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Mark Ryan, EPN member and former EPA Regional Counsel, Region 10, was quoted in this article regarding the incoming Biden administration’s plan for pipeline permitting and potential changes to the NEPA.

Stan Meiburg, EPN member and former EPA Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 4 and Region 6 and Acting EPA Deputy Administrator, was quoted in this article discussing the incoming Biden administration’s climate change agenda.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, EPN member and former Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization and Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, was interviewed regarding the climate change cabinet picks made by President-Elect Biden.

EPN members Stan Meiburg, former EPA Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 4 and Region 6 and Acting EPA Deputy Administrator, and Tim Whitehouse, former senior attorney at EPA, were quoted in this article about President-elect Biden’s selection of Michael Regan for EPA administrator. Stan was also quoted in a similar article in The Hill.

EPN was mentioned in an article in Nature regarding President-Elect Biden’s nominee to head EPA.

EPN was mentioned in this article regarding the incoming Biden administration naming Michael Regan as its pick for EPA administrator.

Linda Birnbaum, EPN member and former Federal Scientist at EPA, was quoted in this article on the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine in people with high levels of PFAS in their blood.

EPN members Dennis McLerran, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 10, and Bill Muno, former Superfund Director in Region 5, were quoted in this article about how President-elect Biden’s nominations of Congresswoman Deborah Haaland and Michael Regan have put climate change at the center of his incoming administration.

Janet McCabe, EPN member and former Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, was quoted in this article on the difficulties of creating a net-zero carbon economy by 2050.

EPN members Bob Kavlock, former Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Research and Development and EPA Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science, and Chris Zarba, former Director, EPA Science Advisory Board, were quoted in this article about the damage sustained to EPA under the current administration and what will be required to build back its capacity.

Dan Reich, EPN member and former Assistant Regional Counsel, EPA Region 9, wrote an op-ed published in The Hill about steps the incoming Biden administration can take to confront climate change.

EPN members Judith Enck, former Regional Administrator for EPA Region 2, and Betsy Southerland, former Director of the Office of Science and Technology in EPA’s Office of Water, were quoted in this article on the Biden administration’s search to fill the EPA administrator position.

Stan Meiburg, EPN member and former EPA Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 4 and Region 6 and Acting EPA Deputy Administrator, was quoted in this article on the challenges posed to the incoming Biden administration due to the delayed transition start.

Trish Koman, former Senior Environmental Scientist, Program Manager and Supervisor, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article concerning the undercounting of air quality control benefits by EPA software.

Janet McCabe, EPN member and former Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, was quoted in an article by the Indiana Environmental Reporter concerning EPA’s final rule that would change how the costs and benefits of clean air rules are calculated.

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 of the Office of Science and Technology in EPA’s Office of Water, were interviewed in this radio segment regarding how the Biden administration can utilize EPA in protecting the Chesapeake Bay.

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 on the environmental justice consequences of EPA’s decision to retain current particulate matter standards. 

Janet McCabe, EPN member and former Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, was quoted in this article on the consequences of EPA’s decision to retain current particulate matter standards.

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 regarding environmental justice activism. 

Joel Mintz, EPN member and former EPA Enforcement and Supervisory Attorney, wrote this op-ed regarding steps the Biden administration can take to re-establish EPA’s mission and core values. 

Roy Gamse, EPN member and former EPA Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy, was quoted in this article concerning EPA’s decision to finalize a rule that would alter how the agency calculates the costs and benefits of air rules. Roy was also quoted in articles by Reuters, DeSmogBlog, Gizmodo, Common Dreams, Inside EPA, and EcoWatch.

Jeff Peterson, EPN member and former Senior Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Water, wrote this op-ed about how climate change mitigation can improve the health of U.S. water bodies and increase drinking water quality.

Judith Enck, EPN member and former Regional Administrator Region 2, was quoted in this article about the Save Our Seas Bill 2.0, which is currently making its way through Congress.

Judith Enck, EPN member and former Regional Administrator Region 2, was interviewed on this radio program regarding the call for a presidential action plan to address plastic pollution.