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Trump Era Data Suppression Threatens Environmental Advocacy and Health
2/28/2025
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- Gretchen Gehrke, co-founder of the Environmental Data Governance Initiative, reveals the alarming suppression of vital environmental data during the Trump administration. This erosion of the Environmental Right to Know jeopardizes public health and democratic engagement, stifling advocacy and research while deepening existing inequities and obscuring transparency in environmental governance.
