"Polluter Fines Drop 60 Percent Under Trump"

"The Trump administration has collected 60 percent less from civil penalties for environmental wrongdoing than the administrations of presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton did on average in their first six months in office.

That’s according to an analysis by the Environmental Integrity Project, a nonprofit group founded 15 years ago by former enforcement attorneys at the Environmental Protection Agency.

The administration has lodged 26 cases for violations of the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and other environmental laws (not including Superfund sites) and it collected $12 million in penalties from companies, the group said.  Clinton, Bush and Obama respectively lodged 45, 31, and 34 cases and collected $25 million, $30 million and $36 million in penalties."

Steven Mufson reports for the Washington Post August 10, 2017.

SEE ALSO:

"Study: Fines For Illegal Pollution Plummet Under Trump" (AP)

"Trump EPA Lags Behind In Environmental Enforcement: Report" (Reuters)