In the News

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.

Dan Costa, EPN member and former National Program Director, EPA Air, Climate, and Energy Research Program, Office of Research and Development, was quoted in this article regarding a court ruling delaying the effective date of EPA’s “Censored Science” rule to February 5th. Dan was quoted in a similar article by Government Executive.

Jeff Peterson, EPN member and former Senior Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Water, penned this op-ed on what equitable relief for communities suing the oil industry may look like.

EPN members Mustafa Santiago Ali, former Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization and Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, and Dr. Marva King, former Advisor to the Assistant Associate Administrator and Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization, Office of Environmental Justice Policy Advisor, were quoted in this article regarding the prominence of environmental justice within President Biden’s climate change plan.

EPN members Penny Fenner-Crisp (former Senior Science Advisor to the Director, EPA Office of Pesticide Programs), Bill Jordan (former Deputy Director, EPA Office of Pesticide Programs), and Stan Meiburg (former EPA Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 4 and Region 6 and Acting EPA Deputy Administrator) were quoted in this article about how President Biden’s EPA will regulate and manage pesticides.

 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 an executive order by President Biden, which directs government agencies to procure carbon-free power and electric cars. 

Richard Emory Jr., EPN member and former Federal Attorney at EPA, wrote this op-ed regarding the potential for EPA to better protect Florida and the Nation from the consequences of climate change. Richard also wrote an op-ed in The Palm Beach Post about steps President Biden can take to aid Florida in combating climate change.

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 the communities who most need protection from PFAS chemicals.

Margo Oge, EPN member and former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, wrote this op-ed regarding an executive order signed by President Biden, which requires EPA and the Department of Transportation to establish stronger fuel efficiency standards and to propose suspending the Trump administration’s Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Rule.

Linda Birnbaum, EPN member and former federal scientist at EPA, was quoted in this article concerning the presence of PFAS chemicals in firefighter gear.

Stan Meiburg, EPN member and former EPA Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 4 and Region 6 and Acting EPA Deputy Administrator, wrote this op-ed on restoring the capacity and core values of EPA.

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 regarding an executive order signed during the Trump administration that would have made it easier to fire federal employees. 

Betsy Southerland, EPN member and former Director of the Office of Science and Technology in EPA’s Office of Water, was interviewed on this radio segment concerning the role of science during the Trump administration.

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 environmental justice in President Biden’s climate plan.

Kevin Minoli, EPN member and former EPA Attorney, was quoted in an article in this article about the pace at which the Biden administration can be expected to reverse the Trump administration’s environmental legacy.