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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Oliver Milman and Dharna Noor

Fossil fuel companies get direct email line to Trump for exemption requests

aerial view of smog over a city
Smog over Los Angeles in 2019. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

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.

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