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Karen Heisler, EPN member and EPA Region 9 alum, was interviewed by former EPA Region 9 Regional Administrator, Jared Blumenfeld, currently serving as California’s Secretary for Environmental Protection, in this podcast episode about Karen’s EPA experience with California’s agriculture sector and her sustainable pie business that is closing its doors.

EPN members Stan Meiburg, former EPA Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 4 and Region 6 and former Acting Deputy Administrator, and Joe Goffman, former Associate Assistant Administrator for Climate and Senior Counsel, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, were quoted in this article about a labor dispute between EPA and the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) over a new contract that the agency unilaterally implemented in July without the union’s consent.

EPN member Stan Meiburg, former EPA Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 4 and Region 6 and Acting Deputy Administrator, was quoted in this article about a recent memorandum of understanding between EPA and a conservative-leaning environmental non-profit and the implications of such an explicit relationship with a partisan organization.

EPN member Joel Mintz, former EPA Enforcement and Supervisory Attorney, wrote this op-ed about the rise and potential decline of anti-regulatory conservatism, focusing on a 1971 memo that encouraged business leaders to enter the political arena and resist regulatory initiatives.