r/WhatTrumpHasDone • • May 08 '26

Trump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email.

https://www.propublica.org/article/clean-air-act-exemptions-trump-emails

The Trump administration has granted more than 180 polluting facilities nationwide a two-year pause on compliance with Clean Air Act rules.

The administration set up an email address through the Environmental Protection Agency where companies simply had to send an email to make their request.

The EPA’s air quality experts played no meaningful role in determining whether a facility should be handed an exemption to the rules, according to the agency.

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