Using citizen science in environmental justice: participation and decision-making in a Southern California waste facility siting conflict
This academic article follows a case of building an environmental polluting facility in a Southern California EJ group and how their citizen science played a role in urging their city's policymaker
EPA StoryMap for Citizen Science
StoryMap created by the EPA explaining Community and Citizen Science and their role in environmental protection and the agency.
How has this data resource been used in research and advocacy?
bmvuongCalifornia Open Data Portal is affiliated with CalData a professional network for data-curious government individuals and partners. CalData is used to advocate for a strong, connected data infrastructure within the government, and provide a digital space where the public can search for all federal datasets at once.
Cal Open Data Portal Popular & Recent Datasets
Also on the homepage is a short overview of the most-viewed and used datasets as well as recently added ones.
Cal Open Data Portal Organizations
This figure demonstrates that users can also search for state organizations through the organization tab at the top.
Cal Open Data Portal Categories
This figure shows some of the categories that Cal Open Data Portal has on their website, all from existing federal agencies, that the user can click on to further filter their dataset searches.
CalOpenData Portal Homepage
This is the homepage of Cal Open Data Portal with a search bar that can filter open data sets using keywords that the user chooses.
"In this report, NACEPT developed thirteen robust recommendations regarding actions that EPA should take in response to technological and sociological developments in the area of citizen science.