Who will fill the climate-data void left by the Trump administration, especially this #COP30? Read Brittany Janis and Cathy Richards' piece for @nature.com on the ways the seismic shift in U.S. science investment has sent ripple effects across the globe. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

We’re excited to release the DIGITCORE Toolkit! The Digital Toolkit for Collaborative Environmental Research (DIGITCORE) outlines challenges, problems, and situations experienced in collaborative environmental research. Access the toolkit at digitcore.openenvironmentaldata.org

📚 What We're Reading: November 2025 📚 Every month, we publish what we're reading/watching/listening to on topics like #DataGovernance, #OpenSource, #EnvironmentalJustice + #ArtificialIntelligence. This month's list just dropped at www.openenvironmentaldata.org/what-were-reading

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...

For those of you who weren't able to attend our workshops recently, we're excited to share The Resource Library for Community Data! The Resource Library for Community Data is an interactive digital companion to our Community Data Playbook.

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!

Meet OEDP Board Member, @joannecheung.com ! Joanne is a lifelong #EnvironmentalJustice advocate whose homeland is the Jianghan. She carries the care + creativity of her ancestral lineage of traditional medicine practitioners in her practice to support global env., climate + food justice movements 💫

Due to high demand, we've added ANOTHER Community Data Demo & Workshop! Registration is capped at 100 people to keep the workshop interactive so make sure to grab your spot ASAP ~ 〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️ 📆 Tues, Oct. 14 ⏰ 10 - 11:15 am PT 🔗 Registration link at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

It's hard to talk about the explosion of #ArtificalIntelligence without talking about #DataCenters or the world's data center capital... #Virginia. This summer, Policy & Communications Fellow Sean Wang Zi-Ming sat down with Julie Bolthouse, Director of Land Use at the Piedmont Environmental Council.

Join us for a demo and workshop to dive into all things data governance! During the workshop, we will: 🔍 give a primer on the Community Data Playbook, 🧩 test out a few Plays, 📚 launch and demo our Resource Library, and 🗣 provide space for feedback and ideas.

After floods, fires + hurricanes, insurance increasingly affects people's ability to live and work in the places they call home. At OEDP, we're interested in how env. + climate data affects the current insurance system, both in understanding risks + exploring different insurance models/policies.

This month’s Attention Inventory is compiled by Cathy Richards, Civic Science Fellow + Data Inclusion Specialist at OEDP. Cathy talks about: 🫀 taking the pulse of the planet, 🌱 finding ways to resist, 🧛🏾‍♂️ the history + soundtrack of Sinners. Read more at open.substack.com/pub/openenvi...

Read our newest policy memo: "A Certification System for Third Party Climate Models to Support Local Planning and Flood Resilience", written by Katie Hoeberling and Emelia Williams for @scientistsorg.bsky.social

Since Exec. Director Brittany Janis attended @agu.org 's #DaysOfAction, she's been reflecting on the urgency of the budget cuts, the ways these policies are impacting day-to-day lives, and the approaches people need to take, across sectors, to be heard 👂🏻

Our June newsletter is out! Catch up on OEDP's recent goings-on, including: 🤝 highlights from the Community Data Playbook; ✍ an op-ed about hardware procurement from @sdosemagen.bsky.social , Eunice Mercado-Lara + Alison Parker; ☀️ AGU's Days of Action in D.C. open.substack.com/pub/openenvi...

Today, we're highlighting our work with Self-Help Enterprises (SHE), a non-profit based in Visalia, CA (USA) whose mission is to work together with low-income families to build and sustain healthy homes and communities.

📚 What We're Reading: June 2025 📚 Every month, we publish what we're reading/watching/listening to on topics like #DataGovernance, #OpenSource, #EnvironmentalJustice + #ArtificialIntelligence. Here are some highlights and you can get the full list at www.openenvironmentaldata.org/what-were-reading

Thanks to AAPS for a wonderful #CAPS25 conference last week! Here are some reflections from Research & Policy Manager Emelia Williams ✨

This month’s Attention Inventory is compiled by E Williams who talks about: 👂🏻 data centers' impact on our ability to hear + listen, 🔥 the aftermath of LA fires, 👀 their work as a fire lookout volunteer + 🎶 the search for a perfect workday playlist Read more at open.substack.com/pub/openenvi...

On 4/15, the White House released an EO to "Restore Common Sense to Federal Procurement." It promises to reduce bureaucratic hurdles, create a more competitive environment + streamline the Federal Acquisition Regulation so small businesses can participate in federal contracting

Are you attending the Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences' #CAPS25 Conference in Portland today? OEDP's Research & Policy Manager Emelia Williams will be there discussing our Community Data Playbook. Join them at the Ethical Considerations talk session today at 3:45 pm PT 💫

We’re so proud to release the Community Data Playbook! Communities around the world collect and use #environmental data, but face barriers in using data to its fullest extent; to unlock the potential benefits of community-generated environmental data, we need better data governance approaches.

The Senate #Environment and #PublicWorks Committee is interested in hearing how the #EPA 's work has helped you, a loved one, or your community. Deadline is TODAY (before the budget hearing tomorrow) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

📚 What We're Reading: May 2025 📚 Every month, we publish what we're reading/watching/listening to on topics like #DataGovernance, #OpenSource, #EnvironmentalJustice + #ArtificialIntelligence. Here are some highlights and you can catch the full list at www.openenvironmentaldata.org/what-were-re...