Donald Trump’s environmental rollback: regulator provides regulatory relief to coal -powered plants; Biden reverses the rules of the era for ‘national security’

US President Donald Trump plans to reverse the environmental regulations introduced during the Biden administration, declare two -year regulatory relief for coal -powered power plants, chemical manufacturers and other industrial pollutants.The decision prepared as a national security measure came out on Thursday through a series of proclamation of the presidential announcement issued late on Thursday.The discount is applied to a wide range of features, including tachonite iron ore processors, which are important for steel production, and chemical manufacturers involved in creating semiconductors and sterilizing medical devices. These industries will now be allowed to follow the old environmental protection agency (EPA) standards that were effective before the Biden-era rules, the White House confirmed.Trump criticized the rules imposed under the President Joe Biden, which were prohibitedly expensive and in some cases, it is impossible to meet. The White House Fact Sheet claimed that the discount “may continue uninterrupted operations to important industries to support national security without adequate costs.”During his previous term, Trump’s EPA had already exempted several coal -powered plants citing similar reasons. The agency gave polluting industries an opportunity to apply for relief from the rules with the aim of limiting the emissions of dangerous chemicals such as mercury, arsenic and benzene. To streamline the process, EPA introduced a dedicated email system, which companies can use to obtain the President’s exemption under the Clean Air Act.Environmental groups have strongly condemned the move, branding the new EPA contact point “pollutant portal”, which can enable widespread defense from environmental laws. Advocates warned of toxins, especially the dangers associated with contact with mercury, causing brain damage in children and birth defects in unborn children.Hundreds of chemical and petrochemical firms representing industry associations quickly gathered to request blanket exemption from federal pollution control. Under the Clean Air Act, the President has the right to give such temporary exemption if necessary technologies are not widely available and the discount serves national security interests.Back in April, EPA gave a two -year return to 70 coal -powered plants to target poisonous emissions from the federal mandate for two years. According to a list published on the agency’s website, 47 power providers operating at least 66 coal plants have already been exempted from biden-era rules.In a widespread push, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced an ambitious plan in March to revoke dozens of major environmental rules covering wind, water and climate security. Zeldin saw the move as “the most resulting day of delegulation in American history”.However, the news agency AP warned of possible results. Since the targeted rules could stop the estimated 30,000 deaths and save $ 275 billion annually.“Today’s action provides very essential regulatory relief for the power sector and help … reveals American energy,” Zeldin said.