Federal penalties against polluters at lowest level in a decade under Trump
by Oliver Milman in New York from Environment | The Guardian on (#3FGQ7)
Figures released by the EPA show that 115 crime cases were opened in 2017, down from a peak of nearly 400 in 2009
The Environmental Protection Agency's enforcement activity against polluters has fallen to its lowest level in a decade, with the first year of the Trump administration seeing a sharp drop in fines for companies that break environmental rules.
Figures released by the EPA show that 115 environmental crime cases were opened in the 2017 financial year, down from a peak of nearly 400 in the 2009 financial year, which was largely under the Obama administration.
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