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Meet EDGI’s New Civic Science Fellows

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Meet EDGI’s New Civic Science Fellows

EDGI is thrilled to announce that we’re a host organization for two civic science fellows from 2021-2023. These fellowships are funded in partnership with the Rita Allen Foundation and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Fellows will develop civic science systems, knowledge, and approaches to strengthen inclusive, thriving, equity-centered engagement with science at the intersection of science and society. EDGI’s two fellows—Kelsey Breseman and Mark Chambers—bring their respective technical and ethnographic skill sets together to work that bridges several EDGI working groups.

Environmental Enforcement Watch’s Report Portal Project is Funded by ESIP Lab Grant

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Environmental Enforcement Watch’s Report Portal Project is Funded by ESIP Lab Grant

By Kelsey Breseman Vital data about federal environmental enforcement actions against facilities that pollute the soil, air, and water is currently available but largely inaccessible in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database. EDGI’s Environmental Enforcement Watch project (EEW) helps environmental advocacy groups learn about federal environmental governance in … Read more

EDGI Receives Sustaining Grant from David & Lucile Packard Foundation

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EDGI Receives Sustaining Grant from David & Lucile Packard Foundation

EDGI is honored to announce that the David & Lucile Packard Foundation has awarded us a generous grant to sustain and expand our work over the next two years.  Supported by previous funding through the Packard Foundation, EDGI identified gaps in policies that enabled the Trump administration to undermine science, roll-back environmental protections, scrub public … Read more

EDGI Wins $20,000 to Co-Develop Environmental Data Infrastructures With Community Groups

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EDGI Wins ,000 to Co-Develop Environmental Data Infrastructures With Community Groups

Panel speakers at EEW’s public event “Democratizing Environmental Data” in October 2020 The Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI) is excited to announce receipt of a $20,000 grant from Code for Science & Society’s new Virtual Events Fund, made possible by a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. This grant will enable EDGI’s … Read more