Op-Eds

EPN members Penny Fenner-Crisp, former Senior Science Advisor to the Director, EPA Office of Pesticide Programs, and Bob Sussman, former EPA Deputy Administrator and Senior Policy Counsel to the EPA Administrator, each wrote op-eds in this special section focusing on five years of the “new” Toxic Substances Control Act.

Jeremy Symons, EPN member and consultant and former Climate Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, penned this op-ed discussing how far President Biden has gone on climate action during the first 100 days of his presidency.

Stan Meiburg, EPN Board Member and former Acting EPA Deputy Administrator and EPA Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 4 and Region 6, wrote this essay describing how the cooperative interactions between federal and state governments has been a central component of environmental policy in the U.S.

Dennis McLerran, EPN member and former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 10, wrote this commentary about the Clean Fuel Standard Bill that recently passed in the Washington State Legislature.