Press Release

EPA’s Enforcement Performance Under Trump Takes Historic Dive

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EPA’s Enforcement Performance Under Trump Takes Historic Dive

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 2, 2026 CONTACT: Report authors are available to answer media questions. To arrange an interview, please direct media inquiries to shannanlenke.stoll@envirodatagov.org. EPA’s Enforcement Performance Under Trump Takes Historic Dive February 2, 2026 – In 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) enforcement of environmental pollution laws was historically weak by many measures. … Read more

Press Release: Report Shows EPA is Swiftly Being Hollowed Out Under Second Trump Administration

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EPA’s Enforcement Performance Under Trump Takes Historic Dive

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 3, 2025 CONTACT: Report authors are available to answer media questions. To arrange an interview, please direct media inquiries to shannanlenke.stoll@envirodatagov.org. Report Shows EPA is Swiftly Being Hollowed Out Under Second Trump Administration September 3, 2025 – Under Administrator Zeldin, the EPA is experiencing an internal assault worse than any other … Read more

FEMA Renames “Climate Resilience” Website “Future Conditions”

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FEMA Renames “Climate Resilience” Website “Future Conditions”

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has renamed its “Climate Resilience” website to “Future Conditions,” and has removed much of the climate-specific language from the site’s landing page. For example, FEMA replaced the introductory sentence from “Climate change is the defining crisis of our time” to “Disaster incidents are rising due to increased human vulnerability, exposure and a changing climate.”

PRESS RELEASE: EDGI Works to Safeguard Federal Environmental Data and Information

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PRESS RELEASE: EDGI Works to Safeguard Federal Environmental Data and Information

In anticipation of a second and likely more significant assault on federal environmental information by the Trump administration, the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI) is ramping up its website monitoring work, coordinating a broad multi-organizational data preservation effort, and expanding its civic data science tools for accessing federal environmental data. EDGI is also supporting the End of Term Archive as it works to build the largest archive of federal web-based data and information ever created. 

EDGI Releases Report: 50 Years After the Clean Water Act, Toxic Chemicals it Regulates are Still Used in Fracking

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EDGI Releases Report: 50 Years After the Clean Water Act, Toxic Chemicals it Regulates are Still Used in Fracking

This October marks the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Clean Water Act (CWA). With the original goal of eliminating point-source pollution within ten years, the CWA articulated nationwide water quality standards to protect both public health and wildlife habitats. Fifty years later, and over seventy years after the onset of hydraulic fracturing (or fracking), federal loopholes and the structure of the CWA itself have left fracking largely unregulated.

EDGI Releases Report: How Data Gaps and Disparities in EPA Data Undermine Climate and Environmental Justice Screening Tools

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EDGI Releases Report: How Data Gaps and Disparities in EPA Data Undermine Climate and Environmental Justice Screening Tools

Webmaps that are meant to evaluate and “screen” neighborhoods for environmental injustices have seen a lot of interest in both the United States and Canada lately. From informing where to distribute climate funding in the US as “Justice 40” to Canada’s Bill C-226, the pursuit of environmental equity has led to a strongly felt need for data and mapping tools that overlay environmental health with racial and income disparities.