The Trump administration has exempted 47 companies from regulations to curb mercury and air toxics for their coal-fired power plants for two years, according to a list of facilities published by the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday.
The exemptions list is the latest move by the administration to use executive or emergency orders to immediately shield polluting facilities from compliance with air and water standards tightened by the Biden administration as the EPA undertakes a lengthier process to roll back those rules.
The Biden-era Mercury and Air Toxics Standard is still in force after the Supreme Court in October declined to put the rules on hold after a group of mostly Republican states and industry groups led a legal challenge to suspend it.
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