The Environmental Protection Agency enforces the country's environmental laws. But a new report shows the Trump EPA has initiated a record low number of actions against polluters, compared to past administrations. That's according to the watchdog group Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), which says the numbers were lower in 2025, even compared to Trump's first term in office. By examining court records, the group found that only 16 legal actions were taken against alleged polluters on the EPA's behalf by the Department of Justice. That's 87% lower than Obama's first year of his second term and 76% lower than Biden's first year. And that's 81% lower than even the first year of Trump's first term in 2017. Part of the problem is that the EPA relies on the U.S. Department of Justice to file lawsuits, and there have been fewer government attorneys available to do so.