21 July 2021 Winston & Strawn LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The federal government may soon have many more DOJ lawyers doing civil and criminal environmental enforcement. On July 14, 2021, the House Appropriations Committee made clear that greater enforcement of federal environmental law is a priority of both the Executive Branch and Congress. Both agree there should be significantly more money for the Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD). More money means more lawyers. And more lawyers mean more civil and criminal environmental enforcement investigations and cases. The increase in federal funding for ENRD and environmental