Trump exempted some of the nation’s biggest polluters from air quality rules. All it took was an email.
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May 9, 2026, 6:00 pm109 ptsBy Mark Olalde for ProPublica In 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, the bedrock environmental…
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