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Preserving and providing public access to at-risk federal environmental data screening-tools.com

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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Have you checked out PEDP’s new website? We’re thrilled to launch our new site at publicenvirodata.org! Click through to learn what’s new and see our new design in action. #PublicData #PublicAccess #ClimateData #EnvironmentalData
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
PEDP has a new website! Head to publicenvirodata.org to check out our new design, learn more about our work, and get involved.
Flyer announcing the launch of PEDP's new website, featuring a glitched map in the background, and a screenshot of the website's homepage.
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
👥NY Climate Week PEDP Attendance👥 Take a look at who from PEDP is attending New York Climate Week! Come say hi, we’d love to see you in person! #NYClimateWeek #EnvironmentalData #EnvironmentalJustice #Climate
Collection of images of 11 people attending New York Climate Week from PEDP, with names and affiliations below their headshot. On the top left and right corners are the Climate Week NYC and PEDP logos.
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Our friends at The Impact Project are hiring! Please see the details below: theimpactproject.org/data-scienti...
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Data Scientist/Engineer - The Impact Project
Data Scientist/Engineer Description The Impact Project is a national nonprofit organization that tracks changes in federal policy, funding, and workforce, and how those changes affect communities acro...
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Dr. Jo Kay Ghosh, Director of Research and Evaluation at Heluna Health, highlights how tools like EJI make it easier to understand community vulnerability to communicable disease. Visit our website to explore more studies emphasizing the value of these tools. screening-tools.com/blog/pedp-en...
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Public data plays a critical role in advancing impactful research. Dr. Jo Kay Ghosh’s work applies the EJI to track community vulnerability to communicable disease. She emphasizes how this tool makes her work more efficient, scalable and consistent. Read more: screening-tools.com/blog/pedp-en...
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
During Oregon’s 2021 heatwave, Dr. Jola Ajibade used EJScreen data to map neighborhoods where social vulnerability and disparities limited resilience. In 2025, EJScreen was removed from public access. Soon after, PEDP restored it. screening-tools.com/blog/pedp-environmental-justice-data-tools-story
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Babu Gounder’s research critiqued CEJST for excluding race as a factor and called for the continued assessment of the tool He maintains that the point should not be to discard CEJST, but to evolve it. Read more: screening-tools.com/blog/pedp-environmental-justice-data-tools-story
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
OMB’s proposed rule would make political alignment a prerequisite for federal funding and shift the control of grant awards to political appointees, undermining a scientist's ability to ask specific questions and identify interventions. The public comment period closes July 13th. bit.ly/3SCvoZA
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New Rule Reshapes What Science Is Allowed To Ask — Data + Screening Tools
A new Office of Management and Budget (OMB) rule would make political alignment a prerequisite for federal science funding. The public comment period closes on July 13th.
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Stories like Dr. Christina Plerhoples Stacy’s highlight why our work at PEDP matters. Visit our website to learn more about the 2,212 studies that relied on disappearing federal climate justice tools. screening-tools.com/blog/pedp-en... #EnvironmentalJustice #PublicAccess
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Stories like Dr. Ari Shaw’s highlight why our work at PEDP matters. Visit our website to learn more about the 2,212 studies that relied on disappearing federal climate justice tools. screening-tools.com/blog/pedp-en... #EnvironmentalJustice #PublicAccess
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Stories like Dr. Jola Ajibade’s highlight why our work at PEDP matters. Visit our website to learn more about the 2,212 studies that relied on disappearing federal climate justice tools. screening-tools.com/blog/pedp-en... #EnvironmentalJustice #PublicAccess
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Stories like Dr. Jo Kay Ghosh’s highlight why our work at PEDP matters. Visit our website to learn more about the 2,212 studies that relied on disappearing federal climate justice tools. screening-tools.com/blog/pedp-en... #EnvironmentalJustice #PublicAccess
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
In this presentation, PEDP data preservationist Anne Gunn walks us through the different coding techniques necessary to download various types of datasets. Access slides: docs.google.com/presentation... View presentation: youtu.be/-CwbZf6kZjI #Coding #Scripting #EnvironmentalData
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Stories like Dr. Brandon Lewis’s highlight why our work at PEDP matters. Visit our website to learn more about the 2,212 studies that relied on disappearing federal climate justice tools. screening-tools.com/blog/pedp-en... #EnvironmentalJustice #PublicAccess
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Public environmental data helps people understand their environment, supports research, and informs policies that protect communities. But when this data disappears, critical initiatives can come to a halt. Read more about the importance of public data: screening-tools.com/blog/pedp-en... #Data
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
DC Climate Week was such a whirl and our PEDP team had such an amazing time! From two engaging workshops to a daylong Climate and Environmental Data Day at the National Academy of Sciences, it was an inspiring week of learning and collaboration. 🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 #DCClimateWeek #EvironmentalData #OpenData
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
👥DC Climate Week PEDP Attendance👥 Take a look at all the sessions where you can find PEPDers in action during DC Climate Week! Come find us, we’d love to see you in person! See you all there! #DCClimateWeek #EnvironmentalData #EnvironmentalJustice #Climate #Mapping #Workshop
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
These are the DC Climate Week sessions where you can find PEDPers in action! Interested in any of these sessions? Here’s how to join! 📅 💻Climate & Environmental Data Day: Request to join at luma.com/kk4w2ljr?tk=... 💻Building Better Tools Workshop: Request to join at luma.com/e0auv97s (1/2)
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
At long last… Earlier this week, PEDP launched version 2.1 of the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST)! ⚙️CEJST: public-environmental-data-partners.github.io/j40-cejst-2/... This release marks the first PEDP design and development project for this tool outside of… (1/3)
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Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool
This screening tool identifies disadvantaged communities that are underserved &overburdened by pollution. It provides socioeconomic, environmental, health and climate info to inform decisions.
