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EPA sets up portal to request Clean Air Act exemptions |
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set up a portal allowing polluters to request exemptions to nine Clean Air Act rules. |
The Clean Air Act allows the president to exempt polluters from complying with regulations if he determines that the rules are based on technology that does not yet exist. The EPA posted online this week that it had set up an email address allowing companies to more easily request such presidential exemptions. The news comes after the EPA recently announced that it planned to roll back a large suite of Biden-era rules, including limits on mercury pollution from power plants and limits on emissions of cancer-causing ethylene oxide. Presidential exemptions could be a way to curtail rules like these while the regulatory process plays out to formally overturn them. The EPA's notice said that requesting an exemption does not necessarily mean a company will get one and that President Trump will make a decision "on the merits." The New York Times first reported on the EPA's portal. Asked about the notice, an EPA spokesperson pointed out that the Biden administration had previously said it would consider exempting facilities from the ethylene oxide rule to prevent disruptions to supply chains for medical devices. The nine rules in question set limits on pollution from industries including sterilizers, iron and steel manufacturing, copper smelting, chemical manufacturing and coal plants. Read more at TheHill.com. |
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A new AccuWeather forecast predicts the U.S. could be bracing for a 2025 Atlantic hurricane season on par with last year's, which brought six named storms directly to U.S. soil. |
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Dozens of House Democrats pushed back on planned Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cuts in a Thursday letter to the agency. |
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A band of more than 100 House Democrats are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to halt its plans to shutter offices that help ensure low income and minority communities are not disproportionately saddled with pollution. |
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Branch out with a different read from The Hill: |
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New Mexico is poised to become the third state to institute a full-fledged ban on products that contain toxic "forever chemicals," as two key bills head to the governor's desk. |
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News we've flagged from other outlets touching on energy issues, the environment and other topics: |
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Arctic sea ice hits lowest peak in satellite record, says US agency (AFP) BLM rushes review of Oregon lithium project following Trump's executive order (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Musk Targeted FEMA. Storm-Battered Communities Are Paying a Price. (The New York Times)
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Two key stories on The Hill right now: |
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is under close scrutiny as Republican lawmakers criticize his handling of sensitive military information in a group chat with other administration officials that inadvertently included a journalist. Read more |
| President Trump's decision to yank Rep. Elise Stefanik's (R-N.Y.) nomination to be ambassador to the United Nations is prompting a plethora of questions about the New York Republican’s future on Capitol Hill. Read more |
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