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Joel Mintz, EPN member and former EPA Enforcement and Supervisory Attorney, was quoted in an this article regarding the Inspector General’s findings that the EPA did not meet their 10-year enforcement measures.

EPN members, Cynthia Giles former Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance and Janet McCabe former Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, were quoted in this article on a new Indiana policy that would ease pollution enforcement during the duration of the pandemic. Janet was also quoted in an article on EPA’s enforcement relaxation by Engineering News-Record.

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Cynthia Giles, an EPN member and former Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, was quoted in this article concerning comments made by EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler toward her regarding the EPA’s suspension of its rules. 

Cynthia Giles, EPN member and former Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, was quoted in this article on Administrator Wheeler’s claim that the loosening of EPA’s enforcement is mild compared to past administrations.

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 finalization of the SAFE rule and the boost it will give to natural gas-fueled vehicles sales. 

Jeff Alson, EPN member and former EPA Senior Engineer and Policy Advisor, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article concerning the Trump administration’s finalization of the SAFE rule, which would relax the existing fuel efficiency standard imposed on automobile manufacturers. Jeff was also quoted in similar articles by Politico and Boulder Weekly.

EPN members, Mustafa Ali former EPA Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization, and Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice and Margo Oge former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, were quoted in this article on the finalization of the SAFE rule, which would rollback existing vehicle emission standards.

Judith Enck, EPN member and former EPA Regional Administrator for Region 2, was quoted in this article on states taking the initiative and leading on the plastic pollution crisis.

Linda Birnbaum, EPN member and former Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Toxicology Program (NTP), was quoted in this article regarding the chemical GenX and its effects on the protein that protects the brain.

Jeff Alson, EPN member and former EPA Senior Engineer and Policy Advisor, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article about the devastating impacts of concerning its response to the finalization of the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule. EPN was also mentioned in the article

Mustafa Ali, EPN member and former EPA Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization, and Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, published an op-ed in Resilience discussing how EPA’s suspension of its rules can lead to COVID-19 sacrifice zones that put vulnerable populations at risk. Mustafa was also quoted by The Verge in an article on the treatment of immigrant groups during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

EPN members, Mustafa Ali former EPA Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization, and Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice and Trish Koman former Senior Environmental Scientist, Program Manager and Supervisor in EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality, were quoted in this article on how the economic slowdown caused by COVID-19 is yet to improve air quality in Michigan’s most vulnerable zip codes.

Bob Sussman, EPN member and Former EPA Deputy Administrator, was quoted in this article about the EPA suspending enforcement of its rules.

Joel Mintz, EPN member and former EPA Enforcement and Supervisory Attorney, was quoted  in this article regarding the role the American Petroleum Institute (API) played in the easing of EPA rules.

EPN members Mustafa Ali (former EPA Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization, and Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice), Jeff Alson (former EPA Senior Engineer and Policy Advisor, Office of Transportation and Air Quality), Trish Koman (former Senior Environmental Scientist, Program Manager and Supervisor in EPA’’s 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 finalization of the SAFE rule, which would roll back Obama era automobile emission standards. 

Mustafa Ali, EPN member and former EPA Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization, and Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, was quoted and EPN was mentioned in this article on the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Margo Oge, EPN member and former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article regarding the Trump administration’s finalization of the SAFE rule, which would rollback Obama era automobile emission standards. Margo was also quoted in similar articles again by The New York Times , InsideClimate News, and The Energy Mix.

Margo Oge, EPN member and former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, published this op-ed on the finalization of the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In a previous op-ed in Forbes, Margo discussed the links between combatting COVID-19 and climate change.

Jeff Alson, EPN member and former EPA Senior Engineer and Policy Advisor, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, published this op-ed concerning the Trump administration’s finalization of the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule. Jeff was also quoted by The Hill regarding a recent ruling by the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, which said it was wrong for the administration to withhold information about its SAFE models. 

Cynthia Giles, EPN member and former Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance was quoted in this article on EPA’s finalization of the SAFE Rule, which would rollback national automobile emission standards. 

Cynthia Giles, EPN member and former Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, was quoted in this article on how the suspension of EPA rules can increase the strain on already stressed hospitals. Cynthia was also quoted in similar articles by Vox, Business Insider, and Electrek.

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Cynthia Giles, EPN member and former Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, was quoted in this article on the Trump administration’s continued environmental rollbacks during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nancy Marvel, EPN member and former Office of Regional Counsel, Region 9, was quoted in this article concerning EPA’s suspension of the enforcement of environmental regulations. Nancy also participated in a radio interview with Media Sanctuary on the new enforcement policy. 

EPN members Mustafa Ali (former EPA Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization, and Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice), Judith Enck (former EPA Regional Administrator for Region 2), Cynthia Giles (former Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance), and Betsy Southerland (former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water), were quoted in this article regarding a letter sent from the American Petroleum Institute to the EPA prior to the agency’s suspension of environmental rules.