Skip to main content
Environmental%20Law%20getty%20images-imresizer.jpg

Law’s Miranda Leppla highlights power of citizen environmental suits

MEDIA | September 28, 2025
STORY BY: EDITORIAL STAFF

The citizen suit that led to Campbell's admitting over 5,000 Clean Water Act Violations

Spectrum News: Miranda Leppla, director of the Environmental Law Clinic, stressed the importance of citizen lawsuits in enforcing the Clean Water Act after Campbell’s admitted over 5,000 violations. Such suits, she explained, ensure accountability when the EPA can’t monitor every case and help guarantee lasting environmental protections.

EXPLORE MORE:
SCHOOL OF LAW, MEDIA