Harvard Environment and Law Data (HELD) Collection

The purpose of this collection, put together by members of the Salata Strengthening Communities research cluster, is to store critical climate and law datasets accessible at various locations in one place. The datasets are downloaded and uploaded with minimal modification. The collection should be helpful to any researcher working on policy, compliance, and community issues related to the environment. See our codebook here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/140fcvagquFt4-tLIw3ahf2oqR8fKqQ1a/edit?tab=t.0.

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FEMA BRIC and Flood Mitigation Assistance Obligations Dashboard Jul 1, 2025 FEMA, 2025, "FEMA BRIC and Flood Mitigation Assistance Obligations Dashboard", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/EHD2XU, Harvard Dataverse, V1 The Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities and Flood Mitigation Assistance Obligations Dashboard uses publicly available data from OpenFEMA enable users to explore information about Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities and Flood Mitigation Assistance subapplications in their area. The dashboard includes four different option...
EPA Title VI External Civil Rights Docket Apr 21, 2025 EPA, 2024, "EPA Title VI External Civil Rights Docket", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CS4P68, Harvard Dataverse, V8, UNF:6:c57gDwnRO68s/1yYWEvDAA== [fileUNF] Complaints Received and Compliance Reviews Initiated by EPA from January 1, 2013 - Present.
Climate Adaption Plans Mar 6, 2025 sustainability.gov, 2025, "Climate Adaption Plans", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/XSCRPK, Harvard Dataverse, V1 "An agency's adaptation and resilience plan summarizes its most significant climate risks, vulnerabilities, and actions identified to address and mitigate those risks, including how the agency is incorporating natural hazards and climate resilience into real property asset management and investment decisions per the Disaster Resiliency Planning Act...
Public Comments on the Interim Framework for Advancing Consideration of Cumulative Impacts Mar 6, 2025 Regulations.gov, 2025, "Public Comments on the Interim Framework for Advancing Consideration of Cumulative Impacts", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VK5FA0, Harvard Dataverse, V2 The comments contained in this dataset were pulled from Docket No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2024-0360 (https://www.regulations.gov/document/EPA-HQ-OLEM-2024-0360-0001/comment). 92 discrete comments were received. The docket received a total of 2,984 comments by Feb 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM EST.
Community Disaster Resilience Zones Mar 4, 2025 FEMA, 2025, "Community Disaster Resilience Zones", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JYACP6, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:6:3usweLMca6KwtL75qV0O5w== [fileUNF] Downloaded data from FEMA's Community Disaster Resilience Zones (CDRZ). As described by the Agency: "These designated zones will receive targeted support to access federal funding to plan for resilience projects that will help them reduce impacts caused by climate change and natural hazards. It will also enable communities to work across a range of...
Environmental Justice Mapping and Screening Tool (EJScreen) Feb 28, 2025 EPA, 2024, "Environmental Justice Mapping and Screening Tool (EJScreen)", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/RLR5AX, Harvard Dataverse, V4, UNF:6:Ew64oHBMGoTrNkLoYBJcUw== [fileUNF] Due to the size of the files, we have made zipped files of EJScreen available. Navigate to the tree view and find the folder titled "EJScreen Zipped Files." Select relevant files and download. Downloaded data from EPA's Environmental Justice Mapping and Screening Tool (EJScreen). As described by the Agency: "The tool offers EJ (2-factor) and supple...
Low-income Energy Affordability Data (LEAD) Feb 28, 2025 DOE, 2024, "Low-income Energy Affordability Data (LEAD)", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ZDV0KN, Harvard Dataverse, V2 In August 2022 the Inflation Reduction Act, was signed, providing $8.8 billion for Home Efficiency Rebates and Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates. The rebate amount for a household depends on the income of that household as compared to the Area Median Income (AMI). Households with incomes between 0% and 80% of the AMI receive the largest re...
Investing in America (IIA) Public Investments Data Feb 27, 2025 DOE, 2025, "Investing in America (IIA) Public Investments Data", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/KVPSOS, Harvard Dataverse, V1 "This Investing in America (IIA) dataset includes information on Federally funded programs and projects under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and CHIPS and Science Act (CHIPS). This dataset covers a subset of what these laws will fund and is not intended to be definitive or comprehensive. Rather, it is intend...
Clean Energy Projects Feb 27, 2025 DOL, 2025, "Clean Energy Projects", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VHH3RP, Harvard Dataverse, V1 "The map allows users to sort planned clean energy projects by sector and state and learn more about each project’s location, name, status and size, companies involved and the estimated number of construction jobs supporting the project. Drawn from publicly available data, the map’s information does not indicate eligibility for federal tax incentiv...
DOT Priorities Feb 24, 2025 DOT, 2025, "DOT Priorities", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/Q914LW, Harvard Dataverse, V2 "From road safety to emerging technologies and road construction, transportation is integral to every American's life. At the Department of Transportation, we believe in creating the safest, most efficient and modern transportation system in the world. That's why U.S. Secretary Pete Buttigieg has defined three key priorities for DOT: Safety, Infras...

