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The Next 55 Earth Days
Working Wonders in Purpose Driven Innovation Labs
This Tool is Changing How We Protect our Wetlands, Here’s How You Can Help
Innovation Incubators - from Egyptian Egg Ovens to Artificial Intelligence
WBUR Here and Now: Trump officials removed web tools that interpret environmental data. Volunteers are racing to rebuild them
Jessie Mahr, Director of Technology, was featured on NPR's Here and Now speaking about our work in collaboration with the Public Environmental Data Partners to preserve the data, maintain public access to tools, and protect policies that improve public health and the environment.
NextGov: America's digital infrastructure belongs to you
Jessie Mahr and Kameron Kerger co-wrote an Op-Ed in Next Govt: America's digital infrastructure belongs to you, in collaboration with Katie Hoeberling, Michelle Cheripka, Jonathan Gilmour and Matt Price.
Comments Regarding the Council on Environmental Quality’s Removal of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations
EPIC submitted public comments opposing the wholesale removal of NEPA regulations by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), arguing it would create confusion and increase litigation risk. Instead, we proposed modernizing the NEPA process through our Smart Permitting Agenda, which includes implementing clear timelines, developing programmatic reviews, creating user-friendly e-permitting systems, and establishing expedited pathways for ecological restoration. We believe an updated regulatory framework can maintain NEPA's original intent while delivering faster results and ensuring meaningful community input.
Leveraging Modularity to Launch Innovation
NYTimes: Government Science Data May Soon by Hidden. They're Racing to Copy It.
Jessie Mahr, EPIC’s Director of Technology, was featured in NYTimes. In this article, Jessie talks about EPIC’s work with the Public Environmental Data Partners and the impact of the Trump Administration in removing public access to critical environmental screening tools that taxpayers have paid for.
EPIC's Smart Permitting Recommendations to the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
New Project: National Drinking Water Explorer Tool
All Americans deserve safe, reliable, and affordable drinking water. But making sure that everyone has access remains a challenge that requires untangling a complex web of interdependent factors. EPIC is planning to scale our Texas-based tool nation-wide in order to support communities, map the utility landscape across the U.S., and help states to prioritize investments and technical assistance to improve drinking water infrastructure.
Rethinking Tech Capacity, Talent, and the Environment: Where Do We Go From Here?
From Fragmentation to Integration: Working with a Community of Experts to Connect Wetland Data
We Need to Tend Innovation Like We Tend a Fire
At EPIC, we believe in using innovative data and technology to tackle environmental challenges faster. We advocate for government involvement in fostering tech innovation to better manage resources. Discover the five key building blocks of a healthy tech ecosystem to help technology thrive across public, private, and non-profit sectors.
Smart Permitting Agenda
New Data to Answer Questions about Drinking Water Access, Affordability, and Quality
CBC: Canadian residents are racing to save the data in Trump's crosshairs
Jessie Mahr, Director of Technology, was featured in a CBC article about Canadians that are supporting data and tool preservation efforts through the Public Environmental Data Partners. She notes that "without those tools you're not able to have an informed understanding of who is suffering and then where to provide them with funding or programs that would improve their lives."
Inside Climate News: ‘Canary in a Coal Mine’: Data Scientists Restore a Climate Justice Tool Taken Down by Trump
Jessie Mahr, Director of Technology, was featured in Inside Climate News, about importance of federal environmental tools to say, ‘Do we have an understanding of the challenges that Americans face?’ And to then effectively prioritize interventions and effectively use the hundreds of government programs and funding sources that are available to address those concerns.
Bloomberg: Trump’s Climate Data Purge Hurts Americans’ Health and Wallets
Jessie Mahr, Director of Technology, was featured in a Bloomberg article about which datasets and tools that are being removed from public access by the Trump Administration, and the importance of these tools in environmental stewardship, public health initiatives and economic activity.
E&E News: Groups archive environmental justice data scrapped by Trump
Jessie Mahr, Director of Technology, was featured in E&E News article about climate and environmental datasets and tools that are being removed from public access by the Trump administration.