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Gary Timm, EPN member and former Chief, Chemical Testing Branch, EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics , was quoted and EPN was cited in this article discussing recommendations made by the EPA’s Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee to improve the chemical prioritization process for TSCA evaluations.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, EPN member and former Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization and Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, was quoted in this article discussing the amount of funding that has been allocated to address environmental justice issues in the Biden administration’s COVID-19 stimulus package.

Bob Sussman, EPN member, former EPA Deputy Administrator and Senior Policy Counsel to the EPA Administrator, was quoted in this article discussing ongoing efforts to implement an asbestos ban.

EPN’s press release regarding the Senate confirmation of EPA Administrator Regan was cited in this article describing industry and environmentalists’ reactions to Regan’s confirmation as well as already growing pressure for him to take action on asbestos. The statement was also quoted in an Electrek article discussing Administrator Regan’s confirmation.

Judith Enck, EPN member and former Regional Administrator for EPA Region 2, was quoted in this article concerning the possible use of plastic-eating microorganisms to degrade plastic waste.

Bernard Goldstein, former chair, EPA Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee and former EPA Assistant Administrator for Research and Development, wrote this op-ed discussing the need for Pennsylvania to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

EPN member Stan Meiburg, former EPA Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 4 and Region 6 and Acting EPA Deputy Administrator, was quoted and EPN was cited in this article discussing Michael Regan’s confirmation as EPA Administrator. The article also ran in KWQC and WLUC.

The testimony of Janet McCabe, EPN member and nominee for EPA Deputy Administrator, was quoted in this article regarding the need for the Biden administration to take action to earn the trust of EPA staff.

Dave Coursen, EPN member and former attorney, EPA Office of General Counsel, wrote this op-ed discussing how the gross inadequacies of the national air monitoring system disproportionately affect low-income communities and what community science could do to help inform the public.

EPN member Tracey Woodruff, former EPA senior scientist and policy advisor in the Office of Policy, was quoted in this article discussing how the higher cost of chemical-free food disproportionately impacts women and communities of color.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, EPN member and former Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization and EPA Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, was quoted in this article describing efforts to preserve environmental data during the Obama-Trump transition that evolved into the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative.

Bob Sussman, EPN member and former EPA Deputy Administrator and Senior Policy Counsel to the EPA Administrator, was quoted in this article regarding a request made by environmental groups asking EPA to reverse its decision to reject a petition requiring Chemours, a PFAS manufacturer, to provide health and environmental data on 54 PFAS.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, EPN member and former Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization and Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, was quoted in this article discussing how disinvestment and neglected infrastructure contributed to the recent loss of drinking water in Jackson, Mississippi.

EPN members Mustafa Santiago Ali (former Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization and Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice), Steve Chester (former Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance), and Joel Mintz (former EPA Enforcement and Supervisory Attorney) were quoted in this article about restoring the use of Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs) as an enforcement tool.

Mike Flynn, former Acting Deputy Administrator, Associate Deputy Administrator, and Director, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, was quoted in this article about a letter signed by 220 former EPA employees supporting Janet McCabe’s nomination to become the next EPA Deputy Administrator.

EPN members Bernard Goldstein, former Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Research and Development, and Richard Morgenstern, former Director, EPA Office of Policy Analysis, were quoted in this article about what EPA can do to restore and entrench scientific norms at the agency.

EPN was cited in this article describing the letter EPN sent to OCSPP Principal Deputy Administrator Michal Freedhoff urging the implementation of an Obama-era proposal for a pre-prioritization process to facilitate chemical evaluations.

EPN members Cynthia Giles, former Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, and Tim Whitehouse, PEER executive director and former senior attorney at EPA, were quoted in this article discussing the tremendous amount of work the Biden administration faces to restore EPA’s ability to enforce environmental laws in the post-Trump era.

EPA member Stan Meiburg, former Acting Deputy Administrator and Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 4 and Region 6, was quoted in this article discussing a letter supporting Janet McCabe’s nomination for EPA Deputy Administrator that was signed by a bipartisan group of former Deputy Administrators. The letter was widely covered in the trade press, including articles in Bloomberg Law, Politico, E&E News and The Washington Examiner.

EPN members Cynthia Giles (former Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance), Carl Reeverts (former Project Manager, Infrastructure Branch, EPA Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water), and Betsy Southerland (former Director of the Office of Science and Technology in EPA’s Office of Water) were quoted in this article describing the findings of a nationwide review of water systems and demographic data.

Judith Enck, EPN member and former Regional Administrator for EPA Region 2, was quoted in this article discussing a budget proposal from New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo that would allow the use of certain plastics in woven heavy-duty reusable bags despite the state’s existing ban on plastic bags.

Betsy Southerland, EPN member and former Director of the Office of Science and Technology in EPA’s Office of Water, was quoted in this article regarding EPA’s plan to regulate PFOA and PFOS under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Betsy Southerland, EPN member and former Director of the Office of Science and Technology in EPA’s Office of Water, was quoted in this article concerning EPA’s proposal to monitor 30 chemical contaminants and its decision to regulate two PFAS.

Linda Birnbaum, EPN member and former federal scientist at EPA, was quoted in this article regarding a recent study that provides additional evidence that phthalates are harmful to children’s brain development.