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How Trump officials have transformed the EPA to weaken enforcement

Nov 7, 2025 / by

Jake Spring and Amudalat Ajasa /

The Washington Post

Walter Mugdan, former EPA Region 2 Deputy Regional Administrator and Superfund Director, spoke with The Washington Post about the impact furloughs are having on EPA’s enforcement office.

Environmentalists Sue EPA to Reassess a Toxic Chemical Used at a Pa. Oil Refinery

July 14, 2025 / by

Peter Hall /

Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Matthew Tejada, former Deputy Assistant Administrator for EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights, spoke with the Pennsylvania Capital-Star about the dangers of poison acid clouds.

Trump’s First EPA Promised to Crack Down on Forever Chemicals. His Second EPA Is Pulling Back.

July 2, 2025 / by

Anna Clark /

ProPublica

Bob Sussman, former Senior Policy Counsel to the EPA Administrator, spoke with ProPublica about EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s lack of enforcement of forever chemicals despite prior rhetoric expressing prioritizing these regulations.

The EPA Cracked Down on Tesla and SpaceX. Then Elon Musk and DOGE Took Over.

April 22, 2025 / by

Justine Calma /

The Verge

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.

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