Justice Seeks More Money to Defend Trump Environmental Policies

Feb. 11, 2020, 3:48 PM UTC

The Justice Department is asking Congress for an infusion of cash to help defend the Trump administration’s environmental agenda.

The fiscal 2021 budget request seeks $796,000 for the department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division to support its defense of the Trump administration’s pollution control and “regulatory reform” agenda.

“Virtually every significant agency action implementing this agenda has been or will be challenged,” the division said in its Monday request.

“This increased workload,” it added, “is no longer sustainable and additional resources are necessary for ENRD to continue to be able to allow the best possible defense of the ...

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