Sean writes about air quality policy and regulations. His work has been honored by the National Press Club and Washington Press Club Foundation, among others; he also contributed a chapter to "Turning Carolina Red," an eBook published by E&E in 2014. He previously reported for the Federal Times and newspapers in Alabama. He has a bachelor's degree in political science from Carleton College and a master's degree in the same subject from Duke University.
EPA, acting on concerns raised by a Wisconsin maker of bath and kitchen fixtures, is broaching another round of changes to its 2015 air toxics standards for clay ceramics manufacturers.
The Trump administration is proposing to stick with an emissions trading program to cut haze-forming pollution from coal-fired power plants in Texas, under a draft rule signed today by EPA Region 6 Administrator Anne Idsal in accordance with a previously set deadline.
Nine Senate Democrats are framing an EPA plan to restrict the types of studies that can be used in crafting new regulations as part of a broader pattern of "regulatory capture" by industries the agency is charged with overseeing.
Smoke plumes from California's historic wildfires have wafted cross-continent to New York and other points on the Eastern Seaboard, a researcher at the State University of New York at Albany said today.
A broad-based coalition of almost 80 advocacy organizations is asking acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to withdraw a proposed rule that could significantly restrict the types of scientific studies the agency uses in crafting new regulations.