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nytimes.com5 Takeaways From Our Investigation of Trump’s Waivers for PollutersChemical plants and other industrial facilities had been required to curb their toxic emissions. A New York Times investigation shows how they got out of it.

“As soon as Mr. Trump returned to office… industry players saw an opportunity to change their fortunes…Never before had a president let specific polluters off the hook with the stroke of his pen.”

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The Trump administration let executives from polluting industries determine policies meant to prevent that pollution and, in some cases, even appointed lobbyists from those industries to run the federal agencies that oversee them.

ucs.orgDirty Air, Dirty DeedsPresident Trump has given free rein to some of the most polluting industries in the country.

This story echoes our December 2025 report “Dirty Air, Dirty Deeds,” which shows the dangers of the Trump administration’s rush to exempt polluters from the laws they’re supposed to be enforcing.

blog.ucs.orgHow Trump’s Free Pass to Polluters Will Harm AmericansMore than one-third of coal plants and other polluting facilities have been exempted from clear air rules.

Millions of people live close to facilities that emit health-harming pollutants covered by the Clean Air Act. By freely exempting favored companies from the law, the Trump administration is willfully exposing people to more pollution.