EPA
Press aide moves to State Department
A long-serving Trump EPA political aide today joined the State Department, according to the EPA press shop.
Corbin Hiar
Reporter
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.
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