It is not clear that Regional Administrator Sanborn will have either the staff or the authority protect the communities and resources Congress has entrusted to his care. Photo: Shutterstock
April 1, 2025 (Boston, MA) – President Donald Trump selected former New Hampshire environmental regulator Mark Sanborn to lead the Environmental Protection Agency’s New England office. Sanborn previously served as assistant commissioner in New Hampshire’s Department of Environmental Services. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) released the following statement in response:
“At a time when New Hampshire was being inundated with out-of-state trash, Mark Sanborn worked with waste industry lobbyists to let even more waste in,” said CLF President Brad Campbell, “making him an apt choice for an EPA Administrator and President systematically dismantling EPA’s capacity to protect public health and the environment. Trump’s prior appointees to EPA New England had similar backgrounds but worked constructively with CLF on issues of shared concern; however, it is not clear that Regional Administrator Sanborn will have either the staff or the authority to protect the communities and resources Congress has entrusted to his care.”
CLF experts are available for further comment.
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