Environmentalists Seek To Continue Some EPA Suits As Shutdown Drags On

Environmentalists are pushing back against EPA's efforts to stay all regulatory challenges and other litigation where the agency is a party until the government shutdown ends, arguing officials including Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys have authority to keep working on any case where a judge orders proceedings to continue. “Despite the lapse in appropriations . . . DOJ has stated in its contingency plan that if a court denies a request for a postponement until funding is available, 'the Government...