Trump Halts Clean Air Laws For Most of the Country

Trump Halts Clean Air Laws For Most of the Country

President Donald Trump signedfourseparateproclamations granting blanket exemptions to over 100 facilities, including chemical plants, coal-fired power plants, commercial sterilizers, and taconite mills, allowing them to ignore clean air standards and release more toxic air pollution in most of the country, or over at least 30 states and U.S. territories. The orders Trump signed Thursday evening are unprecedented and let facilities put off using …

Trump exempts more than 100 polluters from environmental standards

Read the full story at The Hill. The Trump administration is exempting dozens of chemical manufacturers, oil refineries, coal plants, medical device sterilizers and other polluters from Clean Air Act rules. On Thursday, the White House announced it would exempt more than 100 plants from pollution limits established by the Biden administration. The limits are aimed at reducing … Continue reading Trump exempts more than 100 polluters from environm…