The Revelator - Emily Rogers

Emily Rogers

is PIRG’s Zero Out Toxics advocate. She works to protect our health and the environment from toxic chemicals, overseeing PIRG’s programs to “Make Polluters Pay” to clean up toxic Superfund sites, protect public health from toxic chemicals in consumer products, and reduce the use of pesticides and other toxic public health threats.

https://uspirg.org/staff/usp/emily-rogers

Op-Eds

Polluters: Pick Up the Pace Cleaning Up Your Toxic Waste

The Biden administration’s new “polluter pays” tax offers a welcome boost for Superfund cleanup efforts, but it leaves out one key industry.

July 22, 2022

Emily Rogers

The Biden administration’s new “polluter pays” tax offers a welcome boost for Superfund cleanup efforts, but it leaves out one key industry.