Public Evidence Project is an independent civic research initiative that makes consequential infrastructure records easier to find, understand and verify.
WHY THIS EXISTS
Public information should be usable.
A permit can be public and still be difficult to discover. Facility names change, one agency page may point to several PDFs, and a technical document may not explain what its status means to a non-specialist.
We organize primary records into a stable index with searchable facility names, dates, permit identifiers, locations and direct source links. Explanatory pages provide context without turning a permit into an accusation.
The current collection is deliberately narrow. It is not a complete list of every U.S. data center or every environmental approval. Coverage expands only when a useful page can be supported by traceable public records.
Core fields link to government records, regulatory documents or official datasets.
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Status is explicit
Issued permits, pending applications and agency assessments are not presented as interchangeable.
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Claims stay bounded
A permit documents regulatory authorization or review. It does not by itself prove actual emissions, a violation or harm.
EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITY
A reachable desk, without a borrowed name.
Public Evidence Project’s editorial desk is responsible for source selection, framing, corrections and version notes. Questions about a review can be sent to [email protected]; factual corrections go to [email protected].
A named editor has not yet been published. No cited researcher or institution is represented as responsible for the project’s pages.