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DOJ nixes major environmental enforcement tactic
The Justice Department today fully eliminated a major legal tool that allowed polluters to complete EPA-approved environmental projects in exchange for smaller civil penalties.
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Pamela King, E&E News reporter
The Justice Department today fully eliminated a major legal tool that allowed polluters to complete EPA-approved environmental projects in exchange for smaller civil penalties.
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As the coronavirus spreads, there are growing concerns that some energy associations could close their doors because of the economic downturn.
By Heather Richards and Timothy Cama in Energywire
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler wants the agency's inspector general to scrap a report that faults a lack of outreach to communities possibly exposed to a cancer-causing chemical.
By Sean Reilly in Greenwire