IPI finds EPA COVID enforcement policy troubling but not sweeping

The Institute for Policy Integrity (IPI) at New York University in a new analysis finds EPA’s controversial enforcement policy during the COVID-19 pandemic is potentially troubling for public health and the environment but that it “has important limitations in both scope and subject matter and maintains some level of EPA enforcement.” The May 21 report warns of harms especially to environmental justice (EJ) communities and from certain types of pollution releases but it strikes a more balanced tone compared to...