In the News

Jim Woolford, former director of EPA’s Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation, spoke with Flatwater Free Press about the impact Superfund Sites have on local residents.

Judith Enck, former EPA Regional Administrator for Region 2, spoke with The goop Podcast about the misinformation surrounding microplastics and their effect on humans and the environment.

Peter Murchie, senior director of policy at EPN, spoke with Inside Climate News about the impact budget and staffing cuts are having on EPA’s work.

Maria Doa, former director of EPA’s Science Policy Division; Stan Meiburg, former acting EPA Deputy Administrator; and Michelle Roos, executive director of EPN, spoke with Inside EPA about the dangers behind Trump’s deep cuts to EPA funding and staffing for the FY 2027 budget.

Tracey Woodruff, former senior scientist and policy advisor in EPA’s Office of Policy Director, spoke with The Dispatch about challenges behind measuring the quantity of microplastics in humans. 

Michelle Roos, executive director of EPN, was quoted in an article for The Hill about the Trump administration’s new budget proposal.

Chris Frey, former head of EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD), and Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, former Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science in ORD, spoke with E&E News about the Trump EPA’s undermining of science and the implications of dismantling the agency’s ORD.

Tracey Woodruff, former senior scientist and policy advisor in EPA’s Office of Policy Director, spoke with Inside Climate News about the Trump EPA’s efforts to remove science and research at the agency.

Betsy Southerland, former director of Science and Technology in EPA’s Office of Water, wrote a letter to the editor in The Washington Post about the importance of reducing environmental exposures to toxic chemicals. 

Tracey Woodruff, former EPA Senior Scientist and Policy Advisor in the Office of Policy, was quoted in Altitudes Magazine about her research into microplastics and environmental health burdens.

Linda Birnbaum, former Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, was quoted in Altitudes Magazine about the amount of plastics found in humans.

Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, former Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science in EPA’s Office of Research and Development, spoke with Bloomberg Law about the impact EPA’s budget cuts will have on its employees.

Betsy Southerland, former director of Science and Technology in EPA’s Office of Water, spoke with NBC News about the EPA’s consideration of adding microplastics to their list of regulated drinking water contaminants.

Michelle Montoya, Policy Director at Environmental Protection Network, had her testimony about  EPA’s proposal to weaken ethylene oxide emission standards featured in Inside EPA.

When in Your State featured commentary by former EPA Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe about the EPA’s rollback of protections against ethylene oxide pollution.

Betsy Southerland, former director of Science and Technology in EPA’s Office of Water, spoke with The Associated Press about the importance of mitigation measures at Superfund sites.

Chris Frey, former head of EPA’s Office of Research and Development, spoke with Spectrum Local News about the implications of removing diesel exhaust fluid sensors.

Joe Goffman, former Assistant Administrator of EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, spoke with CNN about the dangers of mercury poisoning.

Research about the impact of air pollution prevention rollbacks from EPN’s Breathing Easy report was featured in The Conversation.

Janet McCabe, former EPA deputy administrator, spoke with Public News Service about the EPA’s proposal to loosen emission rules for ethylene oxide commercial sterilization facilities.

Tracey Woodruff, former EPA Senior Scientist and Policy Advisor, spoke with The New Lede about the dangers of EPA approving the weed killer glyphosate for use.

Joe Goffman, former Assistant Administrator of EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, spoke with Forest and the Trees with Melinda Tuhus about the implications of EPA rescinding the 2009 endangerment finding.

Elin Betanzo, former member of the EPA Drinking Water Advisory Council, spoke with St. Louis Public Radio about her technical support for the community water testing in Cahokia Heights, Illinois.

Elin Betanzo, former member of the EPA Drinking Water Advisory Council, authored an article for The Honolulu Star-Advertiser about a jet fuel spill at a military base in Hawaii and how it’s impacting the water.