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

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

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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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

👥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

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)

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)

🚨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

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

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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"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...

"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...

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-...

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...

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...

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-...

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-...

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...

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!

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-...

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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@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...

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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🌍 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

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...

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...

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...