EPA Core Values/Collaboration and Innovation

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 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, was quoted in E&E News about the possibility of Trump appointing Robert F. Kennedy to lead Health and Human Services (HHS), and how HHS policies can influence EPA regulations.

Stan Meiburg, former EPA Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 4 and Region 6 and Acting EPA Deputy Administrator; Jeremy Symons, Senior Adviser to EPN; and Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, former Acting Assistant Administrator of EPA’s Office of Research and Development, were quoted in Fast Company about how Project 2025 would politicize EPA, causing detrimental public health impacts that would take decades to recover from.

EPN executive director Michelle Roos and Jeremy Symons, senior advisor to EPN, were mentioned in an article by E&E News after one of the authors of The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025’s chapter on EPA tweeted, “Could someone get me a full list of all the folks in this group? Just asking for a friend.” The tweet was in response to E&E’s August 5, 2024, story, which highlighted EPN’s work during the previous administration. The article recalled the 1983 “hit list” of 90 EPA scientists compiled by Reagan appointees.