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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 specific steps the Biden administration can take to address environmental injustice. 

John Bachmann, EPN member and former Associate Director for Science and Policy and New Programs, EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, was quoted in this article regarding EPA’s finalization of its decision to retain and not tighten current particulate matter standards.

David Coursen, EPN member and former attorney, EPA Office of General Counsel, penned this op-ed regarding the crucial need for increased spending on criminal enforcement to uphold the Biden administration’s environmental agenda.

Tom Sinks, EPN member and former Director of the Office of Science and Technology in EPA’s Office of Water, was quoted in this article on EPA’s push to finalize regulations before the current administration leaves office.

Margo Oge, EPN member and former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, wrote this op-ed regarding California’s auto emission standards and the declining resistance from the auto industry.

Betsy Southerland, EPN member and former Director of the Office of Science and Technology in EPA’s Office of Water, was also quoted in this article concerning EPA’s prioritization of polluters over pollution in its management of the Superfund program.

Michelle Roos, EPN Executive Director, wrote an op-ed published in Bloomberg discussing “Resetting the Course of EPA” in the context of EPA’s 50th anniversary. 

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 about the impact of the Trump administration’s policies on environmental justice, and what President-elect Joe Biden can do to reset the federal government’s environmental justice agenda. Mustafa was quoted in similar articles by Inside EPA and Vice News.

Jim Woolford, EPN member and former director of the EPA Superfund Program, was quoted in this article concerning the fallout from an agreement between Exide and the U.S. Department of Justice over the company’s shuttered lead-acid battery recycling plant near downtown Los Angeles. 

Michelle Roos, EPN Executive Director, and Jeremy Symons, principal at Symons Public Affairs and Project Manager of EPN’s Reset project, participated in this conversation and discussed EPN’s “Resetting the Course of EPA” and the potential to rebuild EPA’s capacity to protect public health and the environment.

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 quoted and EPN and the “Resetting the Course of EPA” project were mentioned in this article about EPA’s 50th anniversary.

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 about EPA’s 50th anniversary, a look back at the EPA under Trump, and a look ahead at what to expect under the Biden administration.

Dennis McLerran, EPN member and former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 10, was quoted in this article regarding the refusal of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide a federal permit to the Pebble Limited Partnership to start mining for copper and gold in Southwest Alaska.

Judith Enck, EPN member and former Regional Administrator for EPA Region 2, was quoted in this article regarding the pesticide glyphosate and the harm it likely poses to endangered species.

Betsy Southerland, EPN member and former Director of the Office of Science and Technology in EPA’s Office of Water, was quoted in this article concerning EPA’s proposed strategy in confronting PFAS contamination in wastewater. 

EPN members Michael Shapiro, former Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, and Betsy Southerland, EPN member and former Director of the Office of Science and Technology in EPA’s Office of Water, were quoted in this article discussing the water experts on the Biden transition team.

Janet McCabe, EPN member and former Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, was quoted in this article about the limits President-elect Biden will face when attempting to reverse environmental policies implemented under the current administration.

 Tom Sinks, EPN member and former Director, EPA Office of the Science Advisor, published this op-ed on EPA’s “censored science” rule.

EPN members Tom Sinks (former Director, EPA Office of the Science Advisor), Tom Burke (former Science Advisor and Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Research and Development), Judith Enck (former Regional Administrator for EPA Region 2), and Chris Zarba (former Director, EPA Science Advisory Board) were quoted in this article regarding staff resistance to the potential finalization of EPA’s “censored science” rule.

Janet McCabe, EPN member and former Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, wrote this op-ed regarding what steps the Biden administration might take in reversing the environmental policies of the Trump administration.

Judith Enck, EPN member and former Regional Administrator for EPA Region 2, was quoted in this article about what the Biden administration’s climate plan means for environmental justice respectively. 

Betsy Southerland, EPN member and former Director of the Office of Science and Technology in EPA’s Office of Water, was interviewed in this video segment regarding President-elect Joe Biden’s nomination of John Kerry as his “Climate Czar.”

PN 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 quoted in this article regarding Georgia Power’s purchase of property near coal-fired power plants to potentially forestall coal ash cleanups.

Judith Enck, EPN member and former Regional Administrator for EPA Region 2, was quoted in this article regarding a recent bill signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo that banned the burning of PFAS-laden firefighting foam.