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Jeff Alson, EPN member and former Senior Engineer and Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, wrote this op-ed discussing the role baby boomers could play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions by switching to electric vehicles.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, EPN member and former EPA Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization and Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, was quoted and EPN was cited in this article assessing whether President Biden is upholding his commitment to diversity and equity within his administration.

EPN members Tom Sinks (former Director, EPA Office of the Science Advisor), Betsy Southerland (former Director, EPA Office of Science and Technology, Office of Water), and Jim Woolford (former director of EPA’s Superfund Program) were quoted in this article discussing possible steps the Biden administration could take to rebuild staff and morale at EPA. Tom and Betsy were also quoted in a related article from Red Green and Blue.

EPN members Betsy Southerland, former Director, EPA Office of Science and Technology, Office of Water, and Tim Whitehouse, former Senior Attorney at EPA, were quoted and EPN was cited in this article regarding EPA’s decision not to publish the Trump administration’s advance notice of proposed rulemaking for PFAS.

Ruth Greenspan Bell, EPN Board member and former manager in EPA’s Office of General Counsel, and Jeff Peterson, EPN member and former Senior Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Water, penned this op-ed discussing the work Gina McCarthy must do to put the United States on a path to zero net greenhouse gas emissions.

Betsy Southerland, EPN member and former Director, EPA Office of Science and Technology, Office of Water,  was quoted in this article concerning the EPA’s recent withdrawal of a toxicity assessment for PFBS, a member of the PFAS family.

EPN members Stan Meiburg, former EPA Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 4 and Region 6 and Acting EPA Deputy Administrator, and Betsy Southerland, former Director, EPA Office of Science and Technology, Office of Water, were quoted in this article on the challenging tasks Michael Regan will face once he is confirmed as EPA Administrator.

Chris Zarba, EPN member and former Director, EPA Science Advisory Board, was quoted and EPN was cited in this article concerning the massive work that nominee Regan will have to do to reverse damage from the past four years and move forward with Biden’s environmental policies.

Dennis McLerran, EPN member and former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 10, was quoted in this article concerning ongoing efforts by Alaskan communities to obtain permanent protections to the Bristol Bay watershed.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, EPN member and former EPA Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization and Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, was quoted in this article concerning the grassroots environmental justice movement.

Jeff Peterson, EPN member and former Senior Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Water, wrote this op-ed about the threats that rising sea levels and urban development pose to saltwater wetlands. The op-ed was reprinted in Ecowatch.

Judith Enck, EPN member and former Regional Administrator for EPA Region 2, was quoted in this article concerning efforts to include $1.3 billion in funding for plastic reduction and recycling programs in the next government stimulus package.

Judith Enck, EPN member and former Regional Administrator for EPA Region 2, was quoted in this article about the presence of mercury in dust emitted from the Norlite incinerator in Cohoes, NY.

Tracey Woodruff, EPN member and former EPA senior scientist and policy advisor in the Office of Policy, was quoted in this article regarding a congressional report’s finding that toxic heavy metals are present in many manufactured baby foods. The article was reprinted in the Boston Globe and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Tim Whitehouse (Executive Director of PEER, EPN member and former senior attorney at EPA) was quoted and EPN was cited in this article about the work nominee Regan will need to do to rebuild the agency.

David Coursen, EPN member and former attorney, EPA Office of General Counsel, wrote this op-ed about what the Biden administration must do to help improve water infrastructure in overburdened and underserved communities.

EPN members Dan Costa, former National Program Director, EPA Air, Climate, and Energy Research Program, Office of Research and Development, and Jeremy Symons, former Climate Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, were quoted in this article regarding possible roles EPA Administrator Michael Regan will play in enacting the Biden climate agenda.

EPN members Linda Birnbaum, former federal scientist at EPA, and Dan Costa, former National Program Director, EPA Air, Climate, and Energy Research Program, Office of Research and Development, were quoted in this article about the challenges the Biden administration faces after the loss of many government scientists during the Trump era.

Ruth Greenspan Bell, EPN Board of Directors’ President and former Manager, EPA Office of General Counsel, wrote this op-ed regarding the challenges in addressing the climate crisis.

Margo Oge, EPN member and former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article about the drafting of interim auto emissions standards. The article was reprinted in Scientific American.

Bob Kavlock, EPN member and former Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) and EPA Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science, was quoted in this article about the appointment of Chris Frey to Deputy Assistant Administrator of ORD.

Michael Levin, EPN member and former Director of Regulatory Reform, EPA Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, wrote this article about small refinery requests for exemption from the Renewable Fuel Standard program.

EPN members Stan Meiburg (former EPA Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 4 and Region 6 and Acting EPA Deputy Administrator), Tom Sinks (former Director, EPA Office of the Science Advisor) and Betsy Southerland (former Director, EPA Office of Science and Technology, Office of Water) were quoted in this article about the decline in workforce size and morale within certain federal agencies during the Trump administration.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, EPN member and former EPA Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization and Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, was quoted in this article regarding the need for the Biden administration to address the environmental effects of systemic racism.