In the News

Bob Sussman, attorney for Center for Environmental Health and former EPA Deputy Administrator, was quoted in this article about recent findings that show that PFAS migrates out of fluorinated high-density polyethylene plastic containers, highlighting a need to limit production of this form of packaging.

Dennis McLerran, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 10, was quoted in this article discussing the Army Corps of Engineer’s decision to reconsider portions of Pebble Company’s permit application to mine in Bristol Bay, despite EPA’s recent veto of the mine proposal.

Linda Birnbaum, former Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, wrote this commentary discussing the need for the World Health Organization to substantially revise its proposed drinking water guidelines for PFAS compounds.

Bill Jordan, former Deputy Director, EPA Office of Pesticide Program, was quoted in this article discussing a proposal to shift EPA oversight of topical flea and tick products administered to animals to the Food and Drug Administration.

Mark Ryan, former Assistant Regional Counsel, EPA Region 10, and former Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, was quoted in this article regarding the failed House vote to undo the Biden administration’s waters of the U.S. rule and the legal challenges that will continue, possibly even beyond the forthcoming Supreme Court decision on Sackett vs. EPA.

Judith Enck, President of Beyond Plastics and former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 2, was quoted in this article suggesting that alternatives to PVC, such as copper or stainless steel pipes, be used when lead service lines are replaced.

Ronnie Levin, former Senior Scientist, EPA Region 1, co-authored this research article assessing the true potential benefits and costs of a stronger Lead and Copper Rule Revision.

Judith Enck, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 2, was interviewed in this news segment about the presence of hazardous chemicals, including asbestos, in the debris of a plastics warehouse fire in Indiana.

Margo Oge, former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article discussing the ability of EPA’s proposed phase 3 light- and heavy-duty vehicle standards to withstand possible legal challenges.

Judith Enck, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 2, was interviewed in this podcast discussing EPA’s proposal to limit the levels of hazardous air pollutants emitted from industrial sites.

Margo Oge, former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was interviewed in this segment discussing new emission standards proposals aimed at driving Americans towards more electric cars.

Margo Oge, former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article discussing the importance of the EPA’s proposed vehicle emissions standards in the Biden administration’s efforts to combat climate change. Margo was quoted in related articles from the Associated Press, Washington Post, Detroit Free Press, and Nature. She was also interviewed on CNN.

Jeff Alson, former Senior Engineer and Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article regarding the types of trucks that would be subjected to EPA’s proposed light- and medium-duty vehicle standards.

Margo Oge, former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, penned this op-ed discussing how the EPA’s proposed vehicle emission standards for cars and trucks will have enormous impacts on climate change, American health, and U.S. competitiveness in the zero-emissions vehicle market.

Bill Muno, former Superfund Director, EPA Region 5, was quoted in this article discussing the treatment and disposal of hazardous waste at commercial hazardous waste facilities, a concern that has arisen in the wake of the East Palestine train derailment.

Linda Birnbaum, former director of the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program, co-authored this op-ed demanding a shift away from the toxic chemicals that the plastics and petrochemicals industries have used in their products.

Margo Oge, former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article regarding the feasibility of the Biden administration’s latest proposals to curb tailpipe emissions.

Bill Muno, former Superfund Director, EPA Region 5, was quoted in this article about concerns that a public landfill in Putnam County, Indiana, may be contaminating a neighboring reservoir and aquifer system.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, former EPA Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization and former EPA Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, was quoted in this article discussing how the impacts of air pollution and climate change disproportionately affect Black and low-income communities.

Bob Perciasepe, former EPA Deputy Administrator, was quoted in this article regarding protests outside EPA headquarters demanding a faster rollout of tighter climate and air quality regulations for fossil fuel power plants.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, former Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization and former Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, is interviewed in this news segment regarding the flaws with plastic bottle recycling and the dangers they pose to human health.

Bob Sussman, former Deputy Administrator and Senior Policy Counsel to the EPA Administrator, is quoted in this article discussing how a federal judge ruled in favor of EPA’s dismissal of a lawsuit regarding a claim that they did not fulfill a petition submitted under TSCA in October of 2020 against the chemical company, Chemours.

Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, is quoted in this article discussing how EPA’s new PFAS standards could soon ramp up Kentucky’s water monitoring for PFAS chemicals in drinking water.

Margo Oge, former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, is quoted in this article discussing EPA granting permission to California to implement a heavy-duty vehicle regulation targeting climate change.