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Under Trump, EPA’s Enforcement of Environmental Laws Collapses, Report Finds

Inside Climate News · By Kiley Price, Marianne Lavelle · last updated
Analysis of federal data by a nonprofit watchdog group found that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has drastically pulled back on holding polluters accountable.

By Kiley Price, Marianne Lavelle

Enforcement against polluters in the United States plunged in the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, a far bigger drop than in the same period of his first term, according to a new report from a watchdog group.