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unredacted the national security archive blog skip to content unredacted the national security archive blog search search home about useful links how to file a foia request documents litigation news most transparent admin in history 2026 begins with epa axing foia provision secret climate working group documents and more disappearing data by rachel santarsiero february 3 2026 tags documents foia secrecy whitehouse gov screenshot last week the environmental protection agency published in the federal register its plan to stop expedited freedom of information act request processing for marginalized communities most affected by environmental pollution the move would ax one of the last vestiges of biden era efforts to encourage vulnerable groups to exercise the right to know the original provision was established in november 2023 to speed up public records requests dealing with an environmental justice related need that could inform an affected community the environmental agency also waived fees for those requests now in line with the trump administration s assault on all programs services and information pertaining to diversity equity and inclusion the epa s proposal cancels what has been an important tool for low income people and neighborhoods of color to access information about the environmental issues in their own backyards in a timely manner many of the most vulnerable groups live near industrial facilities and waste sites and the expedited processing provision was one of the few ways these groups could meaningfully and efficiently access records like toxicity reports and and risk assessments this move is also part of a larger pattern within the epa to sever the link between the environment and impacts on human health news of epa s plan originally surfaced in october 2025 since then the conservative legal firm america first legal foundation founded by trump s senior advisor stephen miller filed a petition slamming the provision stating that the biden era rule bent the rules to provide politically favored requesters with special treatment the epa notes that expedited processing will still be granted if the requester demonstrates a compelling need and that environmental justice related requests will continue to be eligible for fee waivers the public comment period for this proposal will be open until february 26 2025 documents reveal dubious climate working group operations in a transparency win the environmental defense fund and the union of concerned scientists won release of over 68 000 pages of records about the trump administration s climate working group cwg the controversial panel that published the department of energy report a critical review of impacts of greenhouse gas emissions on the u s climate the innerworkings of the cwg have been shrouded in secrecy since the panel s inception in early 2025 energy secretary chris wright handpicked five experts all of whom have a history of questioning the scientific consensus of climate change risks to write a review of greenhouse gas emissions and the connections to human health immediately following its publication the report was denounced by climate scientists for downplaying peer reviewed climate research cherry picking data and bypassing typical scientific review processes more outrage followed when epa administrator lee zeldin later cited the report to justify the epa s proposal to repeal the 2009 endangerment finding the landmark determination that serves as the legal bedrock for the agency s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions edf and ucs filed a lawsuit against the energy department epa wright and zeldin alleging that the agencies violated the federal advisory committee act faca by creating and operating an advisory committee in secret under the faca advisory committees are also required to have balanced membership and make materials accessible to the public in december a federal court ordered the trump administration to release the cwg documents now key findings from the records released to the environmental coalition reveal the cwg understood its chief objective was to call into question the landmark endangerment finding the documents also reveal that the panelists acknowledged the report s shortcomings and knew they hardly discussed the overwhelming scientific evidence supporting the endangerment finding currently edf and ucs have released a portion of the documents on their websites and plan to house all 68 000 released records on their sites by march in other secrecy news the administration s federal data takedown continued this past week with the disappearance of the special inspector general of afghanistan reconstruction sigar website according to freedom of the press foundation s daniel ellsberg chair and national security archive alum lauren harper sigar the watchdog oversight agency established by congress in 2008 to track spending in afghanistan amid corruption concerns released its final report in december and officially shut its doors last week but its website is nowhere to be found as reported by the washington times the agency expected an archived version of sigar mil would be housed on the federal cybercemetery at the university of north texas which currently hosts the special inspector general for iraq reconstruction website but sigar site is still not publicly accessible harper points out that the disappearance of the website is a major blow for transparency and accountability the hundreds of reports audits and oral histories that were previously available at sigar mil were integral to the public s understanding of the systemic list of problems that fueled one of america s longest and most expensive wars the national security archive s digital national security archive dnsa collection the afghanistan war and the united states 1998 2017 features over 400 sigar documents and sheds light on the afghanistan reconstruction project and endemic corruption separately the u s government has officially withdrawn from the open government partnership ogp the international initiative founded in 2011 by eight countries to advance government transparency participation and accountability in partnership with civil society in its official withdrawal letter u s general services administration administrator edward forst informed the ogp steering committee that its continued involvement in the group has become at best ineffective and at worst determinantal to advancing core american principles despite critiques of contracting influence under trump s first administration and under biden the ogp saw major successes including the establishment of the access to information law in brazil the bolstering of foia in south africa and the establishment of u s agency annual open government plans national security archive director tom blanton served as a civil society member of the ogp steering committee from 2011 2013 the ogp exit comes as president trump withdraws the u s from 66 other international organizations including the united nations framework convention on climate change and is the latest move in the trump administration s disregard for transparency and accountability mechanisms next page 40 years of freedom of information action the national security archive promotes the unearthing of evidence around past and current events relating to u s foreign national security and human rights policies recognizing the importance of usable history for scholars journalists politicians public interest groups and advocates for civil society recent posts most transparent admin in history 2026 begins with epa axing foia provision secret climate working group documents and more disappearing data february 3 2026 what does a government shutdown mean for foia october 17 2025 disaster struck in texas while climate data disappears august 22 2025 new classification bill highlights ongoing bipartisan efforts to improve government transparency august 9 2024 weekend read house oversight emails suggest national institute of health s foia lady advised fauci aide to circumvent foia requests may 31 2024 weekend read national archives sunshine week panel focuses on artificial intelligence and government access march 15 2024 national security archive publishes new digital document collection u s foreign policy in the carter years 1977 1981 highest level memos to the president december 12 2023 year in review chile s coup at 50 impact december 5 2023 henry kissinger the declassified obituary and other resources november 30 2023 special climate envoy john kerry says no climate reparations for developing countries continuing the u s government s long opposition to environmental compensation august 1 2023 declassified documents shed a light on u s drone warfare in pakistan july 20 2023 questions for the state dept after news it launched a pilot program for declassification work anniversary of rosenberg execution for espionage and more frinformsum 6 23 2023 june 23 2023 declassification provisions of the 2024 intelligence authorization act treasury dept s egregious still interested letters and more frinformsum 6 16 2023 june 16 2023 national security archive publishes new digital document collection targeting iraq part ii war and occupation 2004 2011 may 24 2023 declassified documents describe china taliban relations and fears about uighur guerillas may 8 2023 archives select month february 2026 1 october 2025 1 august 2025 1 august 2024 1 may 2024 1 march 2024 1 december 2023 2 november 2023 1 august 2023 1 july 2023 1 june 2023 2 may 2023 2 march 2023 1 february 2023 2 january 2023 5 december 2022 3 october 2022 3 september 2022 1 august 2022 1 july 2022 2 june 2022 1 may 2022 4 april 2022 2 march 2022 3 february 2022 2 january 2022 5 december 2021 5 november 2021 2 september 2021 1 may 2021 1 march 2021 1 february 2021 2 january 2021 2 december 2020 1 november 2020 1 september 2020 3 august 2020 3 july 2020 3 june 2020 1 may 2020 1 april 2020 2 march 2020 2 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