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Stan Meiburg, EPN member and former EPA Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 4 and Region 6 and Acting Deputy Administrator, was quoted in this article on the lack of cabinet status for EPA.

Judith Enck, EPN member and former Regional Administrator for EPA Region 2, regarding the need for public participation to enforce New York’s plastic bag ban. 

Stan Meiburg, EPN member and former EPA Deputy Regional Administrator in Region 4 and Region 6 and Acting Deputy Administrator, was quoted in this article on EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s public calendar.

Linda Birnbaum, EPN member and former EPA federal scientist, was quoted in an article by this article concerning the toxicity of the Cape Fear River in North Carolina.

Judith Enck, EPN member and former Regional Administrator for EPA Region 2, was quoted in this article on the decline of criminal prosecutions for pollution under the current administration. Judith was quoted in a similar article by EcoWatch.

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 concerning the role racism has played in fomenting higher cancer and COVID-19 mortality rates in Reserve, Louisiana. 

Linda Birnbaum, EPN member and former EPA federal scientist, was interviewed on this radio program about PFAS chemicals. 

EPN members David Coursen (former lawyer in EPA’s Office of General Counsel), Michael Cox (former Regional Manager for Drinking Water Lead and Copper Rule, Drinking Water Disinfection Byproducts Rule, and Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative), and Dennis McLerran (former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 10), were quoted in this article on the Superfund program under the current administration.

Joe Goffman, EPN member and former Associate Assistant Administrator for Climate and Senior Counsel, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, was quoted in this article regarding an upcoming hearing in the U.S. Court of Appeals, which could curtail EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. Joe was quoted in a similar article by E&E News.

Judith Enck, EPN member and former Regional Administrator for EPA Region 2, was quoted in this article regarding federal legislation to curb plastic pollution. Judith was quoted in a similar article by Inside EPA.

Linda Birnbaum, EPN member and former EPA federal scientist, was quoted in this article regarding everyday chemicals that people are exposed to.

Linda Birnbaum, EPN member and former EPA federal scientist, penned this op-ed on concerning evidence that suggests fluoride may be hampering brain development in children.

David Janik, EPN member and former Supervisory Enforcement Attorney, EPA Region 8, was quoted in an Inside EPA article on EPA shifting Superfund site oversight to the USDA.

 Judith Enck, EPN member and former Regional Administrator for EPA Region 2, was quoted in this article on a potential plastic bag ban for the state of New Jersey. 

Janet McCabe, EPN member and former Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, was quoted in this article about an October panel she participated in on climate change, air and water pollution, energy policy, and the role of government in protecting the environment.

John Bachmann, EPN member and former Associate Director for Science and Policy and New Programs, EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, was quoted in this article concerning the treatment of science under the current administration.

Janet McCabe, EPN member and former Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, published an op-ed in IndyStar on the potential economic benefits of climate change refugees settling in Indiana.

Betsy Southerland, EPN member and former Director of the Office of Science and Technology in EPA’s Office of Water, was quoted and EPN was mentioned in this article regarding the current administration’s proposed rollbacks to the Lead and Copper Rule.

EPN member Cliff Villa, former EPA attorney, wrote this article describing how the scope of environmental justice in the EPA has changed over time and suggesting a new definition of environmental justice to ensure proper protection of people most at risk and in need.

Dennis McLerran, EPN member and former Regional Administrator, EPA Region 10, was quoted in this article on the proposed Pebble Mine and the potential consequences it can have on the Briston Bay salmon fishery.

EPN members Mustafa Santiago Ali, former Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization and Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, and Betsy Southerland, EPN member and former Director of the Office of Science and Technology in EPA’s Office of Water, were profiled in this article about former government officials who have left during the current administration.

David Coursen, EPN member and former lawyer in EPA’s Office of General Counsel, published this op-ed on the current administration’s environmental record and the consequences of its proposed “censored science” rule.

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 PFAS chemicals and the regulatory process to designate them as hazardous substances.

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 article on the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) instructions to federal agencies to end race-related training.