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The new year brings a new legal challenge to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, asking it to reconsider its decision to dredge year-round on the Georgia coast. The group One Hundred Miles said year-round hopper dredging impedes the recovery of loggerhead sea turtles as well as other species. .
The Environmental Protection Agency s enforcement of federal pollution rules has plummeted. In 2022, the agency referred 88 cases to the Justice Department for civil prosecutions, the second-lowest number in more than two decades, according to an analysis by the Environmental Integrity Project. The EPA has said it s doing the best it can, amid chronic understaffing and funding cuts. .