{"id":66272,"date":"2026-02-13T09:56:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/enforcement-of-laws-against-polluters-nearly-non-existent-in-us-analysis-finds\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T09:56:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:56:47","slug":"enforcement-of-laws-against-polluters-nearly-non-existent-in-us-analysis-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/enforcement-of-laws-against-polluters-nearly-non-existent-in-us-analysis-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Enforcement of laws against polluters nearly non-existent in US, analysis finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EPA\u2019s records show one environmental consent decree filed in last year \u2013 26 were filed in year one of first Trump term<\/p>\n<p>Enforcement of environmental laws against major polluters has virtually ground to a halt under the Trump administration, <a href=\"https:\/\/peer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PEER-Enforcement-Report-Narrative-FINAL.pdf\">a new analysis of Environmental Protection Agency records<\/a> from January 2025 to January 2026 shows.<\/p>\n<p>Major polluters typically include companies that are among the largest in the oil, gas, coal and chemical industries.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/feb\/13\/environmental-laws-enforcement-polluters\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EPA\u2019s records show one environmental consent decree filed in last year \u2013 26 were filed in year one of first Trump term Enforcement of environmental laws against major polluters has virtually ground to a halt under the Trump administration, a new analysis of Environmental Protection Agency records from January 2025 to January 2026 shows. Major &#8230; <a title=\"Enforcement of laws against polluters nearly non-existent in US, analysis finds\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/enforcement-of-laws-against-polluters-nearly-non-existent-in-us-analysis-finds\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Enforcement of laws against polluters nearly non-existent in US, analysis finds\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66272\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}