New EPA Strategy Directs All EPA Enforcement and Compliance Programs to Help Tackle the Climate Crisis

Summary:

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its Climate Enforcement and Compliance Strategy, directing all enforcement and compliance programs to address climate change in every matter within their jurisdiction. The strategy prioritizes enforcement actions to mitigate climate change, includes climate adaptation and resilience requirements in case conclusions, and provides technical assistance to achieve climate-related solutions. The objective is to hold polluters accountable for unlawful emissions that contribute to climate change and incorporate climate resilience and adaptation requirements in enforcement actions, particularly in overburdened and marginalized communities. The strategy builds on EPA's climate change enforcement initiative and requires enforcement programs to fairly and vigorously enforce EPA's current and future climate rules.