Somewhat tamed by the Trump administration, the Environmental Protection Agency has gained a new lease on power under President Biden, according to a new report that says the agency has so much cash coming in that it can’t be properly audited for waste and fraud.
OpenTheBooks.com, a watchdog group, said the EPA is on a spending and hiring spree, fueled by more than $100 billion in new long-term money Mr. Biden and the Democrat-led Congress pumped into the agency over the previous two years.
“President Biden and Congress have placed the agency at the fore of their ‘justice’ agenda and energy transition plans with massive cash infusions and new regulatory mandates,” said Adam Andrzejewski, founder of OpenTheBooks.• The average EPA salary is $124,252, and 77% of the agency’s employees make more than $100,000 a year.• 137 EPA employees are special federal agents, meaning they have arrest powers and are authorized to carry guns.
In terms of policy, the Biden administration has restored the sue-and-settle practice that saw environmental groups sue the EPA, which rather than fight in court entered into negotiations and reached a settlement to give the environmentalists at least some of what they wanted. OpenTheBooks says the practice soared in the Obama years, was curtailed under President Trump, and now has come roaring back under Mr. Biden, whose EPA revoked a Trump-era policy designed to limit sue-and-settle.
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