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Public Environmental Data Partners
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Preserving and providing public access to at-risk federal environmental data https://screening-tools.com/
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We’re excited to share the first story in our Made Possible series, showing how 2,212 studies relied on federal environmental justice tools like EJScreen and what’s at stake when those tools disappear.

Read today: screening-tools.com/blog/pedp-en...
October 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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This Halloween season, we're remembering our Dearly Departed Datasets — the federal datasets that have met an untimely end. Help us memorialize what was lost and why they matter.

Memorialize them here by 10/29: forms.gle/nGFj5Teqg6d7...

Results will be shared on Halloween!
Dearly Departed Datasets poster
October 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Our very own Jessica Mahr, Director of Technology at Environmental Policy Innovation Center, was recognized as a Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leader for her work with PEDP to preserve federal environmental data. Read more about her work here!

www.forbes.com/sites/marlow...
Inside The Effort To Save Hundreds Of Environmental Datasets Purged Under Trump
Jessie Mahr led a team that restored critical climate data removed from public access under the Trump administration. Now, she’s pioneering a wider effort to fill data gaps in federal policy.
www.forbes.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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On Friday, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed ending the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP)—the dataset that has given the public, communities, and investors a window into emissions from ~8,000 U.S. facilities since 2010.

www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
US EPA proposes end to mandatory greenhouse gas reporting
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed on Friday a rule to end a mandatory program requiring 8,000 facilities to report their greenhouse gas emissions - an effort the agency said was burdensome to business, but which leaves the public without transparency around the environmental impact of those sources.
www.reuters.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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PEDP's @ericnost.bsky.social spoke to @nature.com about data preservation efforts and the race to save critical @noaa.gov data:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Major European institutes join race to save US science data
As the administration of US President Donald Trump slashes budgets, crucial climate and other data sets could disappear.
www.nature.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Hosting a @publicenvirodata.bsky.social datathon tomorrow from 3–5 on zoom to preserve critical federal environmental data!

Sign up here: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#climate #environment #opendata #fedcuts
Join us for a Datathon on March 21st! This datathon will have two tracks: a datathon component to download data, and a hackathon component that will target data that requires code or scripting to obtain. All experience levels welcome! This is your chance to: - Preserve access to critical datasets - Contribute by uploading community-identified data - Connect with fellow open data enthusiasts We look forward to your contributions and to seeing you at the Datathon!
March 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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1/ Earlier this month, the Trump EPA announced it would cancel 100s of grants already authorized by congress. EDGI & @publicenvirodata.bsky.social have released a map highlighting the impacts of cancellations on #EnvironmentalJustice communities. Learn more here: envirodatagov.org/new-environm...
New Environmental Justice Grants Map Highlights Impacts of EPA Fund Cancellations – Environmental Data and Governance Initiative
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 20, 2025 CONTACT: EDGI’s experts are available to answer media questions. For media inquiries, please email Shannan Lenke […]
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March 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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EPA’s environment justice grants under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) were developed according to high standards and in strict adherence with federal laws, policies, and regulations. The programs were designed to be transparent, accountable, and impactful. They're being targeted by EPA and DOGE.
This map displays environmental justice (EJ) grants the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made through the Inflation Reduction Act since 2024. The EPA Administrator previously announced his intention to cancel many of the agency's grants and contracts and their status is quickly changing: some recipients have lost access to funds, received notices of termination, or find themselves uncertain of their status. This map is not comprehensive and will be updated periodically as additional information becomes available, but what is displayed here is a large number of the potentially affected grants.
March 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Hosting a @publicenvirodata.bsky.social datathon TODAY from 3–5 on zoom to preserve critical federal environmental data, in partnership with @earthhacks.bsky.social. We'd love to see you there.

Register here! harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#climate #environment #datapreservation #noaa #nws
Join us for a Datathon on February 28th. This is your chance to: - Preserve access to critical datasets - Contribute by uploading community-identified data - Connect with fellow open data enthusiasts We look forward to your contributions and to seeing you at the Datathon!
February 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM