EPN IN THE NEWS RELATED TO Op-Eds
Asbestos Still Kills: Time for a Total Ban in the U.S.
Mustafa Santiago Ali, Senior Vice President for Environmental Justice, National Wildlife Federation; former EPA Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization; and EPA Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, co-authored this op-ed emphasizing the continued risk of asbestos exposure, particularly in Black, brown, indigenous and lower-wealth communities, and the need for a total ban on the chemical.
Democrats Could Abandon Clean Energy Incentives — Here’s How to Save Them
Bob Sussman, former Senior Policy Counsel to the EPA Administrator and former EPA Deputy Administrator, penned this op-ed about the adjustments that could be made to the clean energy performance program to address concerns that threaten its removal from the $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill.
To Build Back Better, Put a Fee on Corporate Carbon Pollution
Jeremy Symons, EPN consultant and former Climate Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, penned this op-ed discussing how a corporate pollution fee should be included in the Build Back Better reconciliation plan to ensure corporations pay their fair share and to make innovation a central part of a climate change strategy.
U.S. Budget Bill Should Give Poor Families Access to Clean Energy
October 1, 2021 / by
Mustafa Santiago Ali, Brent Newman and Ed Murray /
Thomson Reuters Financial News
Mustafa Santiago Ali, Vice President of Environmental Justice, Climate, and Community Revitalization for the National Wildlife Federation; former EPA Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization; and former EPA Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, co-authored this op-ed about the simple steps Congress could take in the $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill to increase low-income and minority access to renewable energy.