Trump Rolls Back Clean Air Protections, Allowing Copper Smelters to Spew Toxic Pollution
November 01, 2025
November 01, 2025
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release:
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Trump Rolls Back Clean Air Protections, Allowing Copper Smelters to Spew Toxic Pollution
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In a Friday rollback of standards intended to protect clean air across the country, the Trump administration granted copper smelters a two-year exemption from complying with a pollution rule adopted under the Biden administration on October 24th. The rule w . . .
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Trump Rolls Back Clean Air Protections, Allowing Copper Smelters to Spew Toxic Pollution
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In a Friday rollback of standards intended to protect clean air across the country, the Trump administration granted copper smelters a two-year exemption from complying with a pollution rule adopted under the Biden administration on October 24th. The rule w . . .