Trump exempts coal used in steelmaking from Clean Air Act rule

Trump exempts coal used in steelmaking from Clean Air Act rule

President Trump is exempting coal used in steelmaking from Biden-era Clean Air Act regulations for two years.

Trump exempts coal used in steelmaking from Clean Air Act regulation

President Trump is exempting coal used in steelmaking from Biden-era Clean Air Act regulations for two years. Trump on Friday issued a proclamation exempting facilities known as coke ovens from a rule limiting their releases of pollutants, such as mercury, formaldehyde, soot and dioxins. Coke ovens are chambers where coal is heated to produce coke, which is a fuel…

Trump shields U.S. steelmaking coal from Clean Air Act rules

President Donald Trump inked a proclamation that exempts coal-using steel facilities from Biden-era regulatory updates to the Clean Air Act.

Trump’s Baffling Free Pass for Coke Oven Pollution

This post is about an incident that seems strange even for the Trump Administration.  It involves a Biden-era regulation of toxic air pollutions from the coke ovens that produce a material from coal to use in steel production. Trump just postponed the deadline for complying with the regulation for two years. That is not so strange these days. Trump is as free with compliance delays as he is in pardoning criminals, and he especially relishes doin…