Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker and his staff have altered how they defend legal challenges to state environmental permits, according to private attorneys, focusing on small procedural issues instead of debating the merits of the cases.
The eventual result, these attorneys say, could be to discourage members of the public and grassroots organizations from filing court challenges to the state agency that’s responsible for permitting everything from new landfills to residential development in sensitive coastal areas.
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