Industrial plants are seeking exemptions from Clean Air Act regulations. An effort by these plants to avoid certain provisions of the law has been uncovered. The exemptions were offered by President Donald Trump's administration in March 2025.

The offer allowed coal-fired power plants and chemical manufacturing facilities to be exempted from key provisions of the Clean Air Act. To receive an exemption, the plants simply had to ask, with an email sufficient for the request.

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