EPA Bars Staff From ELI Events, Citing GOP’s Scrutiny Of Climate Training

September 26, 2025
EPA is formally barring its staff from participating in Environmental Law Institute (ELI) events, citing recent scrutiny of the long-time organization by Capitol Hill Republicans concerned about its climate training for judges. EPA Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi laid out the agency’s reasoning in a Sept. 24 memo, first reported by The Daily Caller that GOP oversight of the group has raised enough concern to justify barring agency employees from participating in any “conference, program or event” organized by ELI...


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