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The EPA Cracked Down on Tesla and SpaceX. Then Elon Musk and DOGE Took Over.

April 22, 2025 / by

Justine Calma /

The Verge

Walter Mugdan, former Deputy Regional Administrator, EPA Region 2, and Larry Starfield, former Deputy and Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, were quoted in The Verge. Elon Musk’s companies have been accused of breaking bedrock environmental laws in the US. Now, DOGE is gutting the federal agency that enforces those laws.

U.S. EPA to ‘Immediately’ Revise Enforcement Policies on Climate Change, Environmental Justice

March 20, 2025 / by

Cameron Goodnight /

3E

Larry Starfield, former Deputy and Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance, was quoted in 3E about Zeldin’s planned revisions to the National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives (NECIs), saying the changes contradict  “the central idea behind the NECIs.”

Potential OECA Breakup Would ‘Drastically’ Limit Enforcement, Experts Say

March 18, 2025 / by

Emma Gardner /

Inside EPA

Larry Starfield, former Deputy and Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance, was quoted in Inside EPA about the rumors to dismantle the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, saying that “If they go ahead with it, what you’re going to see is drastically reduced enforcement.”

States Move To Enforce Court Block Of Funding Freeze, Citing Violations

February 7, 2025 / by

Emma Gardner and Dawn Reeves /

Inside EPA

Michelle Roos was quoted in Inside EPA about the Trump administration not complying with a temporary restraining order against withholding federal funding and the implications it has had on community projects across the country.

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