In the News

Ellen Kurlansky, EPN member and former Air Policy Analyst and Advisor, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, wrote this op-ed in on the Trump administration’s rollback of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS). Ellen was quoted in similar articles by The Hill, E&E News, Roll Call, Reuters, Yale Environment 360, The Washington Times, Gizmodo, and Electrek.

Mustafa Ali, EPN member and former EPA Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization, and Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, was featured in this article on his reflections of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. 

 Joel Mintz, EPN member and former EPA Enforcement and Supervisory Attorney, was quoted in this article concerning the DOJ letting companies skip paying penalties during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trish Koman, PhD, EPN member and former Senior Environmental Scientist, Program Manager and Supervisor in EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article on FEMA’s potential multi-front battle with COVID-19 and the upcoming hurricane season. 

EPN members, John Bachmann, former Associate Director for Science/Policy and New Programs, EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards and Chris Zarba, former Director, EPA Science Advisory Board, penned this op-ed alongside co-authors Chris Frey and Gretchen Goldman on the Trump administration’s proposal to retain the particulate matter standards. 

Dan Reich, EPN member and Former Assistant Regional Counsel, EPA Region 9, penned this op-ed detailing how Trump’s response to COVID-19 relates to his response to climate change.

Janet McCabe, EPN member and former Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, was quoted in an this article on Indiana’s air quality during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mustafa 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 on the continued construction of President Trump’s border wall during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cynthia Giles, EPN member and former Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, published this report on the harms of noncompliance with environmental rules. This was part two of her Next Generation Compliance series.

Joseph Goffman, EPN member and former Associate Assistant Administrator for Climate and Senior Counsel, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, was quoted in this article regarding the EPA’s decision to retain Obama era particulate matter air quality standards.

Chris Frey, EPN member and former Chair, EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and former member, EPA Science Advisory Board, was quoted in this article on the EPA deciding not to change the air quality standards for airborne particle pollution. Chris was quoted in a similar article by S&P Global.

Stan Meiburg, EPN member and former EPA Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 4 and Region 6 and Acting Deputy Administrator, was quoted in this article concerning EPA relaxing air quality monitoring during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Margo Oge, EPN member and former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article concerning the economic implications of the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule.

Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in this article pertaining to EPA’s suspension of hazardous waste cleanup during the COVID-19 pandemic.

EPN members Mustafa Ali, former Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization and Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice and Trish Koman, MPP, PhD, former Senior Environmental Scientist, Program Manager and Supervisor in EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality, were quoted in this article concerning the linkage between air pollution and increased COVID-19 mortality rates. 

Cynthia Giles, EPN member and former Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, was quoted in this article pertaining to the Trump administration loosening enforcement and enacting its agenda in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cynthia was quoted in a similar article by The Weather Channel.

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EPN members Cynthia Giles former Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance and Stan Meiburg former EPA Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 4 and Region 6 and Acting Deputy Administrator, were quoted in this article regarding the impacts of EPA waivers being issued to polluters. 

Cynthia Giles, EPN member and former Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, was quoted in this article on the EPA using COVID-19 to justify the suspending enforcement of its rules. Cynthia was also quoted in similar articles by Mic, The Inertia, and Media Matters for America.

Cynthia Giles,EPN member and former Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance was quoted by The National Law Review regarding EPA Inspector General finding a decline in EPA enforcement between FY2006 and FY2018.

Jeff Alson, EPN member and former EPA Senior Engineer and Policy Advisor, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article regarding potential court challenges to the Trump administration’s Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient(SAFE) Vehicles Rule.

Stan Meiburg, EPN member and former EPA Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 4 and Region 6 and Acting Deputy Administrator, was quoted in this article concerning the ousting of the Defense Department’s Inspector General and the promotion of the EPA Inspector General to that position. Stan was quoted in a similar article by Voz Wire.

EPN members Jeff Alson former EPA Senior Engineer and Policy Advisor, Office of Transportation and Air Quality and Margo Oge former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, were quoted in this article on the final SAFE rule.

Joel Mintz, EPN member and former EPA Enforcement and Supervisory Attorney, published this op-ed on EPA’s decision to suspend enforcement of environmental regulations. 

Jeff Alson, EPN member and former EPA Senior Engineer and Policy Advisor, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article on the American Action Forum’s (AAF) shifted stance on the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule.