In the News

Gary Timm, EPN member and former Chief, Chemical Testing Branch, EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, was quoted in this article on EPA’s process for drafting risk management rules under the Toxic Substance Control Act.

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 regarding EPA’s recent TSCA significant new use rule covering PFAS.

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 an article regarding the Trump administration’s finalization of its rollback to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which will streamline permitting for large infrastructure projects. This article was reprinted in The New York Times. Mustafa was quoted in similar articles by The Verge, Gizmodo, Electrek, the National Catholic Reporter, and dozens of other publications.

Joe Goffman, EPN member and former Associate Assistant Administrator for Climate and Senior Counsel, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, was quoted in this article on the Trump administration’s finalization of its NEPA rollback, which will streamline large infrastructure projects.

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 how communities of color and low-wealth neighborhoods are disproportionately affected by air pollution, poor water quality, and climate change. Mustafa was quoted in a similar article by the Capital News Service. Mustafa was also quoted in an E&E News article about U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth’s perspective on environmental justice.

Janet McCabe, EPN member and former Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, was quoted in this article on EPA’s decision to retain its current standards for ground-level ozone pollution.

Francis Lyons, EPN member and former EPA Regional Administrator for Region 5, was quoted in this article pertaining to an objection by the Department of Justice to a deal brokered between the Sierra Club and DTE Energy on an energy efficiency pilot program.

Michael Shapiro, EPN member and former Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in this article on the challenge of limiting PFAS in U.S. waters.

Janet McCabe, EPN member and former Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, was quoted in an article by the InsideClimate News on the adverse climate change effects from the wood pellet industry. This article was reprinted by the County Sustainability Group.

Joel Mintz, EPN member and former EPA Enforcement and Supervisory Attorney, was quoted in this article regarding a temporary EPA rule that has allowed over 350 facilities to forgo the monitoring of their water pollution.

Judith Enck, EPN member and former EPA Regional Administrator for Region 2, was interviewed in this video concerning the rise in plastic wasted during the COVID-19 pandemic.

EPN’s comments on how an EPA proposed rule increasing transparency in the issuance of guidance documents could hamper the toxics office’s chemical risk reviews were quoted in this article.

Joe Goffman, EPN member and former Senior Counsel, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, was quoted in this article on the potential for a new administration to reverse the rollbacks of the Trump administration.

Tracey Woodruff, EPN member and former EPA Senior Scientist, was quoted in this article about the potential for PFAS to undercut the ability of COVID-19 patients to fight off the virus. 

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 calls from the environmental justice community to end COVID-19 sacrifice zones.

Judith Enck, EPN member and former EPA Regional Administrator for Region 2, was quoted in this article regarding her testimony in front of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Environment regarding the “Effects of Plastic Production and Pollution on Americans’ Health During Coronavirus Crisis.” 

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 pressure being applied on the Biden campaign to incorporate environmental justice in its environmental plan. Mustafa was quoted in a similar article by The Rising on the need for President Trump to include environmental justice in his new environmental initiative. 

Mustafa Santiago Ali, EPN member and former Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization and Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, was interviewed in this video regarding the Trump administration’s rollback of the National Environmental Policy Act.

Roy Gamse, EPN member and former EPA Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy, was quoted in this article on how a proposed rule modifying how benefits are calculated under Clean Air Act actions could downplay the harmful effects of ground-level ozone.

Cynthia Giles, EPN member and former Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, was interviewed by Joe Goffman, fellow EPN member and former Associate Assistant Administrator for Climate and Senior Counsel, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, on this podcast regarding EPA’s suspension of some enforcement of environmental regulations. 

Janet McCabe, EPN member and former Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, was quoted in this article regarding the development of a plan to reduce emissions in Elkhart, Indiana.

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 concerning evidence that definitively links particulate matter to an increase in premature deaths. John was quoted in a similar article in DeSmogBlog.

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 how air pollution, poor water quality, and climate change exacerbate environmental justice issues. Mustafa was quoted in a similar article by Reuters.

Linda Birnbaum, EPN member, former EPA scientist, and former Director of NIEHS, was quoted in this article on the links between air pollution and PFAS to COVID-19 mortality. Linda was quoted in a similar article by Science 2.0.