"Unlike the last administration, we are focused on achieving swift compliance and not just overzealous enforcement intended to cripple industry based on climate zealotry,"
"EPA has concluded more cases in the first year of the Trump administration than the Biden administration had in its last year."
"erroneous"
The Environmental Integrity Project examined court records and found only 16 legal actions filed on the EPA's behalf by the Department of Justice in 2025. That total is 87% lower than Obama's first year of his second term, 76% lower than Biden's first year, and 81% lower than the first year of Trump's 2017 term. Staffing losses in the Justice Department's environment division contributed to the decline, with at least a third of lawyers leaving in the past year. Administrative penalties fell to $41 million through September, about $8 million less than the comparable period in Biden's first year and $5 million less than the first Trump administration. The agency affirmed commitment to clean air, land, and water, emphasized swift compliance over overzealous enforcement, called the EIP findings erroneous, and said it will publish comparative case-conclusion numbers soon.
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