In the News

Betsy Southerland, former Director of the Office of Science and Technology in EPA’s Office of Water, was quoted in Public News Service about the EPA proposal to weaken reporting and monitoring rules for PFAS. 

Joe Goffman, former Assistant Administrator of EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, spoke with E&E News about EPA’s repeal of the endangerment finding.

Cynthia Giles, former Assistant Administrator in EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, authored an article for Real Clear Energy about the Trump administration undercutting U.S. oil and gas dominance in international markets.

Betsy Southerland, former Director of the Office of Science and Technology in EPA’s Office of Water, spoke with Nation of Change about the dangers of the Trump administration’s rollbacks on wetland protections.

Betsy Southerland, former Director of the Office of Science and Technology in EPA’s Office of Water, spoke with Common Dreams about the dangers of the Trump administration’s rollbacks on wetland protections.

Chet Wayland, former head of air quality monitoring in EPA’s Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, spoke with Politico about the recent reorganization with in EPA and how it impacts civil servants.

Stan Meiburg, former EPA Deputy Regional Administrator, spoke with E&E News about travel restrictions for EPA staff during a government shutdown.

Inside EPA highlighted the formal comments EPN submitted about deadline extensions for Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category.

E&E News highlighted EPN’s submitted comments on the list of candidates for the EPA Science Advisory Board.

Peter Murchie, senior director of policy at EPN, was featured in Inside EPA for his comments about the dangers of Trump’s proposed changes to the TSCA.

Walter Mugdan, former EPA Region 2 Deputy Regional Administrator and Superfund Director, spoke with The Washington Post about the impact furloughs are having on EPA’s enforcement office.

Linda Birnbaum, former Director of National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and EPA scientist, spoke with Undark about the dangers of chemicals and the importance of toxins research.

Jeremy Symons, former climate policy advisor at EPA, spoke with Grist about the future of EPA’s Energy Star program.

Tracey Woodruff, former EPA senior scientist and policy advisor in the Office of Policy Director, spoke with Time about the lack of standards for assessing exposure to microplastics in food.

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 Office of Research and Development and the dangers posed now that it’s dismantled.

Jeff Alson, former Senior Engineer and Policy Advisor in EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, spoke with Roll Call about the importance of tailpipe emission regulations.

Tracey Woodruff, former senior scientist and policy advisor in EPA’s Office of Policy, was featured in The New Lede for her testimony on the importance of chemical regulations.

Dale Evarts, former Director of EPA Climate and International Group in the Office of Air Quality and Planning Standards, co-authored an article for The Hill about the importance of the Department of State’s Global Air Monitoring Program.

Linda Birnbaum, former Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), spoke with Inside Climate News about Kyle Walsh, the new director of NIEHS.

Peter Murchie, senior director of Policy and Public Affairs at Environmental Protection Network, was quoted in E&E News about how furloughs will impact EPA and the public.

Tracey Woodruff, former senior scientist and policy advisor in EPA’s Office of Policy, spoke with Capital and Main about the importance of transparency requirements for chemicals used in fracking.

Linda Birnbaum, former Director of National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and former EPA scientist, and Betsy Southerland, former Director of the Office of Science and Technology in EPA’s Office of Water, were featured in E&E News for their public letter calling on HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.  to “stand by his past commitment to protecting Americans’ health from toxic pollution.”

Jeremy Symons, former climate policy advisor at EPA, spoke with Waste360 about the Trump administration’s recent executive actions and how they will impact the EPA.

Zealan Hoover, former Senior Advisor to the EPA Administrator and Director of Implementation, spoke with The New York Times about the inflammatory rhetoric used by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin in regard to DEI initiatives.