Corbin covers environmental health and EPA. His reporting for E&E News has been honored by the Society of Environmental Journalists, the National Press Club and the Washington, D.C., chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. A former fellow of the National Press Foundation's Paul Miller program and the University of Rhode Island's Metcalf Institute, he previously reported on the environment at the Center for Public Integrity and what is now known as S&P Global Market Intelligence. His work has also been published by Science magazine, The Economist and many other outlets.
EPA has decided against imposing additional financial requirements on petroleum refiners and coke producers, saying it is unlikely those companies would go bankrupt and pass cleanup liabilities onto taxpayers.
In EPA's current five-year plan, one of the agency's three main goals is to "rebalance the power between Washington and the states to create tangible environmental results for the American people."
In EPA's current five-year plan, one of the agency's three main goals is to "rebalance the power between Washington and the states to create tangible environmental results for the American people."
A pollution-plagued oil refinery that shut down in 2012 is now on the verge of reopening in the U.S. Virgin Islands, thanks to the aid of EPA chief Andrew Wheeler. Some EPA officials believe Wheeler's rubber-stamping campaign for the project could serve as a road map for rushing through other environmentally destructive schemes.
A former Koch Industries Inc. official who's now the top political appointee in EPA's research office has agreed to meet with a House panel — part of an agency effort to respond to congressional subpoenas without going to court.