John
Rumpler
Clean Water Director and Senior Attorney, Environment America Research & Policy Center
On staff: 1988-1993; 2003-present
B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and Philosophy Prize at Tufts University; J.D. Northeastern University School of Law
John directs Environment America’s efforts to protect our rivers, lakes, streams and drinking water. John’s areas of expertise include lead and other toxic threats to drinking water, factory farms and agribusiness pollution, algal blooms, fracking and the federal Clean Water Act. He previously worked as a staff attorney for Alternatives for Community & Environment and Tobacco Control Resource Center. John lives in Brookline, Mass., with his family, where he enjoys cooking, running, playing tennis, chess and building sandcastles on the beach.
Posts by John Rumpler
Rhode Island senate approves 10-year deadline to replace lead pipes
What does the Supreme Court’s decision in Sackett mean for Missouri rivers?
Under the Supreme Court's recent decision in Sackett v. EPA, more than half of the nation's wetlands are no longer protected by the Clean Water Act. That's bad news for Missouri's rivers.