👥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
💻FedGeoDay: Get tickets at www.eventbrite.com/e/fedgeoday-...
💻Workshop on Demonstrating Data’s Value: Assessing the Harms of Disappearing Data: email Katie Hoeberling at katie@openenvironmentaldata.org
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#DCClimateWeek #EnvironmentalData #EnvironmentalJustice #Climate #Mapping
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
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…by selecting combinations of interest such as linguistic isolation and lack of green space. 🗺️ PEDP welcomes feedback on this new feature or other ways to improve the CEJST tool!
📋 Submit Feedback Here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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This CEJST release marks the first PEDP design and development project for this tool outside of supporting what was previously made available by the federal government.
The new feature enables people using the tool to identify areas where communities experience high shares of burdens by…(2/3)
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
"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 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.
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 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"
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-...
@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...
🌍 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...
Thrilled to partner with @essentialdata.us and
@scientistsorg.bsky.social this spooky season!
Dearly Departed Datasets poster
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!
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...
Cutting reporting may save some compliance costs in the short term, but the long-term costs of climate inaction are far greater. If we don’t measure emissions, we can’t manage them.
•Global credibility: The U.S. must report emissions to meet climate commitments and maintain trust on the world stage.
•Risk management: Businesses and governments use emissions data to anticipate climate risks and protect people, health, and infrastructure.
Reporting ensures:
•Transparency & accountability: Communities and investors can see who is emitting and whether progress is real.
•Smart policy: Leaders need reliable data to design effective, targeted climate solutions.
Accurate emissions data is the foundation of any effective climate policy. Without it, we’re flying blind.
