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Judith Enck, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1, was quoted in Spectrum Local News. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie began his closing remarks just before 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, marking the end of the legislative session and any hope that the State Assembly would pass the Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act, one of the most closely watched bills this legislative session.

Michelle Roos was quoted in AP News. A proposal by Republicans in Congress would allow President Donald Trump’s administration to remove the tax-exempt status of nonprofits that it says support terrorism, creating what some nonprofits say is an arbitrary standard to financially punish charities that advocate for issues that don’t align with his agenda.

David Cash, former Regional Adminstrator, EPA Region 1, and Stan Meiburg, former Acting Deputy Administrator, were quoted in Inside EPA. Newly reported internal EPA emails are highlighting the Trump administration’s heavy focus on delaying disbursement of high-profile “green bank” grant awards with an eye to scuttling the program, observers say, even though officials are aware of the legal risks of their moves.

Avi Garbow, former EPA General Counsel, and Stan Meiburg, former EPA Acting Deputy Administrator, were quoted in Politico. The Trump administration’s effort to regain control of $20 billion in already-distributed funding could expose the agency to billions in damages, a career lawyer wrote in an internal message obtained by Politico.