EPN IN THE NEWS RELATED TO Superfund
Toxic Superfund Cleanups Decline to More Than 30-Year Low
Betsy Southerland, EPN member and former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in this article on the decline of completed toxic superfund cleanups.
Democrats Demand Plan as EPA Hits Largest Backlog of Toxic Waste Cleanups in 15 Years
Betsy Southerland, EPN member and former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in this article discussing the EPA’s current backlog of toxic waste cleanups.
Critics Say Superfund Backlog Reflects EPA Cleanup, Funding Contradiction
Betsy Southerland, EPN member and former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, is quoted in this article on the backlog in funding new construction work at Superfund sites.
Backlog of Toxic Superfund Clean-ups Grows Under Trump
EPN members Judith Enck, former EPA Regional Administrator for Region 2, and Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, are quoted in this article about the Trump administration’s huge backlog of unfunded toxic Superfund clean-up projects. This piece also ran in The Washington Post, The Hour, and RiverBender.com, and the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Betsy Southerland is quoted in a similar piece in The Hill.