To Reverse EPA Enforcement Drop, Attorneys Offer Legal, Policy Fixes

Environmental and industry attorneys are offering legal and policy fixes to reverse what they say is a drop in EPA enforcement under the Trump administration, including more funding for compliance targeted at environmental justice communities and calls for Congress to restrict policy “swinging” between administrations. During an Oct. 8 American Bar Association (ABA) panel on “Enforcement in the Midst of Federal Deregulation,” speakers also suggested that while they are offering various ideas for how the federal government could boost enforcement...