EPN IN THE NEWS RELATED TO Mercury
Mercury Pollution Adds To Concerns Involving Norlite Plant In Cohoes
Judith Enck, EPN member and former Regional Administrator for EPA Region 2, was quoted in this article about the presence of mercury in dust emitted from the Norlite incinerator in Cohoes, NY.
Pandemic Masks Further US Environmental Deregulation by Trump Administration
Betsy Southerland, EPN member and former Director of the Office of Science and Technology in EPA’s Office of Water, was quoted in this article on the Trump administration’s environmental rollbacks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Betsy was quoted in a similar article by Planetizen.
EPA Weakens Mercury Standards, Which Experts Say Could Put Pollution Controls at Risk
Janet McCabe, EPN member and former Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, was quoted in this article on the Trump administration’s rollback of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS).
EPA’s Recent Rollbacks Raise Public Health Worries for Vulnerable Americans
EPN members Judith Enck, EPN member and former EPA Regional Administrator for Region 2,) and Joe Goffman, former Associate Assistant Administrator for Climate and Senior Counsel, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, were quoted in this article on the Trump administration’s environmental rollbacks during the COVID-19 pandemic.