Experts Urge Biden DOJ To Take Major Role In Advancing Climate Justice

The incoming Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) can play a major role in advancing the president-elect’s climate agenda, including by revoking Trump-era policies barring supplemental environmental projects (SEPs) and a ban on settlement payments to third parties, as well as by focusing traditional work though a climate justice lens. The recommendations come from Kate Konschnik, director of climate and energy at Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, and Brenda Mallory, the regulatory policy director at the Southern...