The Environmental Protection Agency is letting an increasing number of polluters get away with breaking the law while exposing people nationwide to health risks — including two "major violations" in Minnesota — a nonpartisan report released Tuesday found.
The nonprofit Environmental Integrity Project's report analyzed 20 years of EPA data and court records. It found the agency charged a historically low number of polluters in crimes in the 2018 fiscal year and, as a result, violators paid less in fines for cleanup.
President Trump's priorities and the EPA's declining funding were cited as the main factors behind the slipping environmental law enforcement, according to the EIP report.
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