In the News

Vicki Arroyo, former EPA Associate Administrator for Policy, was quoted in Bloomberg Law. The Environmental Protection Agency is handing out air emission compliance shields for industry in the agency’s latest move to accelerate President Donald Trump’s deregulation plan before Biden-era rules are fully reconsidered.

“We will recover. We will rebuild. It will be better,” says Matthew Tejada, NRDC’s senior vice president for environmental health.

Matt Tejada, former Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights, was quoted in E&E News.“The administration plans to remove staff from the Ronald Reagan Building as part of a push to shrink the agency’s footprint.”

Joe Goffman, former Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, was quoted in Inside Climate News. Jewish and Christian faith leaders responded to Lee Zeldin’s comments with “righteous anger” and called for policies that support a more just, livable world.

Jeremy Symons, Senior Adviser to EPN, was quoted in The Cooldown. “Experts are sounding the alarm after a controversial move by the Trump administration to gut key protections at the Environmental Protection Agency — a shift they say could leave the U.S. with more pollution, fewer public safeguards, and greater health risks.”

Betsy Southerland, former Director, Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in USA Today. “More than 37 million Americans drink water from systems that exceed limits on toxic “forever chemicals,” according to USA TODAY’s analysis of the first update of Environmental Protection Agency data under the Trump administration.”

 Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, former Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Research and Development, was quoted in WUNC about the cumulative dangers of dismantling ORD and EPA’s deregulatory agenda, which will reverse decades of environmental and public health progress and result in pollution levels not seen since before 1970. 

Walter Mugdan, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 2, was quoted in E&E News about EPA’s new offer to power plant companies to bypass Clean Air Act pollution rules. Companies can now send an email in hopes of the President granting an exemption.

Joe Goffman, former Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, was quoted in The New York Times about EPA’s new offer to power plant companies to bypass Clean Air Act pollution rules. Companies can now send an email in hopes of the President granting an exemption.

Michelle Roos was quoted in KQED. “Among the billions of dollars in funding terminated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in recent months were 63 grants representing nearly $260 million for projects and organizations across California, according to a KQED analysis of a list compiled by a group of Democratic senators.”

EPN’s post-election poll was mentioned in an article by Rethinking65 about the importance of continuing environmental and social governance (ESG) business practices.

David Cash, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1, joined Dan Rea in a conversation about clean energy options in the New England area. 

Janet McCabe, former Deputy Assistant Administrator, and Bruno Pigott, former Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Water, co-wrote an op-ed about how EPA workforce and budget cuts will impact Evansville, IN.

Zealan Hoover, former Director of Implementation and Senior Adviser to the Administrator, was quoted in an article by The Daily Yonder about the consequences of dissolving EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice.

Zealan Hoover, former Director of Implementation and Senior Adviser to the Administrator, was featured on an NPR podcast, 1A, titled “The Future of Environmental Policy.”

Betsy Southerland, former Director, Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, and Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, former Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Research and Development, were quoted in The New Lede about chemical protection regulations that would likely be rolled back and critical epidemiological studies on emerging chemicals that would be stopped if ORD is eliminated.

Zealan Hoover, former Director of Implementation and Senior Adviser to the Administrator, was quoted in The Washington Post about the $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund that was built under Biden but has been scrutinized and frozen by the Trump administration, leaving many projects hanging in limbo.

Linda Birnbaum, former Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and former EPA scientist, was quoted in ProPublica about Trump’s cancellation of money to the National Institutes of Health to study the health effects of climate change.

EPN was mentioned in an article by WasteDive about how the regulatory rollbacks announced by EPA will immediately affect populations near waste sites.

EPN’s Breathing Easy Report was mentioned in an article by National Catholic Reporter about faith leaders across the country denouncing EPA rollbacks and contemplating how to fight back against future environmental harms during the rest of Trump’s administration.

Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, former Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Research and Development, and Jeremy Symons, Senior Adviser to EPN, were quoted in Truthout about the cumulative dangers of dismantling ORD and EPA’s deregulatory agenda, which will reverse decades of environmental and public health progress and result in pollution levels not seen since before 1970.

David Cash, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1, was featured on Living on Earth podcast to talk about prior EJ initiatives that helped overburdened communities clean up the air, replace lead pipes, and enjoy better health as a result.

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.”

Betsy Southerland, former Director, Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in Inside EPA about how the elimination of EPA’s Office of Research and Development would bring PFAS toxicity testing and contamination data to a halt, significantly slowing down regulations for the chemical class.