In the News

Cameron Davis, EPN member, environmental policy expert and lawyer, having served in Washington, D.C., and Chicago as Senior Advisor to the EPA Administrator, wrote this op-ed about the proposed FY2020 budget slashing funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative by 90%, from $300 million to $30 million.

EPN members Bob Kavlock, former EPA Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development and EPA’s Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science, and Thomas Burke, former EPA Science Advisor and Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development (ORD) and nominated by President Obama for Assistant Administrator to ORD, are quoted in this article about EPA’s plan to consolidate its research office, combining several of the agency’s science programs into a smaller, more streamlined division.

EPN member Margo Oge, former EPA Director of the Office of Transportation and Air Quality, is quoted in this article about the perils of peeling back regulations without adequately consulting the main industry that stands to be affected.

Ruth Greenspan Bell, EPN Board of Directors President and former EPA Management, Office of General Counsel, and the International Program, wrote this piece in response to the question, “How should we think about using behavioral insights to encourage more responsible and responsive behavior from governments in the context of climate change?”

Janet McCabe, EPN member and Advisor and former EPA Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, is quoted in this article about renewable energy advocates across Indiana assembling at the Statehouse for the first Renewable Energy Day.

EPN member George Czerniak, former EPA Director, Air and Radiation Division, Region 5, is quoted in this article about the life cycle of plastic from the moment an oil and gas well is drilled to the time plastic trash breaks down in the environment.

EPN member Bob Sussman, former EPA Deputy Administrator and Senior Policy Counsel to Administrator, is quoted in this article about EPA’s first Notice of Violation under TSCA to chemical giant Chemours, based on a variety of alleged reporting and notification failures.

Betsy Southerland, EPN member and former EPA Director, Office of Science & Technology in the Office of Water, is quoted in this article about several states’ dissatisfaction with the EPA’s PFAS action plan, spurring them to push forward with their own policies.

Betsy Southerland, EPN member and former EPA Director, Office of Science & Technology in the Office of Water, is quoted in this article about contaminated groundwater due to poor regulation of coal ash waste ponds.

Mark Hague, EPN Board member and former EPA Regional Administrator and Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 7, is quoted in this article on the pro and con arguments made about the proposed new definition of “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule during the two days of hearings held by EPA and the Army in Kansas City.

EPN Board Member Stan Meiburg, former EPA Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 4 and Region 6 and Acting Deputy Administrator, and EPN member Tom Burke, former EPA Science Advisor and Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development (ORD) and nominated by President Obama for Assistant Administrator to ORD, are quoted in this article about ORD acting as the national program manager for the regional labs starting in fiscal 2020.

EPN member Bob Sussman, former EPA Deputy Administrator and Senior Policy Counsel to Administrator, is widely quoted in this article about the ambitious Green New Deal and its call to action.

Mark Hague, EPN Board Member and former EPA Regional Administrator and Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 7, is quoted in this article about the two days of hearings held by EPA and the Army in Kansas City on the proposed new definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS).

Janet McCabe, EPN member and former EPA Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, is quoted in this article about the EPA keeping in place a threshold for sulfur dioxide pollution from power plants established in 2010.

EPN member Judith Enck, former EPA Regional Administrator for Region 2, is quoted in this article about the Defense Department’s admission that it allowed a firefighting foam to slip into at least 55 drinking water systems at military bases around the globe, exposing tens of thousands of Americans to PFAS chemicals.

Betsy Southerland, EPN member and former EPA Director, Office of Science & Technology in the Office of Water, was interviewed about the loss of public health and safety protections under the current Administration due to regulatory rollbacks.

EPN member Betsy Southerland, former EPA Director, Office of Science & Technology in the Office of Water, is quoted in this article on the continuing controversy over the EPA’s “action plan” for toxic PFAS chemicals.

Janet McCabe, EPN member and former EPA Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, is quoted in this article about the Trump Administration breaking off talks with California on vehicle mileage standards, which could increase the chances of a court battle.

EPN member Margo Oge, former EPA Director, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, and Director of the Office of Transportation and Air Quality, is quoted in this article about negotiations between California and the White House ending as the Trump Administration prepares to move forward with their rollback on vehicle fuel-efficiency standards.

EPN member Jeff Alson, former EPA Senior Engineer and Policy Advisor in the Office of Transportation and Air Quality, is quoted in this article about the White House ending negotiations with California over its rollback of the clean car rules. Jeff is also quoted in Grist’s
article on the same topic.

EPN member Cynthia Giles, former EPA Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, is quoted in this article about House Democrats ramping up their oversight of the Trump EPA.

EPN member Bob Sussman, former EPA Deputy Administrator and Senior Policy Counsel to Administrator, is quoted in this article on a lawsuit brought by public health groups to overturn the US EPA’s denial of its petition to require expanded reporting on asbestos.

EPN member Mustafa Ali, former EPA Environmental Justice Administrator, is quoted in this article about the National Wildlife Federation bringing Ali on as its first vice president for environmental justice, climate and community revitalization.

EPN member Betsy Southerland, former EPA Director, Office of Science & Technology in the Office of Water, is quoted in this article about the Trump Administration putting the most vulnerable Americans at risk.