Giles Says ‘NextGen’ Compliance Method For EPA Rules Will Boost Results

May 4, 2021
Former Obama EPA enforcement chief Cynthia Giles is urging environmental regulators to design policies that are structured to achieve compliance by default rather than having to ensure compliance through enforcement, saying a “Next Generation” (NextGen) approach to rules will bolster their expected results. “Widespread, serious violations are the norm for most environmental rules,” writes Giles, now a guest fellow with the Harvard Environmental and Energy Law Program, in a paper published in the May/June issue of The Environmental Forum...


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