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
🚨Apply by March 31 for the Rachel’s Network Catalyst Award🚨 The award recognizes women of color making an environmental impact in communities across the country! 🔗Click down below to apply or nominate someone: rachelsnetwork.org/catalyst/ #CatalystAward #ApplyNow #EnvironmentalImpact
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Announcing HIFLD Next! A new GIS data hub featuring an archive of HIFLD Open, an infrastructure-related data collection that DHS took down in 2025. Read more: screening-tools.com/blog/hifld-n... View the portal: hifld.publicenvirodata.org
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HIFLD Next: Restoring America’s Infrastructure Datasets — Data + Screening Tools
Public Environmental Data Partners and Fulton Ring are proud to unveil a new community-shaped hub for browsing, previewing and downloading a variety of public GIS data, including an archive from the H...
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
"For the last year, the federal government has threatened the existence, accessibility and integrity of federal data." says @gretchengehrke.bsky.social in a new op-ed. "Protecting data is about preserving a fundamental pillar of democracy." Read the full piece here: thehill.com/opinion/ener...
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
"For the last year, the federal government has threatened the existence, accessibility and integrity of federal data." says @gretchengehrke.bsky.social in a new op-ed. "Protecting data is about preserving a fundamental pillar of democracy." Read the full piece here: thehill.com/opinion/ener...
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
The final blog in our series highlights PEDP’s success stories over this past year, from preserving data and tools, to organizing against policy changes, to expanding our outreach toward a more participatory and resilient future for our data. Read the blog here: screening-tools.com/blog/a-year-...
The image's background is a colorful data visualization map. In the foreground reads the text "A Year of Resistance and Resilience for Climate and Environmental Data and Tools," and below it in smaller letters reads "Public Environmental Data Partners" and the URL "screening-tools.com." The Public Environmental Data Partners Logo is in the bottom right corner.
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Data can seem abstract, and when it works the way it's meant to, the people and infrastructure behind it are often invisible. The penultimate blog of our series details our work humanizing and telling the stories behind the data we preserve. Read the blog here: screening-tools.com/blog/stories...
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Curious about what it actually looks like to engage in federal data preservation work? The third blog in our five-part series dives into our processes for identifying, prioritizing, preserving, and improving federal data and tools. Read the full blog here: screening-tools.com/blog/ready-s...
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
The second blog in our “Marking One Year” series details our experience building a coalition during a crisis, and some of the lessons we’ve learned along the way. Read the full blog here: screening-tools.com/blog/how-we-...
The background of the image is a data visualization of a map with glitches. The foreground features the text "How We Built a Coalition During a Crisis," and below it in slightly smaller words, "Public Environmental Data Partners" and the URL "screening-tools.com"
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
This week and next, we are publishing a five-part blog series to highlight what we’ve seen and how we’ve responded to the myriad attacks on our data. The first blog in the series, “A Year of Threats to Our Public Information,” is now live on our website: screening-tools.com/blog/a-year-...
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Help us build better environmental justice data tools! Join our webinar introducing our Environmental Justice Tools Engagement Project. When: Monday, February 2, 2026 | 3:00-4:00pm ET Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Read more about the project: screening-tools.com/blog/environ...
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
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!
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
PEDP and Fulton Ring are excited to announce a new initiative to restore and steward the HIFLD Open data portal. By prioritizing continuous improvement of the data, this foundational resource will remain living, legible, and useful to the public. Read more: screening-tools.com/blog/beyond-...
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Beyond Preservation: Stewarding America’s Critical HIFLD Infrastructure Data — Data + Screening Tools
In late 2025, HIFLD Open (Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data) , a national collection of datasets tracking the location, risk, and vulnerability of critical infrastructure across the Unite...
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
@noaa.gov 's Regional Climate Center (RCC) tools and datasets are affected by funding cuts, staffing gaps, and deferred maintenance. We’re collecting anonymous input from RCC administrators and maintainers to identify where tools are fragile, under-resourced, or at risk. forms.gle/PHkxd9AfVVSc...
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Regional Climate Center Maintainer & Admin Feedback
Please share your experience maintaining or supporting RCC tools, datasets, and infrastructure. Your input helps identify operational risks, dependencies, and resourcing needs to support reliability a...
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
🌍 This Giving Tuesday: Environmental data is vanishing. We're saving it. Your donation helps us: → Rebuild tools when they're removed → Keep servers running → Make data accessible to all! Give today: donorbox.org/open-environ... Learn more: screening-tools.com #GivingTuesday #ClimateData
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Federal data and tools are all around us, influencing our lives in ways we often overlook. Our new data story, Protect the Data that Nourishes Us, highlights the data and tools that inform every stage of an apple's life cycle from seed to supermarket. screening-tools.com/blog/protect...
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
This World Volunteer Day, join PEDP in preserving at-risk data at our next virtual datathon! All are welcome, no previous experience necessary. We would love to see new and familiar faces there! Register here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
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...
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
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!
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
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...
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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.
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
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...
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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.
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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
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...
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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.
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Jonathan Gilmour @jonathang.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
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!
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Environmental Data & Governance Initiative @envirodgi.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
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...
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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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Public Environmental Data Partners @publicenvirodata.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
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.
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Jonathan Gilmour @jonathang.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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!
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