The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a sweeping suspension of its enforcement of environmental laws Thursday, telling companies they would not need to meet environmental standards during the coronavirus outbreak.
The temporary policy, for which the EPA has set no end date, would allow any number of industries to skirt environmental laws, with the agency saying it will not “seek penalties for noncompliance with routine monitoring and reporting obligations.”
Cynthia Giles, who headed the EPA’s Office of Enforcement during the Obama administration, called it a moratorium on enforcing the nation's environmental laws and an abdication of the agency's duty. The EPA has been under pressure from a number of industries,
including the oil industry, to suspend enforcement of a number of environmental regulations due to the pandemic. Other industries had also asked to ignite the “force majeure” clauses of
any legal settlements they had signed with the EPA, allowing for an
extension on deadlines to meet various environmental goals in the face
of unforeseen circumstances...
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Most positive thing yet to come out of this mass panic and hysteria propaganda
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