Trump Administration Grants Two-Year Clean Air Act Exemptions to Industrial Polluters Across 38 States Via Email Requests
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Mark Olalde
Summary
In March 2025, the Trump administration offered coal-fired power plants, chemical manufacturers, and other industrial facilities a two-year exemption from key Clean Air Act provisions — requiring only an email request. Within weeks, major industries across 38 states and Puerto Rico flooded an inbox set up to process these exemptions, marking an unprecedented rollback of federal air quality regulations. The Clean Air Act is estimated to have prevented thousands of premature deaths, making this deregulation highly controversial.
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bskyTrump Administration Grants Two-Year Clean Air Act Exemptions to Industrial Polluters Across 38 States Via Email Requestspropublica.orgKey quotes
· 3 pulledIn March 2025, President Donald Trump's administration made a tantalizing offer to coal-fired power plants, chemical manufacturing facilities and other factories: Their operations could be exempted from key provisions under the Clean Air Act.
No rigorous application was needed. An email, which they had until the end of the month to send, would suffice.
Within two weeks, executives across major industries began flooding an inbox set up to receive and funnel requests
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