From January 2025 to January 2026, the EPA filed just one major Clean Air Act consent decree, a legal tool that forces companies to fix violations and pay penalties. That’s down from 26 cases during President Donald Trump’s first term and 22 during President Joe Biden’s first year, according to the Guardian.
The findings come from an analysis by the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which reviewed EPA enforcement data for major cases involving large corporate polluters.
