Environmental Data & Governance Initiative

The GHGRP captures between 85-90% of all U.S. emissions, helping identify the corporate & state actors most responsible for climate change. But EPA is proposing to eliminate the program. A new EDGI report shows how GHGRP can be used to identify the top polluters in the U.S. tinyurl.com/y8kedu8x

EPA’s archive “houses everything from fact sheets and environmental reports to agency policy changes and regulatory actions, making it a tool for ‘democratic oversight,’ according to [EDGI’s] Gehrke,” who adds, “If the archive is decommissioned, that information will be lost.” tinyurl.com/3wsc83ce

EPA’s archive “houses everything from fact sheets and environmental reports to agency policy changes and regulatory actions, making it a tool for ‘democratic oversight,’ according to [EDGI’s] Gehrke,” who adds, “If the archive is decommissioned, that information will be lost.” tinyurl.com/3wsc83ce

Is a nearby industrial facility polluting more than its legal limit? EPA’s enforcement records should answer this question, yet they are incredibly difficult to access. A new search portal released today by @peer.org, EDGI, & Toxic Docs changes that. Learn more: www.eyesonenforcement.org

Is a nearby industrial facility polluting more than its legal limit? EPA’s enforcement records should answer this question, yet they are incredibly difficult to access. A new search portal released today by @peer.org, EDGI, & Toxic Docs changes that. Learn more: www.eyesonenforcement.org

EPA enforcement records that have been difficult to obtain are now searchable in one place. A new portal from PEER, the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative, and ToxicDocs.org brings together EPA inspection reports, notices of violation, and related documents. www.eyesonenforcement.org

Public comments on EPA and Army Corps' water rule are due today!

If you're interested in submitting a public comment on this proposed water rule (due October 9!), check out EDGI's information packet: proposed-rules-resource-hub.envirodatagov.org/Supplemental...

EDGI opposes the EPA & Army Corps’ proposed water rule, which undermines the Clean Water Act’s legal requirement to use the best available science, reducing the scope of protected waters in the process. Public comments are due October 9. Read EDGI’s full public comment: tinyurl.com/4x4294b5

It's Children’s Environmental Health Day. Children are especially vulnerable to air pollution, yet when it comes to setting PM2.5 limits under the Clean Air Act, their health has been taken into account less over the years. Learn more in Marianne Sullivan & Ellen Kohl’s paper: tinyurl.com/2stcac88

It's Children’s Environmental Health Day. Children are especially vulnerable to air pollution, yet when it comes to setting PM2.5 limits under the Clean Air Act, their health has been taken into account less over the years. Learn more in Marianne Sullivan & Ellen Kohl’s paper: tinyurl.com/2stcac88

And check out EDGI's information packet to help you write a public comment on this proposed rule: proposed-rules-resource-hub.envirodatagov.org/Supplemental...

Last month, EPA’s website for climate change research went dark. It’s part of the administration’s pattern of censoring both climate change information and scientific research more broadly. Learn more in EDGI's latest “Highlights From the Change Log” blog: envirodatagov.org/epas-website...

A proposed water rule would remove protections for many water bodies. Public comments are due October 9. More information below:

The most-polluted neighborhoods near data centers are overwhelmingly non-white, according to an @envirodgi.bsky.social report from Oct. 28, 2025. The Congressional Black Caucus, @cbc.house.gov, is now holding events with tech giants like Meta and fossil gas groups pushing data center buildout.

A proposed water rule would remove protections for many water bodies. Public comments are due October 9. More information below:

“A new EDGI report...is a must-read.” The report documents the “villains & heroes” of US GHG emissions, using EPA data. The “bad news”? EPA announced it’s discontinuing the data program, keeping “the public from knowing how badly the smokestacks are harming” people & planet. tinyurl.com/2u3rj292

As Trump ends greenhouse gas limits on fossil fuel power plants, a new report by EDGI uses what public data we have to name the biggest polluters. apnews.com/article/epa-... Read EDGI’s report here: envirodatagov.org/publication/...

Please take a few moments to speak up and protect our water supply! Before October 9, voice your opposition to a proposed change to the Clean Water Act that would effectively remove protection from many places that are currently protected. Public comment resources are linked in the post below.

“A new EDGI report...is a must-read.” The report documents the “villains & heroes” of US GHG emissions, using EPA data. The “bad news”? EPA announced it’s discontinuing the data program, keeping “the public from knowing how badly the smokestacks are harming” people & planet. tinyurl.com/2u3rj292

As Trump ends greenhouse gas limits on fossil fuel power plants, a new report by EDGI uses what public data we have to name the biggest polluters. apnews.com/article/epa-... Read EDGI’s report here: envirodatagov.org/publication/...

Comments on the Trump admin's proposal to amend the 5th National Climate Assessment are due today!

