National Policy

EPN and 20 former EPA officials filed a Supreme Court brief supporting communities’ ability to hold fossil-fuel companies accountable for wrongful conduct. (August 3, 2026) [Read…

The Environmental Protection Network (EPN) and Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) are partnering to expand trusted, independent science capacity by convening former EPA advisory board…

EPN and Lawyers for Good Government warned that proposed changes could politicize federal grant decisions and restrict communities’ access to funding. (July 13, 2026) [Read more]

EPN warned that EPA’s proposed changes could weaken state planning requirements and slow progress toward health-based ozone standards. (July 13, 2026) [Read more]

EPN experts testified against proposals to weaken and delay federal drinking water protections for PFAS. (July 7, 2026) [Read more]

EPN told EPA that delaying Tier 4 vehicle standards would allow higher levels of harmful vehicle pollution for longer. (July 6, 2026) [Read more]

EPN urged USPS to preserve longstanding safeguards for the timely and reliable delivery of election mail. (July 2, 2026) [Read more]

On June 29, 2026 EPN and L4GG submitted formal comments to EPA opposing the agency’s proposed changes to federal coal combustion residuals (CCR) regulations. [Read more]

On June 26, 2026 EPN submitted formal comments to EPA opposing OPM's proposed government-wide nondisclosure agreement [Read more]