In the News

Bernie Goldstein was quoted in NPR about the potential health risks of cooking with gas stoves, which produce nitrogen dioxide and affect indoor air quality.

Michelle Roos was quoted in The American Prospect in an article about Biden’s investment in disadvantaged communities through EPA’s Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers (TCTACs), and how EPN has set an example for technical assistance as TCTACs launch across the country.

Margo Oge, former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was interviewed for a podcast hosted by Automotive News and recounted the U.S. government’s first action to lessen greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act and its impact on automakers.

Judith Enck, former Regional Administrator for EPA Region 2 and founder of Beyond Plastics, was quoted in an article about the rise of plastic use in toiletry products.

Bob Sussman, former EPA deputy administrator and counsel for PEER and the Center of Environmental Health, was quoted in Bloomberg about his role in a suit against Inhance Technologies for the use of PFAS in their products.

Bob Perciasepe, former EPA Deputy Administrator, was quoted in this article regarding his past experience with government shutdowns and what federal workers can do to prepare for the next one.

Stan Meiburg, former EPA Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 4 and Region 6, was quoted in an article discussing the impacts a potential government shutdown would have on climate funding from the Inflation Reduction Act.

Michael Levin, former Director of Regulatory Reform, EPA Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, penned this op-ed outlining how EPA’s proposed climate pollution plan for power plants may benefit anaerobic digester facilities.

Jeremy Symons, EPN Senior Advisor and former Climate Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, was quoted in this article discussing how the U.S.’s progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions is being quickly erased by its export of liquefied natural gas and other fossil fuels.

Linda Birnbaum, former Director of the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program, was quoted in this article about the need for a federal ban on Per-and-Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in food packaging to ensure nationwide protections for consumers.

Stan Meiburg, former Acting Deputy Administrator and former Regional Administrator, EPA Regions 4 and 6, was quoted in this article explaining why EPA has not been included in the initial rollout of the Biden administration’s American Climate Corps.

Ronnie Levin, former Senior Scientist, EPA Region 1, was quoted in this article regarding federal funds allocated to states for lead service line replacement and how water utilities’ poor tracking of lead service lines has led to funding decreases.

Elin Betanzo, former National Tribal Drinking Water Coordinator, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in this article discussing EPA’s response to the 2018 lead in drinking water crisis in Benton Harbor, Michigan, following a recent Office of Inspector General report that the agency did not sufficiently escalate the public health issue.

Margo Oge, former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, penned this op-ed countering the two most common misinformation attacks the regulated community makes on EPA’s proposed greenhouse gas vehicle emissions standards.

Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was interviewed in this news segment discussing how budget cuts proposed by House Republicans for FY 2024 would severely limit EPA’s ability to address PFAS contamination in many drinking water systems.

Bob Sussman, former EPA Deputy Administrator, was quoted in this article regarding an enforcement suit EPA has brought against Inhance Technologies, a company that creates PFAS as a byproduct of the fluorination process it uses to strengthen plastic containers.

Stan Meiburg, former EPA Acting Deputy Administrator and former Regional Administrator, EPA Regions 4 and 6, was quoted in this article discussing how the Biden administration’s push for more federal employees to return to work in the office could

Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, and John Reeder, Vice President of Federal Affairs at Environmental Working Group and former EPA Deputy Chief of Staff, were quoted in this article discussing how the House Republicans’ proposed FY2024 budget would slash much of the funding needed for EPA and other federal agencies to address PFAS. Betsy was quoted in a related article published in StateImpact Pennsylvania.

Dave Coursen, former Attorney, EPA Office of General Counsel, wrote this op-ed on August 1, 2022, discussing how the Inflation Reduction Act will help EPA address the challenges of climate change and support environmental and climate justice.

John Bachmann, former Associate Director for Science/Policy and New Programs, EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, was quoted in this article discussing the implications of postponing the tightening of EPA’s air quality standards for ground-level ozone.

Jim Woolford former Director, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation, EPA Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM), was quoted in this article discussing how the Biden administration’s plan to list two PFAS “forever chemicals” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) may put Democrats in a political corner.

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 initial release of testing data that found multiple PFAS in public drinking water systems.

Tracey Woodruff, Director of Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, University of California, San Francisco, and former EPA senior scientist and former Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Policy, was quoted in this article discussing trichlorethylene contamination in Milwaukee and the inability of many toxic regulators to keep on top of numerous legacy contaminants.

Judith Enck, founder of Beyond Plastics and former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 2, wrote this op-ed urging for new plastics reduction laws and a federal ban on vinyl chloride.