In the News

Mustafa Santiago Ali, EPN member and former Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization and EPA Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, was quoted in this article discussing Congressional proposals to bring back the Civilian Conservation Corps.

EPN members Penny Fenner-Crisp, former Senior Science Advisor to the Director, EPA Office of Pesticide Programs, and Bob Sussman, former EPA Deputy Administrator and Senior Policy Counsel to the EPA Administrator, each wrote op-eds in this special section focusing on five years of the “new” Toxic Substances Control Act.

Judith Enck, EPN member and former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 2, was featured in this radio segment discussing a settlement reached between EPA, New York State, and a cement plant to resolve alleged violations of federal and state water regulations.

Dan Costa, EPN member and former National Program Director, Air, Climate, and Energy Research Program, EPA Office of Research and Development, was quoted in this article discussing political interference at EPA during the Trump administration.

Margo Oge, EPN member and former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article regarding a call for a national mandate for zero emission vehicles. She was quoted in a similar article appearing in The Hill.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, EPN member and former Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization and EPA Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, was quoted in this article regarding President Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress.

Judith Enck, EPN member and former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 2, was quoted in this article concerning the merits of plastic policies being enacted in several states across the country.

Jeremy Symons, EPN member and consultant and former Climate Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, penned this op-ed discussing how far President Biden has gone on climate action during the first 100 days of his presidency.

EPN members Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, and Bob Sussman, former EPA Deputy Administrator and Senior Policy Counsel to the EPA Administrator, were quoted and EPN was mentioned in this article and in Chemical Watch concerning the release of the PFAS Action Plan. Betsy was quoted and EPN was mentioned in a WUSA9 article and news segment and a Bloomberg Law article also discussing the plan. Finally, EPN Executive Director Michelle Roos was quoted and EPN was cited in Government Executive.

EPN members Mustafa Santiago Ali, former Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization and EPA Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, and Judith Enck, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 2, were quoted in this article concerning how the American Jobs Plan could reinvigorate the Superfund program.

Chris Zarba, EPN member and former Director, EPA Science Advisory Board, was quoted in this article discussing EPA Administrator Michael Regan’s efforts to restore scientific integrity at the agency.

Stan Meiburg, EPN Board Member and former Acting EPA Deputy Administrator and EPA Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 4 and Region 6, wrote this essay describing how the cooperative interactions between federal and state governments has been a central component of environmental policy in the U.S.

EPN members Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, and Jim Woolford, former Director, EPA Superfund Program, were quoted in this article concerning the strong negative impact industry lobbyists had on implementing meaningful regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances during the Trump administration.

Jim Woolford, EPN member and former Director, EPA Superfund Program, was quoted in this article discussing the decline in the Superfund budget over the past two decades.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, former Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization and EPA Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, discussed what President Biden could do to address environmental justice on this podcast.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, EPN member and former Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization and Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, was quoted in this article discussing the importance of environmental justice to communities of color.

EPN’s Reset paper, “Cleaning Up Superfund Sites,” was cited in this article discussing the Superfund tax.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, EPN member and former Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization and Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, was interviewed in this article discussing the need for an Environmental Justice Day. 

Dennis McLerran, EPN member and former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 10, wrote this commentary about the Clean Fuel Standard Bill that recently passed in the Washington State Legislature.

Jeff Alson, EPN member and former Senior Engineer and Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article about the EPA Inspector General’s recent report examining the rollback of auto emission standards under the Trump administration.

Jeff Alson, EPN member and former Senior Engineer and Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article regarding the EPA Inspector General’s report on the preparation of the 2020 SAFE Vehicles Rule.

Judith Enck, EPN member, Beyond Plastics Founder, and former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 2, was featured on this radio show discussing which plastics are recyclable.

Jim Woolford, EPN member and former Director, EPA Superfund Program, was quoted in this article discussing the climate response of the Superfund Program.

Michael Levin, EPN member and former Director of Regulatory Reform, EPA Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, wrote this article discussing recent legal developments surrounding small refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard.