In the News

Adam Ortiz, former EPA Regional Administrator for the Mid-Atlantic Region, spoke with The Washington Post about the environmental and health concerns with the fuel leak from Joint Base Andrews.

Chris Frey, former head of EPA’s Office of Research and Development, spoke with ABC 11 about the environmental benefits of cleaner technology in newer vehicles.

Janet McCabe, former EPA Deputy Administrator, authored an article for The Conversation about the Trump Administration’s efforts to block future climate regulations and weaken pollution restrictions.

Jim Woolford, former Director of EPA’s Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation, spoke with Inside Climate News about the lack of funding for EPA’s Superfund cleanup program.

Janet McCabe, former EPA Deputy Administrator, spoke with WRTV about the importance of government programs that promote energy-efficiency.

Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, former Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science in EPA’s Office of Research and Development, and Bob Sussman, former Deputy Administrator of EPA and Senior Policy Counsel to the Administrator, spoke with Inside EPA about the implications of EPA rejecting the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS).

Chris Frey, former head of EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD), was featured in Inside EPA for the formal comments he submitted about EPA’s plans to scrap air standards for commercial sterilizers. 

Adam Ortiz, former EPA Regional Administrator for the Mid-Atlantic Region, spoke with NOTUS about the Defense Department’s delay in reporting a leak of jet fuel at Joint Base Andrews.

Chris Frey, former head of EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD), spoke with Inside EPA about the importance of EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). 

Chris Frey, former head of EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD), spoke with Chemical & Engineering News about the dangers of EPA not using the Integrated Risk Information System program.

Maria Doa, former director of EPA’s Science Policy Division, and Bob Sussman, former Senior Policy Counsel to the EPA Administrator, spoke with ProPublica about the importance of EPA’s IRIS program.

Lisa Garcia, former Regional Administrator of EPA Region 2, was quoted in Archynewsy about EPA funding granted to Trenton, New Jersey, that will help address water quality and sewage issues.

Janet McCabe, former EPA Deputy Administrator, was quoted in Prism about the implications of EPA’s proposed rollbacks of the ethylene oxide emission standard.

Betsy Southerland, former Director of Science and Technology in EPA’s Office of Water, and Chris Frey, former Assistant Administrator for ORD, were quoted in NPR about the ongoing Supreme Court case, Monsanto v. Durnell, and EPA’s recent chemical regulation decisions.

Linda Birnbaum, former Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program, was quoted in News-USA Today about PFAS found in everyday products.

Christine Todd Whitman, former EPA Administrator under George W. Bush, Lisa Jackson, former EPA Administrator under Obama, and Gina McCarthy, former EPA Administrator under Obama (second term) were quoted in The New Yorker about how Lee Zeldin has dramatically shifted EPA’s priorities under the second Trump administration.

Earl Gray, former Reproductive Environmental Toxicologist at EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD), Bryan Hubbell, former Director of the Air, Climate and Energy Program at ORD, and Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, former Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator of ORD, featured in a The New York Times article detailing the departure of independent science and the closure of ORD at EPA.

Adam Ortiz, former Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator at EPA, spoke with The New York Times about the bacterial contamination in the Potomac after a sewage spill in January.

Chris Frey, former head of EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD), spoke with Inside EPA about the negative impact of ORD’s closure and EPA’s new Office of Applied Science and Environmental Solutions.

Jeremy Symons, Senior Advisor at EPN, spoke with The Bureau of Investigative Journalism about the impact liquefied natural gas has on the environment.

Chris Frey, former head of EPA’s Office of Research and Development, spoke with NPR Morning Edition about the dangers of chemicals and toxins, and their impact on the MAHA movement.

Joe Goffman, former Assistant Administrator of EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, spoke with The Connecticut Mirror about the dangers of fine particulate matter.

Phil Mancusi-Ungaro, former Senior Attorney in EPA Region 4’s Office of Water Legal Support, Office of Regional Counsel, was quoted in E&E News about the Potomac sewage spill.

MyrtleBeachSC News featured research by the Environmental Protection Network about EPA grant cancellations.