In the News

Jeff Alson, former Senior Engineer and Policy Advisor in EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, spoke with Roll Call about the importance of tailpipe emission regulations.

Tracey Woodruff, former senior scientist and policy advisor in EPA’s Office of Policy, was featured in The New Lede for her testimony on the importance of chemical regulations.

Dale Evarts, former Director of EPA Climate and International Group in the Office of Air Quality and Planning Standards, co-authored an article for The Hill about the importance of the Department of State’s Global Air Monitoring Program.

Linda Birnbaum, former Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), spoke with Inside Climate News about Kyle Walsh, the new director of NIEHS.

Peter Murchie, senior director of Policy and Public Affairs at Environmental Protection Network, was quoted in E&E News about how furloughs will impact EPA and the public.

Tracey Woodruff, former senior scientist and policy advisor in EPA’s Office of Policy, spoke with Capital and Main about the importance of transparency requirements for chemicals used in fracking.

Linda Birnbaum, former Director of National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and former EPA scientist, and Betsy Southerland, former Director of the Office of Science and Technology in EPA’s Office of Water, were featured in E&E News for their public letter calling on HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.  to “stand by his past commitment to protecting Americans’ health from toxic pollution.”

Jeremy Symons, former climate policy advisor at EPA, spoke with Waste360 about the Trump administration’s recent executive actions and how they will impact the EPA.

Zealan Hoover, former Senior Advisor to the EPA Administrator and Director of Implementation, spoke with The New York Times about the inflammatory rhetoric used by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin in regard to DEI initiatives.

Lisa Garcia, former EPA Region 2 Administrator, spoke with Inside Climate News about the changes in EPA under the Trump administration and its rolling back of decades of environmental justice work.

Jeremy Symons, former climate policy advisor at EPA, spoke with WJLA about the impact AI data centers are having on resident’s electric bills.

Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, former Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator of EPA’s Office of Research and Development and EPA Science Advisor,and Tracey Woodruff, former EPA senior scientist and policy advisor in the Office of Policy Director, spoke with Politico about the Trump administration’s controversial plan to phase out animal testing.

Tim Whitehouse, former senior attorney and advisor at EPA, and Tracey Woodruff, former EPA senior scientist and policy advisor in the Office of Policy Director, spoke with The New Lede about the unprecedented influence of industry insiders on the EPA and the dangers they pose.

Jeremy Symons, former climate policy advisor at EPA, spoke with The Virginian-Pilot about the increase in energy bills for Virginians and Virginia’s continued reliance on natural gas. 

Linda Birnbaum, former Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program, and Dan Costa, former director of EPA’s Air, Climate, and Energy Research Program, spoke with E&E News about the impact of a Trump Executive Order which expands the use of AI to heal children with cancer.

Joe Goffman, former Assistant Administrator of EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, and Jeremy Symons, former climate policy advisor at EPA, spoke with Bloomberg Law about the dangers of EPA overturning the Endangerment Finding.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, former EPA Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization, authored an article for Word in Black about the negative impact government shutdowns have on civil servants.

Zealan Hoover, former EPA senior advisor, spoke with Politico about the impact of a government shutdown on EPA.

Marc Boom, former EPA Senior Advisor on policy, Jeanne Briskin, former Director of EPA’s Office of Children’s Health Protection Jeremy Symons, former climate policy advisor at EPA, were quoted in The Associated Press about how the government shutdown will impact pollution.

Tracey Woodruff, former EPA senior scientist and policy advisor in the Office of Policy Director, spoke with Mother Jones about the dangerous rate at which plastic is being produced and microplastics are entering our bodies.

Chris Frey, former chair of EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, spoke with Politico about the positive impact of EPA’s Office of Research and Development and the dangers of closing it.

Chris Frey, former chair of EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, authored an article for Science about EPA’s now-dismantled Office of Research and Development and the crucial role it played in protecting human health. 

Linda Birnbaum, former EPA scientist, spoke with CNN about the high level of pesticides humans have in their body.

Zealan Hoover, former EPA senior advisor, spoke with Latitude Media about the recent updates to EPA’s Solar for All program and how it’s impacting grantees.