|
|
Article: Polluters Pay Less under Bush Administration, Records Show.
- Article from:
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- November 5, 2002
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
By Seth Borenstein, Knight Ridder Washington Bureau Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Nov. 5--WASHINGTON -- Polluters have paid 64 percent less in fines for breaking federal environmental rules under the Bush administration than they did in the final two years of the Clinton administration, according to federal records analyzed by Knight Ridder.
The Bush administration is forcing fewer polluters to pay fines, and the penalties are much smaller than they were under Clinton, according to records obtained by a former top environmental-enforcement official under President Bush.
"There's a tremendous problem with environmental policy in ...