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Whitehouse Probes Corrupt Toxic Chemical Exemptions Won by Coal Polluters
May 16, 2026
WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on May 15, 2026:

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Whitehouse Probes Corrupt Toxic Chemical Exemptions Won by Coal Polluters

Ranking Member Whitehouse seeks answers from coal power plant operators who sought and received unprecedented Clean Air Act exemptions via email from Trump under never-before-used provision meant to . . .

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