• Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email

Environmental Protection Network

  • About Us
    • About EPN
    • Mission & Goals
    • Meet the Team
    • Board of Directors
    • Bipartisan Advisory Council
    • Contact Us
    • Donate
  • Our Work
  • Resetting the Course of EPA
  • In the News
  • EPN Newsletter
    • Subscribe
  • Contact Us
  • Donate
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email

‘The Cost of Plastics is Lives’: House Oversight Hearing Highlights Environmental Justice Burdens of Plastic Production

July 8, 2020 / by

Dana Drugmand /

DeSmogBlog

Judith Enck, EPN member and former EPA Regional Administrator for Region 2, was quoted in this article regarding her testimony in front of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Environment regarding the “Effects of Plastic Production and Pollution on Americans’ Health During Coronavirus Crisis.” 

Previous PostAmid Renewed Focus on Equity, Advocates Press Biden to Boost EJ Steps
Next Post60+ Environmental Justice Advocates and Groups Issue Coronavirus Call to Action Demanding End to ‘Sacrifice Zones’

EPN Work by Topic

  • Air
    • Air Programs at Risk Fact Sheets
    • Aircraft GHG Standards
    • CASAC/SAB
    • Clean Air Fact Sheet
    • Clean Power Plan
    • Community Right-to-Know
    • Glider Rules
    • Mercury
    • Methane Rule
    • NESHAPs
    • State Implementation Plans
    • Stratospheric Ozone
    • Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)
    • Vehicle GHG Standards
  • Budget
    • FY2021 Budget Cuts
    • FY2020 Budget Cuts
    • FY2019 Budget Cuts
    • FY2018 Budget Cuts
    • Budget & Appropriations Analyses
    • Core Programs Fact Sheets
    • Programs at Risk Fact Sheets
  • Chemicals & Pesticides
    • Chemicals & Pesticides Fact Sheet
    • Toxic Substances
  • Economics
    • Cost Benefit Analysis
  • Enforcement
    • Enforcement Fact Sheet
  • Environmental Justice
  • EPA Core Values/Collaboration and Innovation
  • NEPA
  • Regional EPA Offices, Draft Strategic Plan, and Regulatory Reform
  • Resetting the Course of EPA
  • Science
    • CASAC/SAB
    • Censored Science
    • Science Fact Sheet
  • Superfund
    • Superfund Fact Sheet
    • Superfund Task Force
  • Waste
    • Waste Fact Sheet
  • Water
    • Clean Water Fact Sheet
    • Coal Ash
    • CWA: Financial Capablility Assessment
    • CWA: Section 401
    • Drinking Water
    • Mercury
    • Water Programs at Risk Fact Sheets
    • WOTUS
  • Workforce
  • EPN Announcements
  • Op-Eds

EPN Work By Type

  • Resetting the Course of EPA
  • Formal Comments/Letters
  • Testimony
  • Fact Sheets & White Papers
  • Budget & Appropriations Analyses
  • Budget & Appropriations Fact Sheets
    • Core Programs
    • Programs at Risk

About

  • About EPN
  • Mission & Goals
  • Meet the Team
  • Board of Directors
  • Privacy Policy

EPN’s Work

  • Our Work by Topic
  • Our Recent Work
  • EPN In the News
  • EPN Newsletter
  • Subscribe to EPN’s Newsletter

Take Action

  • Join EPN
  • Donate
  • Get Involved

Contact Us

  • Volunteer
  • General

Mailing Address

Environmental Protection Network
P.O. Box 42022
Washington, DC 20015

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • © 2021 Environmental Protection Network.
Top