"Fossil Fuel Companies Get Direct Email Line To Trump For Exemption Requests"

"EPA sets up email address where ‘regulated community’ can request exemption to evade air pollution rules"

"Donald Trump’s administration has offered fossil fuel companies an extraordinary opportunity to evade air pollution rules by simply emailing the US president to ask him to exempt them.

Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set up a new email address where what it calls the “regulated community” can request a presidential exemption from their requirements under the Clean Air Act, which is used to regulate dangerous toxins emitted from polluting sources.

Operators of power plants that burn coal or oil, linked to tens of thousands of deaths each year in the US via the mercury, arsenic and other carcinogens emitted through their air pollution, have until Monday to ask Trump to allow them to bypass clean air laws.

“The president will make a decision on the merits” of each request, which can be for up to two years and be renewed, according to the EPA website. Helpfully, the EPA’s site provides a template for these requests, including pointers as to how to successfully ask for an exemption."

Oliver Milman and Dharna Noor report for the Guardian March 27, 2025.

SEE ALSO:

"Trump Administration Sets Up Portal For Polluters To Request Exemptions To Clean Air Rules" (The Hill)

"E.P.A. Offers a Way to Avoid Clean-Air Rules: Send an Email" (New York Times)