How Trump’s Free Pass to Polluters will Harm Americans

Photo caption: Sherco Generating Station – Xcel Energy’s Sherburne County (Sherco) Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, near Becker, Minnesota. (c) 2016 Tony Webster. Photo credit: Tony Webster via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. Article by Darya Minovi. The Equation – December 10, 2025. Interactive map: Dirty Air, Dirty Deeds.

Today, the Union of Concerned Scientists released a new report and interactive map, Dirty Air, Dirty Deeds, which shows that more than one-third of coal plants, chemical manufacturers, coke ovens, and other facilities have been largely exempted from multiple clear air rules that were put in place to protect communities from toxic air pollution. These legally dubious exemptions cut the public out of decisions that affect their health and community, and the hundreds of thousands of public comments that informed these regulations. […]

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