The American Prospect
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Julian Zelizer : Kamala Harris said in an interview last time she ran for president she wants to hold companies accountable.
He says she has an extensive record of prosecuting environmental harms to undergird her familiarity with this approach.
Biden administration has not overseen any sort of renaissance in environmental enforcement, Zelizer says.
Julian Zelizer : If Kamala Harris becomes president, her choice of leadership for the Justice Department will be a key signal about how seriously she takes climate change seriously.
He says the pursuit of polluter accountability could be one of the most substantive areas of departure for a Harris presidency.
Zelizer says a pioneering Justice Department would take the big-ticket cases of Harris’s AG tenure as a high floor to surpass.
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