FEMA BRIC and Flood Mitigation Assistance Obligations Dashboard

Jul 1, 2025

FEMA, 2025, "FEMA BRIC and Flood Mitigation Assistance Obligations Dashboard", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/EHD2XU, Harvard Dataverse, V1

The Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities and Flood Mitigation Assistance Obligations Dashboard uses publicly available data from OpenFEMA enable users to explore information about Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities and Flood Mitigation Assistance subapplications in their area. The dashboard includes four different option...

EPA Title VI External Civil Rights Docket

Apr 21, 2025

EPA, 2024, "EPA Title VI External Civil Rights Docket", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CS4P68, Harvard Dataverse, V8, UNF:6:c57gDwnRO68s/1yYWEvDAA== [fileUNF]

Complaints Received and Compliance Reviews Initiated by EPA from January 1, 2013 - Present.

Climate Adaption Plans

Mar 6, 2025

sustainability.gov, 2025, "Climate Adaption Plans", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/XSCRPK, Harvard Dataverse, V1

"An agency's adaptation and resilience plan summarizes its most significant climate risks, vulnerabilities, and actions identified to address and mitigate those risks, including how the agency is incorporating natural hazards and climate resilience into real property asset management and investment decisions per the Disaster Resiliency Planning Act...

Public Comments on the Interim Framework for Advancing Consideration of Cumulative Impacts

Mar 6, 2025

Regulations.gov, 2025, "Public Comments on the Interim Framework for Advancing Consideration of Cumulative Impacts", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VK5FA0, Harvard Dataverse, V2

The comments contained in this dataset were pulled from Docket No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2024-0360 (https://www.regulations.gov/document/EPA-HQ-OLEM-2024-0360-0001/comment). 92 discrete comments were received. The docket received a total of 2,984 comments by Feb 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM EST.

Community Disaster Resilience Zones

Mar 4, 2025

FEMA, 2025, "Community Disaster Resilience Zones", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JYACP6, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:6:3usweLMca6KwtL75qV0O5w== [fileUNF]

Downloaded data from FEMA's Community Disaster Resilience Zones (CDRZ). As described by the Agency: "These designated zones will receive targeted support to access federal funding to plan for resilience projects that will help them reduce impacts caused by climate change and natural hazards. It will also enable communities to work across a range of...

Environmental Justice Mapping and Screening Tool (EJScreen)

Feb 28, 2025

EPA, 2024, "Environmental Justice Mapping and Screening Tool (EJScreen)", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/RLR5AX, Harvard Dataverse, V4, UNF:6:Ew64oHBMGoTrNkLoYBJcUw== [fileUNF]

Due to the size of the files, we have made zipped files of EJScreen available. Navigate to the tree view and find the folder titled "EJScreen Zipped Files." Select relevant files and download. Downloaded data from EPA's Environmental Justice Mapping and Screening Tool (EJScreen). As described by the Agency: "The tool offers EJ (2-factor) and supple...

Low-income Energy Affordability Data (LEAD)

Feb 28, 2025

DOE, 2024, "Low-income Energy Affordability Data (LEAD)", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ZDV0KN, Harvard Dataverse, V2

In August 2022 the Inflation Reduction Act, was signed, providing $8.8 billion for Home Efficiency Rebates and Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates. The rebate amount for a household depends on the income of that household as compared to the Area Median Income (AMI). Households with incomes between 0% and 80% of the AMI receive the largest re...

Investing in America (IIA) Public Investments Data

Feb 27, 2025

DOE, 2025, "Investing in America (IIA) Public Investments Data", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/KVPSOS, Harvard Dataverse, V1

"This Investing in America (IIA) dataset includes information on Federally funded programs and projects under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and CHIPS and Science Act (CHIPS). This dataset covers a subset of what these laws will fund and is not intended to be definitive or comprehensive. Rather, it is intend...

Clean Energy Projects

Feb 27, 2025

DOL, 2025, "Clean Energy Projects", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VHH3RP, Harvard Dataverse, V1

"The map allows users to sort planned clean energy projects by sector and state and learn more about each project’s location, name, status and size, companies involved and the estimated number of construction jobs supporting the project. Drawn from publicly available data, the map’s information does not indicate eligibility for federal tax incentiv...

DOT Priorities

Feb 24, 2025

DOT, 2025, "DOT Priorities", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/Q914LW, Harvard Dataverse, V2

"From road safety to emerging technologies and road construction, transportation is integral to every American's life. At the Department of Transportation, we believe in creating the safest, most efficient and modern transportation system in the world. That's why U.S. Secretary Pete Buttigieg has defined three key priorities for DOT: Safety, Infras...

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