E91 RE-AIR: Saving Federal Climate Data with Jonathan Gilmour
Summary
Molly Wood interviews Harvard data scientist Jonathan Gilmore about the Public Environmental Data Partners, an initiative safeguarding federal climate and health data threatened by the Trump administration. Gilmore explains how his team is archiving critical datasets and rebuilding environmental justice tools removed from government sites. The episode highlights the risks of losing this public infrastructure and calls for community support to preserve accessible scientific information.
Topics discussed
Intro: Acast ad and episode overview on climate data
Jonathan Gilmore introduces Public Environmental Data Partners
Project 2025 and threats to federal data infrastructure
Safeguarding 300 priority environmental data sets
Rebuilding environmental justice screening tools
Break and Acast advertisement
Advocacy pillar and public reaction to data loss
Data corruption, trust issues, and provenance
Loss of federal 'gold standard' and impact on startups
Economic value of data and insurance industry reliance
How to contribute to the Public Environmental Data Partners
Outro: Legal wins against data deletion and show notes
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