In the News

Margo Oge, former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, wrote this op-ed discussing the steps countries and automakers have made towards a transition to zero-emission vehicles, which helps reduce the world’s reliance on fossil fuel.

Stan Meiburg, former Acting Deputy Administrator and former Regional Administrator, EPA Regions 4 and 6, was quoted in this article discussing a report from the US Government Accountability Office indicating that over 3,200 chemical facilities nationwide are at risk from future natural disasters due to climate change impacts.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, Vice President at the National Wildlife Administration; former EPA Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization; and former EPA Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, penned this op-ed discussing the importance of advancing climate and clean energy initiatives to not only reduce the world’s dependence on oil and natural gas but to also minimize Russia’s leverage as the lead supplier of fossil fuels to Europe.

Judith Enck, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 2, was quoted in this article discussing the feasibility of large-scale chemical recycling, a process that breaks down single-use plastic in order to create fuel and other plastic products.

Eric Schaeffer, Executive Director of the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) and former Director, EPA Office of Civil Enforcement, was quoted in this article about a recent EIP report that found a sharp decline in the amount of EPA enforcement inspections, criminal investigations, prosecutions, and civil penalties during the Trump administration.

John Bachmann, former Associate Director for Science/Policy and New Programs, EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, was quoted and EPN was mentioned in this article discussing the recent formation of the 2022 Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee review panel that will be reassessing the air quality standard for ozone.

The testimony of Ellen Kurlansky, former Air Policy Analyst and Advisor, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, was quoted in this article about the public hearing on EPA’s proposal to reaffirm the appropriate and necessary finding for Mercury and Air Toxics Standards.

Ellen Kurlansky, former Air Policy Analyst and Advisor, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, was quoted in this article discussing the underestimation of benefits tied to reducing hazardous air pollutants in EPA’s proposal to reaffirm the appropriate and necessary finding for Mercury and Air Toxics Standards.

Joel Mintz, former EPA enforcement and supervisory attorney, penned this op-ed discussing the need to restore EPA’s Supplemental Environmental Projects, an enforcement tool used in settlements between environmental law violators, EPA, and state environmental agencies.

Michael Levin, former Director of Regulatory Reform, EPA Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, wrote this article about how EPA’s proposal to deny petitions for small refinery exemptions will impact the renewable natural gas market.

Jeff Alson, former Senior Engineer and Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted and EPN was mentioned in this article about EPA’s expected reinstatement of a waiver that would allow states to set stricter vehicle emissions standards than those set by the federal government.

Judith Enck, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 2, was quoted in this article discussing the burning of 13 tons of aqueous film-forming foam, whose key ingredients include per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, at a waste incineration plant located in Niagara Falls, New York.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, vice president at the National Wildlife Foundation, former EPA Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization, and former EPA Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, was quoted in this article regarding the importance of the omnibus bill, which provides appropriations for the entire federal government, in establishing an EPA assistant administrator and program office for environmental justice.

Wayne Nastri, EPN Board Member, executive officer of South Coast Air Quality Monitoring District, and former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9, was quoted in this article discussing EPA’s upcoming proposed standards on nitrogen oxide emissions from heavy-duty vehicles.

Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, wrote this article discussing how a federal scientific integrity policy would help prevent the politicization of science in the future.

Bill Reilly, former EPA Administrator, and Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, wrote this op-ed urging Congress to pass a budget that gives EPA the ability to implement the bipartisan infrastructure bill and carry out its essential work.

Judith Enck, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 2, was quoted in this article about efforts by the city of Cohoes, NY, to purchase public housing near the Norlite hazardous waste incineration facility.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, Vice President at the National Wildlife Administration; former EPA Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization; and former EPA Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, was quoted in this article regarding the appointment of Robin Morris Collin as EPA’s senior advisor for environmental justice. Mustafa was also quoted in a related article appearing in Inside EPA.

Linda Birnbaum, former EPA Senior Toxicologist, EPA National Center for Environmental Assessment and former Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, was quoted in this article about the Cancer Moonshot initiative and the need to acknowledge the role chemical exposure plays in causing cancer and affecting cancer patient outcomes.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, Vice President at the National Wildlife Administration; 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 the impacts of climate change and what steps the Biden administration is taking to minimize those impacts.

Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in this article regarding Florida’s decision to continue to implement the Navigable Waters Protection Rules, despite the rule’s district court vacatur.

Stan Meiburg, former EPA Deputy Administrator and Regional Administrator, EPA Regions 4 and 6, was quoted in this article discussing the Trump-era reorganization of EPA’s regional offices.

Jeremy Symons, EPN consultant and former Climate Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, was quoted in this article about the steps the Biden administration is taking to tighten pollution from power plants and move the country towards clean energy.

Dave Coursen, former Attorney, EPA Office of General Counsel, wrote this op-ed about how a continuing resolution, rather than an annual appropriation from Congress, would jeopardize implementation of priorities laid out by EPA and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.