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Trump eyes looser restrictions, funds for coal

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30.09.2025
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Trump eyes looser restrictions, funds for coal

The Trump administration is eyeing looser restrictions on pollution and public lands as part of its effort to bolster the U.S. coal industry.

© AP Photo/Jon C.Hancock

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to delay by five years Biden-era standards that restrict power plants’ ability to release pollution into waterways.

It also indicated that it could take further steps to potentially weaken the regulation in the meantime, saying in a press release that it is requesting information on challenges related to the Biden-era rule to “inform potential future rulemaking.”

The rule in question would have been expected to reduce pollution including releases of mercury and arsenic and result in fewer cancer cases as a result.

Meanwhile, the Interior Department announced that it planned to open up 13.1 million acres of federal land for coal leasing.

A spokesperson for the department said specifically that it would be

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