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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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Two years ago, Sealaska Corp. gave the Trump administration a prescription for managing the region's millions of acres of forest. Open more areas to logging, the Alaska Native corporation urged, including places never harvested for timber.
By Marc Heller in Greenwire
The Biden administration yesterday floated the idea of taxing carbon-intensive imports as part of this year's Trade Policy Agenda, touching on an idea that has gained traction in Europe.
By Jean Chemnick in Greenwire