Enforcement Fact Sheet

February 11, 2018

EPA Core Programs—Environmental Enforcement

By providing reliable and transparent data, inspecting facilities, stopping environmental crimes, and pursuing polluters, the EPA ensures that American citizens have a healthy environment to…

Budget and Appropriations Core Programs Fact Sheets

December 15, 2019

Indiana Environmental Agency “Kneecapped” by Staff Cuts

EPN member Janet McCabe, former Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, is quoted in the Chicago Post-Tribune article about 16% staff cuts…

In The News via Chicago Tribune

June 13, 2019

Dismantling the EPA: Big Regulatory Rollbacks and Lowest Staff Levels Since 1980s

EPN members Betsy Southerland, former Director, EPA Office of Science and Technology in the Office of Water and, and Dan Reich, former Assistant Regional Counsel,…

In The News via Detroit Today, WDET FM

January 15, 2019

Criminal Enforcement at Trump’s EPA Is the Lowest It’s Been in Decades: Report

EPN member Dan Reich, former EPA Assistant Regional Counsel, Region 9, is quoted in this article about the Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigating why 2018…

In The News via Earther

January 12, 2019

How Trump is redefining the EPA

EPN member and former EPA Associate National Program Director, Sustainable and Healthy Communities Research Program, Betsy Smith, is quoted in this article that takes a…

In The News via The Week

June 15, 2018

The Energy 202: Trump Appointee at EPA to Scrutinize Which Pollution Cases May Go to Court

EPN member George Czerniak is quoted in this article on a Trump appointee at the EPA reviewing which pollution violations are referred to the Justice…

In The News via The Washington Post

January 1, 2018

Under Siege—Again

EPN member Cheryl Wasserman served for 43 years in senior positions in the EPA’s policy and enforcement offices. This is her article about the threat…

In The News via The Environmental Forum

December 14, 2017

What Cutting EPA Enforcement Means—And What You Can Do About It.

EPN member Dan Reich retired in April 2017, after a career which included serving as a U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division Trial Attorney and…

In The News via Save EPA

December 10, 2017

Under Trump, EPA Has Slowed Actions Against Polluters, and Put Limits on Enforcement Officers

EPN member Cynthia Giles, the former assistant administrator for the EPA’s enforcement office during the Obama administration, is quoted in this New York Times article…

In The News via The New York Times