Despite Budget Boost, Scope Of DOJ Equity Enforcement Remains Unclear

Despite President Joe Biden’s proposed $5 million increase in fiscal year 2022 for the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Environment & Natural Resources Division (ENRD) to bolster environmental justice enforcement (EJ) in line with his top priorities, industry sources and environmentalists say it is unclear how ENRD will use the funds. Patrice Sims, a vice president of litigation at Earthjustice and former EPA and DOJ official who also led the Biden EPA transition team, told an April 27 American Bar Association...