysis Finds

SpaceXAI’s Unpermitted Data Center Power Project Impacts Black Communi…

In a study conducted last year, the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative also found that those …
July 14, 2026
The plan to make climate science harder to erase

The plan to make climate science harder to erase

As climate information disappears from federal websites, scientists are rebuilding it elsewhere …
July 7, 2026
Ex-NOAA employees re-create a valuable climate data site shut down by Trump

Ex-NOAA employees re-create a valuable climate data site shut down by …

Scientists, educators, farmers and the broader public now have a new website for climate information in …
June 26, 2026
EPA FY2025 Enforcement Numbers Are Being Read Wrong by Most

EPA FY2025 Enforcement Numbers Are Being Read Wrong by Most

The Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI) ran a comparison that EPA’s press release did not …
May 25, 2026

Op-Eds

A Year in, the Trump Administration is Exercising “Gold Standard” Suppression of Science

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

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

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 of 2025, slashing agency’s ability to keep pollution out of air and water

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 want you to see

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 pollution controls

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

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

Introducing the Public Comments Initiative

Public comments and their impact on scientific integrity in federal rulemaking …
August 27, 2024
Climate Preservation

Climate Preservation

Read the Perspectives Daily articles published in Summer 2022 …
July 7, 2022

Full Coverage

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