The Trump admin is proposing to amend the 2023 National Climate Assessment. NCAs are comprehensive federal climate change reports widely used for planning. This proposal would weaken the 2023 NCA’s use in worst case scenario planning. Public comments due Sept. 9. Learn more: tinyurl.com/2jyzvvx9

Gov't plan to revise key climate report lists no scientists as authors and offers no information on how the plan will be peer-reviewed. You don’t have to be a climate scientist to know this isn’t how science should be done. Use your voice! Comments due Sept. 9: buff.ly/irGbLiR #NCA5

The Trump admin is proposing to amend the 2023 National Climate Assessment. NCAs are comprehensive federal climate change reports widely used for planning. This proposal would weaken the 2023 NCA’s use in worst case scenario planning. Public comments due Sept. 9. Learn more: tinyurl.com/2jyzvvx9

“'It’s a difficult ship to turn around once it’s headed in an anti-enforcement direction,' said Christopher Sellers ... lead author of a February report from [EDGI] that similarly found a 'historic dive' in EPA enforcement under the second Trump administration." tinyurl.com/5cmc9ywm

“'It’s a difficult ship to turn around once it’s headed in an anti-enforcement direction,' said Christopher Sellers ... lead author of a February report from [EDGI] that similarly found a 'historic dive' in EPA enforcement under the second Trump administration." tinyurl.com/5cmc9ywm

“During the first Trump administration, environmental researchers and advocacy groups raised alarms about sudden disappearances of federal data. So the tight-knit network of people most familiar with it were on guard even before the second Trump administration began.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/h...

Relieved to have just submitted my #NSF comment. Get yours in by the Mon deadline! Check out this great set of resources from @envirodgi.bsky.social for support! #DefendResearch #action #resist proposed-rules-resource-hub.envirodatagov.org/National-Sci...

What do we lose without comprehensive greenhouse gas data? “‘Discontinuing the GHGRP would create blind spots in our collective understanding of air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, and climate change,’ Kimberly Barrett, a member of [EDGI], said.” Learn more: www.desmog.com/2026/08/18/t...

What do we lose without comprehensive greenhouse gas data? “‘Discontinuing the GHGRP would create blind spots in our collective understanding of air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, and climate change,’ Kimberly Barrett, a member of [EDGI], said.” Learn more: www.desmog.com/2026/08/18/t...

Thank you @envirodgi.bsky.social for these great resources to help us submit comments about the #NSF proposed rule changes!! #action proposed-rules-resource-hub.envirodatagov.org

An NSF proposal would politicize its process for awarding research grants. Take action by attending our Aug. 18 workshop with @ucs.org’s Kei Koizumi. We’ll explain the proposal and provide info on writing a public comment. Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Want to learn more about the NSF proposal that would politicize its grantmaking process? There's still time to register for this workshop, which will be held next week! Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

With federal environmental institutions under threat, engaging with federal rulemaking is more important than ever. EDGI's Public Comments Initiative helps the public do just that. The initiative includes a workshop series and online resources hub to support writing. Learn more: tinyurl.com/4s432rty

EDGI found “communities of color disproportionately live w/in 1 mile of EPA-regulated data centers & are exposed to levels of nitrogen dioxide & particulate matter above the national median. Those findings suggest that data centers are deepening broader patterns of inequality.” tinyurl.com/48eds4an

Read the report: envirodatagov.org/publication/...

A new report by EDGI puts "BP’s Whiting refinery in an unwelcome spotlight, landing the Whiting Business Unit on a short list of the country’s biggest fossil-fuel 'supplier' sources of greenhouse-gas pollution." The report "digs into EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program data." tinyurl.com/yc6knx4t

An NSF proposal would politicize its process for awarding research grants. Take action by attending our Aug. 18 workshop with @ucs.org’s Kei Koizumi. We’ll explain the proposal and provide info on writing a public comment. Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

EDGI found “communities of color disproportionately live w/in 1 mile of EPA-regulated data centers & are exposed to levels of nitrogen dioxide & particulate matter above the national median. Those findings suggest that data centers are deepening broader patterns of inequality.” tinyurl.com/48eds4an

With federal environmental institutions under threat, engaging with federal rulemaking is more important than ever. EDGI's Public Comments Initiative helps the public do just that. The initiative includes a workshop series and online resources hub to support writing. Learn more: tinyurl.com/4s432rty

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is under threat. Proposed changes to NSF’s grantmaking process would politicize NSF-backed science and threaten its integrity. Join our Aug. 18 workshop with @ucs.org's Kei Koizumi to learn how to take action. Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

With the National Science Foundation (NSF) under threat from the Trump administration, Science Rising’s Senior Advisor, Kei Koizumi, explains why this institution is so important to American science and how, by working together, we can protect it.

Corporations, not individuals, are largely responsible for climate change, and EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) data show the worst culprits. Yet the EPA has proposed to eliminate the program. Learn more in EDGI’s latest report: envirodatagov.org/publication/...