Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI) is an international network of academics and non-profits addressing potential threats to federal environmental and energy policy.
Archiving Government Data

Working with partners we preserve potentially vulnerable scientific data and web pages from EPA and DOE among other federal agencies.
Monitoring Federal Websites

We monitor changes to tens of thousands of environmental agency web pages to trace how data, information, and their presentation change.
Interviewing Federal Experts

We interview long-time federal employees to provide a human and nuanced perspective on impacts of the current administration on agencies.

Our work is made possible through grants and tax-deductible donations from the public.
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Get Involved

Build a Healthier Internet June 1-2

We are working on our Web Monitoring Project at the Mozilla Global Sprint on June 1-2, 2017.
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Attend Our Pre-Conference @ 4S

Sign up for the EDGI pre-conference at 4S in Boston on August 29, 2017.

Help Archive

If you are concerned about a program or dataset check out our Archiving page for ways to ensure it is preserved.

Propose a Collaboration

Propose a collaboration with our growing EDGI network

Share on Social Media

Share news and your vision for #OurEnviroData governance and #DataRescue with @EnviroDGI on social media

Contribute Tools

Contribute how-tos and tools to the Toolkit and GitHub so others can build on your work

Recent Blog Posts

EDGI’s new “Accomplishments” report is published!

EDGI just published a new report covering our activities since mid-November until the beginning of May! Some highlights: We’ve dramatically ...
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Errors in the January 19 snapshot of EPA.gov are problematic from transparency, data preservation, and information access standpoints and may have legal implications

By Sarah Lamdan, Director of Legal Research, and members of the Website Tracking Committee: Andrew Bergman, Maya Anjur-Dietrich, Gretchen Gehrke, ...
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The announced overhaul of EPA.gov has already begun and pages relating to climate change are currently inaccessible

Statement by EDGI’s Website Tracking Committee April 28, 2017 11:00 PM ET—This evening, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...
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Header images Creative Commons licensed: "Toronto Guerrilla Archiving Wrap Up" CC BY-SA 4.0 EDGI, "California Coast" CC BY 2.0 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, "Understanding the Carbon Cycle" CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Berkeley Lab, "Amargosa Toad Restoration Site" CC BY 2.0 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.