Budget and Appropriations

Stan Meiburg, former Acting Deputy Administrator, was quoted in an article by E&E News that interviewed several former EPA officials from past administrations. The former officials spoke highly of what Biden’s EPA accomplished and are concerned about the rescission of progress in a second Trump presidency.

Jeremy Symons, Senior Adviser to EPN, was quoted in Inside EPA about how the public and Congress do not support extreme budget cuts for EPA, despite Trump’s plans to do so. EPN’s post-election poll was also referenced.

Linda Birnbaum, former Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Toxicology Program (NTP); Tom Burke, former Science Advisor and Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD); Dan Costa, Former National Program Director, EPA Air, Climate, and Energy Research Program, ORD; Chitra Kumar, former Director, EPA Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (OEJECR); Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, former Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science, EPA ORD; and Matt Tejada, former Deputy Assistant Administrator for Environmental Justice, OEJECR; were quoted in Science about how budget cuts and industry priorities will affect EPA.

Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, and Bob Sussman, former Deputy Administrator and Senior Policy Counsel to the Administrator, were quoted in The New York Times about how EPA has recovered from budget and staff cuts during the Trump administration, but, a second Trump term would still methodically restructure the agency.