Science

Science is at the core of nearly everything EPA does in order to protect Americans' health and environment. EPN promotes scientific integrity throughout the executive branch. And EPN's volunteers weigh in on the work of EPA and its scientific advisory boards and committees to ensure that sound science is practices and adhered to.

June 18, 2026

New Men’s Health Issue Brief Examines How Toxic Pollution & Chemical Exposures Endanger Men’s Health

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 18, 2026 CONTACT: Aaron Bharucha, Public Relations Associate (509) 429-1699 and epn-press@environmentalprotectionnetwork.org New Men’s Health Issue Brief Examines How Toxic Pollution &…

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May 21, 2026

EPA Rollback of HFC Protections Will Increase Health Risks for American Families — and Will Not Lower Consumer Costs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2026 CONTACT: Aaron Bharucha, Public Relations Associate (509) 429-1699 and epn-press@environmentalprotectionnetwork.org EPA Rollback of HFC Protections Will Increase Health Risks…

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May 8, 2026

Former EPA Officials Warn EPA Directive Will Leave Communities Less Protected from Toxic Chemicals

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 2026 CONTACT: Aaron Bharucha, Public Relations Associate (509) 429-1699 and epn-press@environmentalprotectionnetwork.org Former EPA Officials Warn EPA Directive Will Leave Communities…

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April 21, 2026

EPN and UCS Comments on the List of Candidates for EPA’s Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC)

On April 21, 2026, EPN submitted comments providing feedback on candidates currently under consideration for membership on EPA's Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals. [Read more]

Chemicals & Pesticides Science

April 16, 2026

Environmental Science Impact Fellowship Opportunity

The EPN Environmental Science Impact Fellowship supports former EPA scientists and engineers who separated from the agency (between January 2024 and present), helping them continue…

Resources Science

April 7, 2026

EPN Environmental Science Impact Fellowship

The EPN Environmental Science Impact Fellowship provides $50,000 in annual support to former EPA scientists or engineers, allowing them to continue their research, policy, and…

Resources Science

September 4, 2025

EPN Comments on Science Advisory Board Candidates for FY2026

On September 4, 2025, EPN submitted comments on FY2026 Science Advisory Board (SAB) nominations, which discuss important factors that EPA should consider in the selection…

CASAC/SAB Science

March 18, 2025

Plans to Eliminate EPA’s Science Office are a Wrecking Ball Assault on Science

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 18, 2025 CONTACT: Aaron Bharucha, Public Relations Associate(509) 429-1699 and epn-press@environmentalprotectionnetwork.org Plans to Eliminate EPA’s Science Office are a Wrecking Ball Assault on…

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January 17, 2025

Securing Scientific Integrity

On January 17, 2025, EPN volunteers released a scientific integrity paper that summarized scientific integrity principles, documented how different administrations have embraced or disregarded them,…

Science Scientific Integrity

June 5, 2026

Zeldin revives push to phase out animal testing

Penny Fenner-Crisp, former Senior Science Advisor to the Director and Deputy Director in EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs and Chris Frey, former head of EPA’s…

In The News via Politico

May 20, 2026

EPA is sidelining its independent chemical referee – and that endangers public health

Chris Frey, former head of EPA’s Office of Research and Development, authored an article for The Conversation about the Trump administration’s dismantling of EPA’s Integrated Risk Information…

In The News via The Conversation

May 7, 2026

EPA’s IRIS Rejection Could Ease, Delay Superfund Cleanups, Critics Say

Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, former Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science in EPA’s Office of Research and Development, and Bob Sussman, former Deputy Administrator of EPA and…

In The News via Inside EPA

May 5, 2026

EPA Rejection Of IRIS Likely To Drive Litigation, Disruption, Observers Say

Chris Frey, former head of EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD), spoke with Inside EPA about the importance of EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS).

In The News via Inside EPA

May 5, 2026

EPA move risks politicizing chemical risk assessments, ex-official says

Chris Frey, former head of EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD), spoke with Chemical & Engineering News about the dangers of EPA not using the Integrated…

In The News via Chemical & Engineering News

May 1, 2026

“A Huge Setback”: New EPA Directive Could Weaken Hundreds of Chemical Regulations

Maria Doa, former director of EPA’s Science Policy Division, and Bob Sussman, former Senior Policy Counsel to the EPA Administrator, spoke with ProPublica about the importance of…

In The News via ProPublica

April 27, 2026

How the Trump Administration Ended Independent Science at the E.P.A.

Earl Gray, former Reproductive Environmental Toxicologist at EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD), Bryan Hubbell, former Director of the Air, Climate and Energy Program…

In The News via The New York Times

November 3, 2025

Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’

Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, former Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator of EPA’s Office of Research and Development and EPA Science Advisor, spoke with Nature about the importance of EPA’s…

In The News via Nature

September 10, 2025

RFK Jr. wants more air pollution research, but EPA shut down its lab

Betsy Southerland, former, spoke with E&E News about the inaccuracies and dangers of the White House’s Make America Healthy Again Commission Report.

In The News via E&E News