In the News

Zealan Hoover, former Senior Adviser to EPA Administrator and Director of Implementation, was quoted in The Washington Post. The agency is sending out notices of termination to 781 awardees, almost twice the number of canceled grants that had been previously reported.

Vicki Arroyo, former EPA Associate Administrator for Policy, and Joe Goffman, former Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, were quoted in Scientific American. President Trump’s EPA administrator Lee Zeldin seems to be focusing on costs to industry in an effort to dismantle the scientific justification for climate regulations

Matt Tejada, former Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights, and Linda Birnbaum, former Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Toxicology Program (NTP), were quoted in The New York Times. An administration document aimed at eradicating paper straws highlights the dangers of PFAS chemicals. Their presence in tap water nationwide hasn’t gotten the same attention.

Jeff Alson, Former Senior Engineer and Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in The Michigan Daily. The local councils of the American Federation of Government Employees organized an Earth Day march Tuesday afternoon at the Cascade Hemophilia Consortium, chosen because of its location across from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory.

David Cash, former Regional Adminstrator, EPA Region 1, and Stan Meiburg, former Acting Deputy Administrator, were quoted in Inside EPA. Newly reported internal EPA emails are highlighting the Trump administration’s heavy focus on delaying disbursement of high-profile “green bank” grant awards with an eye to scuttling the program, observers say, even though officials are aware of the legal risks of their moves.

Avi Garbow, former EPA General Counsel, and Stan Meiburg, former EPA Acting Deputy Administrator, were quoted in Politico. The Trump administration’s effort to regain control of $20 billion in already-distributed funding could expose the agency to billions in damages, a career lawyer wrote in an internal message obtained by Politico.

Chris Frey, former Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Research and Development, was quoted in E&E News. Calling the Office of Research and Development “a unique national asset,” former agency research chiefs appealed to appropriators against downsizing.

Michelle Roos, EPN Executive Director, was quoted in Mother Jones. As Americans celebrated Earth Day on Tuesday, the nonprofit world was left anxiously wondering, “Will they or won’t they?”

EPN was mentioned in Planet Detroit. American Lung Association report finds nearly half the nation lives in areas with unhealthy air, warns EPA cuts could make the problem worse.

EPN was mentioned in Newsweek. Nearly half of the U.S. population is living with dangerous levels of air pollution, according to a new report from the American Lung Association.

Linda Birnbaum, former Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and former EPA scientist, was quoted by Reuters. From her home on Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley,” Lydia Gerard looks down at her 8-month-old great-granddaughter and wonders if she will one day suffer the same fate as her many friends and relatives whose lives were cut short by the disease.

Lisa Garcia, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 2, was quoted in Spectrum Noticias. Decenas de trabajadores de la Agencia de Protección del Medio Ambiente EPA por sus siglas en inglés, protestaron en la ciudad de Nueva York para exigir a la administración Trump que pare el plan de desmantelar a la agencia.

Walter Mugdan, former Deputy Regional Administrator, EPA Region 2, and Larry Starfield, former Deputy and Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, were quoted in The Verge. Elon Musk’s companies have been accused of breaking bedrock environmental laws in the US. Now, DOGE is gutting the federal agency that enforces those laws.

Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in the New York Times. For years a textile mill gave farmers its sewage sludge as free fertilizer. Today the land is full of “forever chemicals.”

EPN was mentioned in Go Erie. On April 22, Americans across our divided political landscape will celebrate the 55th Earth Day, reaffirming our commitment to wise environmental stewardship. We will do so not in a vacuum, but amid a ferocious assault on our nation’s public lands and environmental laws by the Trump-Musk administration.

Matt Tejada, former Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights, was quoted in Blavity. The Trump administration is aiming to close another department and cut more of the federal government’s workforce.

Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, former Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Research and Development, was quoted in Politico. The Trump administration may end up chainsawing itself in the foot with aggressive science-related cuts at agencies like EPA and the Interior Department.

Jeremy Symons, Senior Adviser to EPN, was quoted in WasteDive. The White House released new orders last week targeting state laws related to climate change and environmental justice, which could ensnare waste laws covering organics or landfills.

Stan Meiburg, former EPA Acting Deputy Administrator, was quoted in E&E News. In Washington, the EPA administrator talks up budget slashing. But he strikes a different tone on the road, promising support for states.

Jeremy Symons, Senior Adviser to EPN, was quoted in Inside Climate News. The cancellation of a meeting of top advisors to the agency’s scientific research arm, with no explanation or plans to reschedule, signals bad news for public health and the environment, say former advisors.

David Cash, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1, was quoted in WBUR. As President Trump has worked to dismantle many federal climate policies and initiatives, Massachusetts environmentalists have taken solace in the fact that states and municipalities have the power to set their own energy and environmental policies.

 Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, former Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Research and Development, and Chris Frey, former Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Research and Development, were featured on a radio segment for WUNC. 

Stan Meiburg, former Acting Deputy Administrator, was quoted in The Charlotte Observer.

Jeremy Symons, Senior Adviser to EPN, was quoted in Great Lakes Now. Change is happening since Donald Trump took office and began making good on campaign pledges to reduce the size and scope of the work of the federal agencies that serve the country.