Category «Environmental Law»

Workers at NASA Told to ‘Drop Everything’ to Scrub Mentions of Indigenous People, Women from Its Websites

404 Media: “NASA personnel were told to “drop everything” to scrub public sites of mentions of DEI, indigenous people, environmental justice, and women in leadership, according to a directive obtained by 404 Media. The directive, sent on January 22 and obtained by 404 Media, states:“Per NASA HQ direction, we are required to scrub mentions of …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Climate Change, E-Government, E-Records, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Fast fires

Reuters Graphics: “Fires are growing faster in the western United States. The fastest of them – termed “fast fires” – often erupt near towns and account for most structural wildfire damage according to researchers who analyzed over 60,000 fires from 2001 to 2020. Fast fires grow about 4,000 acres or more on their fastest day, …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Environmental Law, Financial System, Health Care, Housing, Transportation

Archivists Work to Identify and Save the Thousands of Datasets Disappearing From Data.gov

404 Media – “Datasets aggregated on data.gov, the largest repository of U.S. government open data on the internet, are being deleted, according to the website’s own information. Since Donald Trump was inaugurated as president, more than 2,000 datasets have disappeared from the database. As people in the Data Hoarding and archiving communities have pointed out, …

Subjects: Censorship, Climate Change, E-Government, Energy, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Trump Executive Order Tracker

“The Trump Administration’s executive orders cut across dozens of industries. This searchable tool breaks down the orders and their impact. Akin will update the Tracker as orders are published and provide in-depth analysis of specific orders. Visit Akin’s Trump Executive Order Overview to view a summary. Use the menu below to filter by topic. Subscribe …

Subjects: AI, Economy, Energy, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Legal Research, Search Engines, Transportation

Climate Deregulation Tracker

“The Climate Deregulation Tracker identified steps taken by the Trump administration and Congress to scale back or wholly eliminate federal climate mitigation and adaptation measures. The tracker is linked to our database of climate change regulations and our two other climate regulation trackers: the Climate Reregulation Tracker covering the Biden administration and the Climate Backtracker covering the second Trump administration. Read more about …

Subjects: Censorship, Climate Change, E-Records, Energy, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, Libraries

Climate Backtracker

“The Sabin Center’s new online tool – the Climate Backtracker – will identify steps taken by the Trump-Vance administration to scale back or wholly eliminate federal climate mitigation and adaptation measures. The Backtracker is the third iteration of Sabin Center climate regulation trackers. The first was the Climate Deregulation Tracker which tracked climate-related regulatory actions …

Subjects: Censorship, Climate Change, Education, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation

Silencing Science Tracker

“The Silencing Science Tracker is a joint initiative of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund. It tracks government attempts to restrict or prohibit scientific research, education or discussion, or the publication or use of scientific information, since the November 2016 election. Read more about the tracker and related resources. We …

Subjects: Censorship, Climate Change, Education, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation

More Americans Than Ever Are Living in Wildfire Areas. L.A. Is No Exception

“The New York Times has created a series of maps visualizing wildfire and smoke risk for the different parts of Los Angeles County [gift article], where several devastating wildfires have been ravaging since early January. The newspaper used wildfire risk scores data from CoreLogic, a California-based business and property analytics company, and spatial data from …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Environmental Law, Health Care, Housing, Legal Research

World Monuments Fund Puts Moon on List of At-Risk Sites

The New York Times gift article: “The organization said that more than 90 important sites on the moon could risk destruction if space tourism is left unregulated. For years, the World Monuments Fund has sought to draw attention and resources to endangered cultural heritage sites including Machu Picchu in Peru, temples in Cambodia and the …

Subjects: Climate Change, Education, Environmental Law, Government Documents

Donald Trump’s No. 2 Pick for the EPA Represented Companies Accused of Pollution Harm

ProPublica: “The man tapped by President Donald Trump to be second-in-command of the federal agency that protects the public from environmental dangers is a lawyer who has represented companies accused of harming people and the environment through pollution. David Fotouhi, a partner in the global law firm Gibson Dunn, played a key part in rolling …

Subjects: Censorship, Climate Change, E-Government, Energy, Environmental Law, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research