Op-Eds

EPN member Janet McCabe, former Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, wrote an op-ed about the South Bend Common Council’s adoption of its own climate action plan, setting a target for carbon neutrality.

EPN member Joel Mintz, former EPA Enforcement and Supervisory Attorney, wrote this op-ed about the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement and the negative consequences that could result without US participation.

EPN member Penny Fenner-Crisp, former Senior Science Advisor to the Director, EPA Office of Pesticide Programs, wrote this op-ed about the flawed peer review and research process used by EPA to issue permanent regulations for toxic chemicals in consumer products.

Bernard Goldstein, EPN member and former chair, EPA Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, wrote this op-ed about EPA Administrator Wheeler using scientific transparency to exclude numerous environmental studies from consideration in federal policy-making.