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Matt Tejada, former Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights; David Cash, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1; and Adam Ortiz, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 3, were quoted in Inside Climate news about the recall of environmental justice employees back to work after being put on administrative leave.

Stan Meiburg, former Acting Deputy Administrator, was quoted in E&E News about a public list of federal buildings located across the nation targeted for “disposal.” Many of the buildings host EPA and Department of Energy employees.

Matt Tejada, former Deputy Director, EPA Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights, was quoted in E&E News about DOGE’s recent decision to cancel leases for EPA offices nationwide, saying that when cutting these leases, “you are basically cutting the ties that hold together environmental protection in our country.”

Betsy Southerland, former Director, Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, and Kevin Minoli, former Acting General Counsel, EPA Office of General Counsel, were quoted in E&E News about the Supreme Court siding with the City of San Francisco on a case that repealed an CWA permitting tool to protect water quality from facility pollutants.

Jeremy Symons, EPN Senior Advisor, was quoted in this article discussing the harmful impacts cuts to EPA funding and staffing would have and these cuts only benefit polluters.

Stan Meiburg, former Acting Deputy Administrator, was quoted in The New York Times about the EPA museum located in the William Jefferson Clinton building at headquarters and if it will prevail during the Trump term.

David Cash, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1, and Michelle Roos, EPN Executive Director, were quoted in the this article regarding the proposed 65% cuts to EPA and the dramatic effects those cuts would have on the agency’s regional work.

EPN’s new social media campaign #EPAFacts and website were mentioned in Politico. This new resource is designed to boost public awareness about EPA’s work.

The Sierra, Sierra Club’s magazine, quoted Michelle Roos as saying “The severity of attacks on career staff and on the basic functioning of the EPA are unprecedented.”

Debra Shore, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 5, was quoted in Evanston Now about funding cuts to the agency will continue to be catastrophic for workforce morale and enforcing environmental statutes. 

Bill Reilly, Christine Todd Whitman, and Gina McCarthy, all former EPA Administrators, co-wrote an op-ed in The New York Times about the fundamental role EPA plays behind the scenes in enforcement, emergency response, and state support, and how Trump’s proposed budget and staff cuts will devastate the agency’s ability to operate.

Michelle Roos, EPN Executive Director, was quoted and EPN was mentioned in this article discussing the devastating impacts a 65% cut in EPA staffing would have on the agency’s mission. Michelle was also quoted in related articles discussing the administration’s amending the cuts to budget, not staff, appearing in E&E News and NTD.

Jeremy Symons, Senior Adviser to EPN, was quoted in CBS News about Trump’s plans to cut 65% of EPA’s workforce and how this will only benefit corporate polluters.

Jeremy Symons, Senior Adviser to EPN, was quoted in Politico about Trump’s plans to cut 65% of EPA’s workforce.

Michelle Roos was also quoted in Inside Climate News about budget and staffing cuts, saying, “A 65 percent cut would gut the agency and bring EPA to the lowest level of staffing since EPA was created in 1970, when the skies were dark with smog, toxic rivers caught fire and pollution was a leading cause of premature death.”

Michelle Roos was quoted in The New Lede about Trump’s original remarks to cut EPA staff by 65%. His team later clarified that they plan to cut EPA’s spending by 65%, not the workforce.

Michelle Roos was also quoted in Politico about Trump’s original remarks to cut EPA staff by 65%. His team later clarified that they plan to cut EPA’s spending by 65%, not the workforce.

Zealan Hoover, former Senior Advisor to EPA Administrator and Director of Implementation, was quoted in Time about how those benefitting from EPA grant funding are those most overburdened by pollution and how these populations span communities of all demographics.

EPN was mentioned in the Sierra Sun Times as a signee of a letter to the House of Representatives, imploring representatives to vote against the house budget resolution.

Tracey Woodruff, former EPA Senior Scientist and Policy Advisor, was quoted in The Washington Post about black plastic being unsafe when consumed at any level, despite EPA’s claims of safety at higher levels.

Jeremy Symons, Senior Adviser to EPN, was also quoted in The Michigan Public about how the laid off EPA employees in Region 5 “… are the superheroes along with first responders and everyone who mobilizes when disaster strikes.”

Michelle Roos; David Cash, former Regional Administrator, Region 1; and Denny Dart, former Environmental Engineering Manager, Region 1, were quoted about layoffs at EPA, which will affect the enforcement of environmental statutes, and the on-again off-again uncertainty surrounding EPA grants that has put hundreds of projects in jeopardy.

Matt Tejada, former Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA Office for Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights, wrote an opinion piece in Environmental Health News about the value of environmental justice in EPA.

Zealan Hoover, former Senior Advisor to EPA Administrator and Director of Implementation, and Jeremy Symons, Senior Advisor to EPN, were quoted in Planet Detroit about EPA firing hundreds of employees in Region 5 but then reversing the firings for some.