Environmentalists' Report Finds Ongoing Drop In Trump EPA Enforcement

Environmentalists in a new report say the number of EPA civil enforcement cases and penalties paid by polluters to resolve them have dropped by half during the first year of the Trump administration compared to an average of data from the previous three presidential administrations, a trend that could be exacerbated by proposed budget cuts. The Environmental Integrity Project's (EIP) report released Feb. 15 confirms the ongoing drop in Trump EPA enforcement that the group identified in a prior preliminary...