A recent proclamation from President Donald Trump will allow 12 chemical manufacturers in Louisiana, to ignore new federal rules meant to contain harmful emissions.

"This is a five-alarm fire." According to The New York Times, the Trump administration has drafted a proposal to rescind the EPA's 2009 "endangerment finding," a scientific determination that greenhouse gas emissions pose a risk to human health and well-being.

A release from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) said the facilities will be exempt from changes to the EPA’s Hazardous Organic National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (HON NESHAP). According to the EPA, these air pollutants can cause cancer.

Companies say the two-year exemption will give them time to comply. Environmental groups suspect it is an interim step before doing away with the rule entirely.

President Donald Trump issued a proclamation exempting certain chemical manufacturing facilities from upcoming changes to the EPA's Hazardous Organic National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants.

State officials are worried about the shifting national priorities, which includes a 10% staffing cut to The U.S. Forest Service, which is the largest federal firefighting entity that frequently works with The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to manage forests and combat blazes, according to The LA Times .

In the past six months since taking office, President Donald Trump's administration has taken aim at dissolving a dizzying array of programs, laws, and

The Senate Appropriations Committee released its fiscal 2026 Interior-Environment and Transportation bills Thursday.

The proposed rule changes would repeal all greenhouse gas emission standards for the power sector under the Clean Air Act, as well as repeal 2024 amendments to the MATS that some believe led to the retirement of some coal-powered plants across the nation.

The megabill President Trump signed into law this month is expected to make a major dent in the U.S.’s climate progress, adding significantly more planet-warming emissions to the atmosphere.