What happens when the EPA stops protecting the environment?

About this episode

Ken Cook discusses the environmental impacts of the EPA's deregulatory actions with expert Joe Goffman.

Just one year into the Trump administration, the onslaught of attacks on the environment and public health is staggering. The Environmental Protection Agency is leading the deregulatory charge with policy actions that will lead to more pollution. To help understand the full scope of the damage, Ken in this episode speaks to environmental law expert Joe Goffman. He served as assistant administrator for the EPA's Office of Air and Radiation during the Biden administration. Goffman also played a key role in writing the landmark 1990 Clean Air Act amendments that strengthened U.S. air quality law. With his work on virtually every major air quality law and rule over the past 35 years, Goffman is uniquely qualified to unravel the full extent of damage that the EPA is doing to our air, water, and health.

People in this episode

Host: Ken Cook

Guest: Joe Goffman

Topics covered

• environmental policy
• EPA
• public health
• air quality
• deregulation

Keywords

• EPA
• environment
• pollution
• public health
• air quality
• deregulation
• Clean Air Act

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Environmental Protection Agency, Biden administration

Books & works: 1990 Clean Air Act amendments

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