EPA
Employee's TV interview 'unfortunate' — spokesperson
EPA this afternoon escalated a spat with the agency's top children's health official, Ruth Etzel, who was placed on leave under mysterious circumstances late last month.
Corbin Hiar
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Corbin covers EPA and public health for E&E News, where he has worked since 2014. His reporting on the danger that oil and gas development poses to national wildlife refuges and the people who live around them won a National Press Club award for analytical reporting. He previously covered environmental policy at SNL Energy and the Center for Public Integrity and has freelanced for The Economist, Mother Jones and many other publications. As an editor, he has worked at The Huffington Post and PBS MediaShift. He has a degree in international relations from Bowdoin College.
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