The Trump administration is distancing EPA from a legal education institution amid mounting scrutiny from Republican lawmakers and state attorneys general.
EPA Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi said in a memo sent Wednesday that agency employees should no longer engage with the Environmental Law Institute, a more than 50-year-old nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that holds policy forums and training seminars.
The group has faced criticism from GOP officials over providing climate science courses for judges.
“It is no longer in the Agency’s interest for employees to participate in their official capacity in any conference, program or other event organized by the Environmental Law Institute, including but not limited to ELI’s Climate Judiciary Project,” Fotouhi said in the memo, which was obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News.
