EPA’s draft guidelines suggest that environmental justice communities may be passed over if they are deemed too complex. This contradicts the whole purpose of CRA’s, which is to better protect health and promote equity. Read more here: envirodatagov.org/edgis-public-c…

Great seeing everyone at our most recent writing session – thank you to those who attended! If you couldn’t make the last one, we hope you can join us this month! forms.gle/mqPPwsWJj3U2C9…

📣 President Biden’ passage of the Inflation Reduction Act & Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act delivered $148B+ for pollution cleanup, affordable clean energy & improving health in underserved communities. Learn about these #Justice40 investments here. ⬇️
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🆕 The Biden administration has set a historic pace for #EnvironmentalJustice actions that secure clean air & water for all, regardless of race, income, or ZIP code. Learn more about these crucial investments in @AmProg’s new report!👇🏽americanprogress.org/article/how-th…

📓Reminding folks that tomorrow is our Brown Bag writing workshop. Don't write alone, bring a current project and let's make progress together! Sign up here: forms.gle/dPtUvp7jsszMrE…

It's been a while, but we're back with Brown Bag writing workshops! This month we're inviting everyone to bring in any piece they're writing, and we'll all make an hour's progress on our work, together. Thursday the 21st at 3pm ET! Sign up here: forms.gle/dPtUvp7jsszMrE…

📅 Have you signed up for next week's Freedom of Information Act webinar? Join us next Wed at 1pm ET to learn how FOIA works, and how organizations can use it to help solve problems and ensure informed public discourse.

Register at bit.ly/FOIAandyou

#FOIA #SunshineWeek

The Biden OSTP is creating a Federal strategy to identify and address gaps in EJ research and data. EDGI urges OSTP to fund cumulative impacts research and utilize more diverse data sources. Read more here: envirodatagov.org/edgi-ostp-envi…

Hundreds of scientists advocated to protect the USGS pesticide database. Similarly, EDGI was involved in lobbying against the shutdown of EPA's online archives in 2022, and continue working to keep it's archives accessible to the public. By Sara Talpos undark.org/2024/02/29/usg…

If Trump returns to the White House, EDGI expects environmental information to be on the chopping block, followed by environmental and climate policies. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

If SCOTUS overturns Chevron deference, it would be a grave threat to science-based regulations, and we could quickly lose decades of environmental progress unless we strategize major agency pivots ASAP.

Our Greenhouse Gas Emissions notebook, which summarizes EPA data on GHGs by parent company, is now updated for the latest data (2022): colab.research.google.com/github/edgi-go…

Seven years ago today, our co-founder @zboratory emailed a handful of colleagues asking the question: What can we do right now to protect the environment? The answer was EDGI. It's been an amazing 7 years, and we are excited for the years to come!

EDGI is thrilled to be hiring a Communications Lead to join our collaborative org and advance the environmental right to know. Apply by Nov 15th. See here for details, and spread the word! envirodatagov.org/edgi-is-hiring…