MEDIA ADVISORY
February 12, 2025
Contact: Aaron Bharucha, Communications Associate
epn-press@environmentalprotectionnetwork.org, (509) 429-1699
PRESS CALL: Environmental Protection Network to Host Briefing on Trump’s Illegal Handling of Federal Grant Funds
On February 14, 2025, The Environmental Protection Network (EPN) will host a briefing to discuss the EPA grantmaking process, court decisions and why President Trump’s actions to withhold these funds is unconstitutional and goes against congressional appropriations and environmental statutes.
WHO
The media briefing will feature the following experts:
- Michelle Roos has served as the Executive Director of EPN since 2018, bringing over 25 years of experience in environmental protection and project management. A former EPA leader, she co-founded the West Coast Collaborative to reduce diesel emissions and led efforts to integrate environmental justice into federal permitting.
- Jillian Blanchard is Lawyers for Good Government’s Vice President of Climate Change and Environmental Justice and a nationally recognized attorney in energy and natural resources law. She has worked in all levels of government, nonprofit, and the private sector on environmental, infrastructure, and climate change issues for over 20 years.
- Zealan Hoover served as Senior Advisor to the EPA Administrator from 2021-2025. As the agency’s director of implementation he managed over $100 billion in programs authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
- Jeremy Symons is a Senior Advisor at the Environmental Protection Network and former EPA Climate Policy Advisor. For more than 20 years, he has worked to advance solutions to climate change and other public health and environmental threats.
WHEN
Friday, February 14, 2025
11:00 AM -12:00 PM EST
MEDIA RSVP
For any questions regarding the briefing, contact epn-press@environmentalprotectionnetwork.org.
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ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NETWORK
Founded in 2017, the Environmental Protection Network harnesses the expertise of more than 650 former EPA career staff and confirmation-level appointees from Democratic and Republican administrations to provide the unique perspective of former scientists and regulators with decades of historical knowledge and subject matter expertise.