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President Trump and EPA Administrator Zeldin say they care about clean air, water, and food — but their actions tell a different story.

Groups challenge unlawful order that let 68 power plants avoid mercury and arsenic limits

Sixty-eight coal plants can now release more mercury, arsenic, and other heavy metals known to damage children’s brain development, trigger asthma attacks, and cause cancer.

Community and environmental groups represented by Earthjustice sued the Trump administration over its unlawful decision to exempt dozens of coal-fired power plants from stronger pollution limits set in the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, or MATS. The exemptions, issued in April, allow 68 coal power plants to release more mercury, arsenic, and other heavy metals known to damage children’s brain development, trigger asthma attacks, and cause cancer.

Using a loophole, the Trump administration exempted coal power plants from mercury and arsenic limits, polluting the air we breathe.

EPA seeks to end limits on mercury and arsenic and climate pollution, increasing harm to communities and reversing progress on climate action

Attacks on clean air don’t just threaten the environment — they harm our health.

Leasing more of our public lands to coal companies and padding their bottom lines will do nothing to promote energy security or reduce costs for everyday Americans.

New moves by the Trump administration and its congressional allies threaten to increase air pollution and harm public health.

House joins Senate in CRA dismantling key Clean Air Act safeguard, harming millions

As EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin prepares to appear before Congress, his public claims unravel under the weight of the facts.

Decisions pending on other state requests

Trump is handing out pollution waivers, leaving millions breathing more toxic air

Montana’s Colstrip plant asks Trump administration for clean air standard exemption

Utah sought to dismiss lawsuit over its failure to protect the Great Salt Lake

Jim Pew, Director of Federal Clean Air Practice, Earthjustice: “It’s hard to imagine how these exemptions could be lawful.”

Congress introduced a CRA that could permanently remove protections safeguarding communities from some of the most toxic air pollution

The new rule will require companies to be more transparent about emission releases, fenceline monitoring, and set new limits for dangerous, unregulated air toxics