John
Rumpler
Clean Water Director and Senior Attorney, Environment America
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
Toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ threaten both humans and wildlife. It’s time to stop using them.
How our use of PFAS chemicals in manufacturing is putting our natural world in jeopardy.
New report documents billions of gallons of sewer overflows in Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers
Unless regional planners devise and implement stronger protections, 2.7 billion gallons of sewage overflows are projected to plague Allegheny County’s rivers and streams by 2036, according to a new report, Clean Water for the Three Rivers.
Protecting clean air from polluters
All too often, companies pollute our air in violation of the law. We take these polluters to court to protect the air we breathe.