EPN's national environmental policy work focuses on preserving, protecting, and improving public health and the environment by ensuring that EPA advances protective policies, budgets, and institutional changes.
EPA's draft risk evaluation identified potential unreasonable risks to workers exposed to ethylene dibromide, a chemical used in aviation fuel and industrial processes. But EPA…
EPN challenged EPA’s proposal to eliminate Clean Water Act permitting requirements for certain offshore vessels based on whether they are attached to the seabed, rather…
EPN challenged EPA's handling of draft risk evaluations for two dichlorobenzenes under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). EPA released the evaluations before its independent…
EPN warned that EPA’s proposed changes to the definition of “Waters of the United States” rely on scientifically indefensible and impractical tests for determining which…
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]
