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Margo Oge, former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article discussing the ability of EPA’s proposed phase 3 light- and heavy-duty vehicle standards to withstand possible legal challenges.

Judith Enck, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 2, was interviewed in this podcast discussing EPA’s proposal to limit the levels of hazardous air pollutants emitted from industrial sites.

Margo Oge, former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was interviewed in this segment discussing new emission standards proposals aimed at driving Americans towards more electric cars.

Margo Oge, former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article discussing the importance of the EPA’s proposed vehicle emissions standards in the Biden administration’s efforts to combat climate change. Margo was quoted in related articles from the Associated Press, Washington Post, Detroit Free Press, and Nature. She was also interviewed on CNN.

Jeff Alson, former Senior Engineer and Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article regarding the types of trucks that would be subjected to EPA’s proposed light- and medium-duty vehicle standards.

Margo Oge, former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, penned this op-ed discussing how the EPA’s proposed vehicle emission standards for cars and trucks will have enormous impacts on climate change, American health, and U.S. competitiveness in the zero-emissions vehicle market.

Bill Muno, former Superfund Director, EPA Region 5, was quoted in this article discussing the treatment and disposal of hazardous waste at commercial hazardous waste facilities, a concern that has arisen in the wake of the East Palestine train derailment.

Linda Birnbaum, former director of the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program, co-authored this op-ed demanding a shift away from the toxic chemicals that the plastics and petrochemicals industries have used in their products.

Margo Oge, former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article regarding the feasibility of the Biden administration’s latest proposals to curb tailpipe emissions.

Bill Muno, former Superfund Director, EPA Region 5, was quoted in this article about concerns that a public landfill in Putnam County, Indiana, may be contaminating a neighboring reservoir and aquifer system.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, former EPA Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization and former EPA Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, was quoted in this article discussing how the impacts of air pollution and climate change disproportionately affect Black and low-income communities.

Bob Perciasepe, former EPA Deputy Administrator, was quoted in this article regarding protests outside EPA headquarters demanding a faster rollout of tighter climate and air quality regulations for fossil fuel power plants.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, former Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization and former Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, is interviewed in this news segment regarding the flaws with plastic bottle recycling and the dangers they pose to human health.

Bob Sussman, former Deputy Administrator and Senior Policy Counsel to the EPA Administrator, is quoted in this article discussing how a federal judge ruled in favor of EPA’s dismissal of a lawsuit regarding a claim that they did not fulfill a petition submitted under TSCA in October of 2020 against the chemical company, Chemours.

Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, is quoted in this article discussing how EPA’s new PFAS standards could soon ramp up Kentucky’s water monitoring for PFAS chemicals in drinking water.

Margo Oge, former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, is quoted in this article discussing EPA granting permission to California to implement a heavy-duty vehicle regulation targeting climate change.

Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in this article discussing the prevalence of PFAS in public drinking water systems and the benefits that will come from proposed drinking water standards on these chemicals.

Linda Birnbaum, former EPA scientist and former Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Toxicology Program, was quoted in this article discussing concerns with Norfolk Southern’s plan for dioxin testing near the site of the East Palestine train wreck.

Bill Jordan, former Deputy Director for Programs, EPA Office of Pesticide Programs, was quoted in this article regarding EPA’s proposal to transfer oversight of flea and tick collars to the Food and Drug Administration.

Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, former Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Research and Development, and Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, were quoted in this article about political interference in the toxicity assessment for the PFAS chemical PFBS at the close of the Trump administration.

Dave Coursen, former Attorney, EPA Office of General Counsel, penned this op-ed urging Congress to support the Biden administration’s FY 2024 funding request for EPA.

Linda Birnbaum, former Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Toxicology Program, was quoted in this article discussing the levels of dioxin found in East Palestine soil samples obtained from an Indiana landfill. Linda was quoted in a similar article that appeared in AlterNet.

Judith Enck, President of Beyond Plastics and former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 2, was quoted in this article about her organization’s petition asking EPA to ban vinyl chloride in the wake of the East Palestine train derailment.

Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted and EPN was mentioned in this article discussing the prevalence of PFAS chemicals and efforts to regulate their use.