EPA Core Values/Collaboration and Innovation

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.

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, 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.