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Judith Enck, President of Beyond Plastics and former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 2, was quoted in this article about a proposed EPA rulemaking that would regulate pyrolysis and gasification, processes used in the chemical recycling of plastics, under the Clean Air Act.

Bob Perciasepe, former EPA Deputy Administrator, was quoted in this article discussing the Mercury and Air Toxic Standards, ten years after it was implemented to limit hazardous emissions from power plants.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, Vice President for Environmental Justice, National Wildlife Federation, former EPA Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization, and former EPA Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice,was quoted in the article about a predominantly Black West Virginia community that lies in the sacrifice zone of a Union Carbide chemical plant.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, Vice President for Environmental Justice, National Wildlife Federation; former EPA Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization; and former EPA Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, and Jeff Alson, former Senior Engineer and Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, were quoted and EPN was mentioned in this article discussing EPA’s stricter greenhouse gas vehicle emissions standards.

Margo Oge, Chair of the International Council on Clean Transportation and former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article regarding EPA’s new 2023-2026 vehicle fuel emission standards and electric vehicle tax credits that are part of the Build Back Better bill.

Jeff Alson, former Senior Engineer and Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article discussing the recently-announced vehicle emissions standards for model year 2023-2026 automobiles and light-duty vehicles. Jeff was also quoted in related articles appearing in a variety of news outlets including The Washington Post, E&E News, Huffington Post, and Grist.

Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted and EPN was mentioned in this article about EPA’s recent nationwide monitoring rule that will track levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and lithium in drinking water.

Jeff Alson, former Senior Engineer and Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, penned this op-ed about how Midwesterners could take the lead in the country’s transition to electric vehicles.

Tracey Woodruff, Director of Reproductive Health and Environment Program, University of California, San Francisco, and former Senior Scientist and Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Policy, was quoted in this article discussing EPA’s findings indicating that PFOA, a per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance, is a likely carcinogen.

Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted and EPN was mentioned in this article discussing the Biden administration’s recently announced Lead Pipe and Paint Action Plan.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, Vice President for Environmental Justice, National Wildlife Federation; former Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization; and former Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, was quoted in this article about changes to EPA’s Office of Civil Rights that have been outlined in the agency’s strategic agenda.

Bill Muno, former Superfund Director, EPA Region 5, was quoted in this article discussing how the polluters pay tax incorporated into the infrastructure law will allow work to resume at many languishing Superfund sites.

Margo Oge, former Director, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, wrote this op-ed outlining what Toyota can do to regain its footing in the clean transportation market.

Ronnie Levin, Instructor at Harvard’s Chan School of Public Health and former Senior Scientist, EPA Region 1, was quoted in this article about how the $15 billion allocated for lead service line replacement in the new infrastructure law will not be enough to replace every lead service line in the US.

Margo Oge, former Director, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, was quoted in this article regarding the legislative and regulatory push the Biden administration will need to exert on US automakers in order for the country to reach the administration’s 2030 electric vehicle sales target.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, former Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization and Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, was quoted in this article regarding EPA’s recent ruling that requires all natural gas processing facilities to report their hazardous pollutant emissions to the Toxics Release Inventory.

Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted and EPN was mentioned in this article discussing the possible regulatory outcome of EPA’s Science Advisory Board review of draft toxicity analyses performed on two key per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

Judith Enck, president of Beyond Plastics and former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 2, was quoted in this article about a National Academies of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering report that recommends the US develop a comprehensive strategy to curtail plastic waste and its negative environmental impacts.

Linda Birnbaum, former Director of National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and former EPA scientist, was interviewed on this podcast discussing her career as a scientist and program director studying dioxins, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and other important and prevalent toxic chemicals.

Judith Enck, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 2, and George Czerniak, former Director, Air and Radiation Division, EPA Region 5, were quoted in this article discussing the lack of air monitoring and enforcement of air pollution violations at many industrial sites.

Kevin Minoli, partner at Alston & Bird, LLC, and former EPA Principal Deputy General Counsel, was quoted in this article regarding the legal and scientific support EPA has added to wetlands protections in its proposed waters of the United States rule.

Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in this article discussing potential revisions the Biden administration could make to the definition of waters of the United States.

Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in this article about steps EPA is taking to revise drinking water health advisories for PFOA and PFOS, the two best-studied PFAS that are found in drinking water supplies across the country.

Judith Enck, former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 2, was quoted in this article regarding EPA’s release of the US’s first national recycling plan. Judith was quoted in a related article appearing in E&E News.