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Betsy Southerland, former Director, Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in The Hill about EPA considering a rewrite of chemical safety review regulations. If implemented, the regulations will underscore the harms of exposure and restrict further regulations on toxic chemicals.

Margo Oge, former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, wrote an op-ed about the importance of the endangerment finding and what it would take to uphold it during this administration.

Matt Tejada, former Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights, did an interview with Inside Climate News about how environmental justice has evolved within government over the past few presidential administrations and what the US loses from Trump closing OEJECR.

Stan Meiburg, former Acting Deputy Administrator; Linda Birnbaum, former director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; and Michelle Roos were quoted in North Carolina Health News about how Trump’s budget cuts for EPA will negatively affect local North Carolinians.

David Cash, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1, was quoted in Politico about a decade-old pledge made by a 10-state coalition to promote and incentivize electric vehicles. The pledge was successful and got over 3.3 million EVs on roads by 2025.

Matt Tejada, former Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights, was quoted in The Washington Post about EPA calling back employees that were previously put on administrative leave

 Matt Tejada, former Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights, and Chitra Kumar, former Director, Office of Policy, Partnerships and Program Development, OEJECR, were in E&E News about EPA grantees requiring approval from DOGE before accessing more than $50,000 at a time and EPA staffing levels

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.