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"Environmental Data and Governance Initiative reports that the administration made more than 630 significant changes to federal environmental websites in its first 100 days, a pace that far exceeds that of the first Trump administration." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Very cool to see the @nsarchive.bsky.social’s work on disappearing climate data featured in @postopinions.bsky.social!
I’d also point readers to the excellent work of @envirodgi.bsky.social and @publicenvirodata.bsky.social, the experts in environmental data preservation!
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Lead image for op-ed shows smoke stacks in the background of a residential neighborhood.
“It is hard to say there’s nothing we can do about [climate change] when the data show otherwise. It is hard to convince people of a lie when there is data that shows the truth. And the Trump administration knows this.”
Op-ed by EDGI’s @gretchengehrke.bsky.social: thehill.com/opinion/ener...
“For the last year, the federal government has threatened the existence, accessibility, and integrity of federal data,” writes EDGI’s gretchengehrke.bsky.social in a new op-ed. “We in civil society need to push back and intervene.” thehill.com/opinion/ener...
NOAA’s Regional Climate Center tools & data are affected by funding cuts, staffing gaps, & deferred maintenance.
If you rely on RCC tools for your work, we'd love to hear from you. We're collecting anonymous feedback to identify what's at risk & where support is needed: forms.gle/LwjQZ7YwL6MshKV68
“For the last year, the federal government has threatened the existence, accessibility, and integrity of federal data,” writes EDGI’s gretchengehrke.bsky.social in a new op-ed. “We in civil society need to push back and intervene.” thehill.com/opinion/ener...
“The EDGI report reached a similar conclusion: ‘For some of its most important enforcement responsibilities, the track record of the Trump 2.0 EPA in 2025 is the worst of any administration in the last 20 years.’” www.sej.org/publications...
“The EDGI report reached a similar conclusion: ‘For some of its most important enforcement responsibilities, the track record of the Trump 2.0 EPA in 2025 is the worst of any administration in the last 20 years.’” www.sej.org/publications...
“If people don’t know where pollution is occurring, they can’t effectively organize to protect themselves. ‘Removing this information from public access puts communities at significant risk,’ said Gretchen Gehrke, who tracks federal website changes” for research collaborative EDGI. bit.ly/4qD5KyR
“If people don’t know where pollution is occurring, they can’t effectively organize to protect themselves. ‘Removing this information from public access puts communities at significant risk,’ said Gretchen Gehrke, who tracks federal website changes” for research collaborative EDGI. bit.ly/4qD5KyR
NOAA’s Regional Climate Center tools & data are affected by funding cuts, staffing gaps, & deferred maintenance.
If you rely on RCC tools for your work, we'd love to hear from you. We're collecting anonymous feedback to identify what's at risk & where support is needed: forms.gle/LwjQZ7YwL6MshKV68
EDGI found 14 of 24 categories of EPA enforcement activities “were at their weakest or second weakest in 2025” when compared to the last 20 years, and “that the EPA started fewer civil judicial cases in 2025” than any other year since 2005. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...
EDGI found 14 of 24 categories of EPA enforcement activities “were at their weakest or second weakest in 2025” when compared to the last 20 years, and “that the EPA started fewer civil judicial cases in 2025” than any other year since 2005. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...
Pollution laws like the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act only work if they’re being enforced. In 2025, EPA investigations of and cases against polluters reached historic lows. A new EDGI report analyzes the agency’s record so far under this Trump administration. envirodatagov.org/publication/...
EDGI’s @gretchengehrke.bsky.social will discuss the landscape of federal data — and what groups like EDGI, @publicenvirodata.bsky.social, and others are doing to monitor and preserve it — one year into this Trump administration.
Help us preserve at-risk data at our next hybrid datathon! February 11, 2-5pm ET.
Register here to attend online or in-person: libcal.library.harvard.edu/event/161867...
We hope to see you there!
EPA is removing web information “related to the causes and impacts of climate change” says @izzypacenza.bsky.social of EDGI, who notes removals of “very targeted information that talks about the anthropogenic causes of climate change.”
www.context.news/climate-risk...
EPA is removing web information “related to the causes and impacts of climate change” says @izzypacenza.bsky.social of EDGI, who notes removals of “very targeted information that talks about the anthropogenic causes of climate change.”
www.context.news/climate-risk...
The EDGI study by Lelia Marie Hampton and @ericnost.bsky.social “analyzed information on 550 data centers across the U.S.” and also “found that areas within a mile of these facilities tend to be disproportionately communities of color.” centerforhealthjournalism.org/our-work/ins... 2/
Data centers add to existing public health burdens.
“A recent study by the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative found that those living within 1 mile of an EPA-regulated data center were breathing air pollution at levels above the national average.” gizmodo.com/data-center-... 1/
One year into the second Trump administration, it is clear that by attacking environmental data and science and undermining our environmental right to know, this administration is serving polluting industry at the expense of the health of people and the planet. envirodatagov.org/one-year-int...
Featuring EDGI’s own @gretchengehrke.bsky.social alongside some of our amazing partners in environmental data preservation:
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EDGI’s @gretchengehrke.bsky.social will discuss the landscape of federal data — and what groups like EDGI, @publicenvirodata.bsky.social, and others are doing to monitor and preserve it — one year into this Trump administration.
Funding cuts and staffing constraints are impacting @noaa.gov’s Regional Climate Center (RCC) tools and datasets.
EDGI is collecting anonymous feedback from RCC administrators and maintainers to learn how these tools are used and where they're weak and at risk.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Zeldin’s EPA is becoming more politicized in its public communications - stoking political division, and making misleading, false, and contradictory statements. That’s according to a new analysis by EDGI researchers.
Read the report here: envirodatagov.org/publication/...
Like climate change, the Trump administration’s efforts to remove climate data from government websites feel vast, intangible, and overwhelming. buff.ly/msB7t5k
EDGI member @leiffredrickson.bsky.social tells AP, “You can effectively do a lot of deregulation if you just don’t do enforcement.” apnews.com/article/epa-...
NEW: After a White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area
Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are “overwhelmingly” non-white.
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EDGI member @leiffredrickson.bsky.social tells AP, “You can effectively do a lot of deregulation if you just don’t do enforcement.” apnews.com/article/epa-...
