Tell Congress: End Trump’s Free Pass for Polluters

A new ProPublica investigation just exposed how far Trump’s free pass for polluters goes — and why Congress must shut it down right now.

More than 180 coal plants, chemical manufacturers, medical sterilizers, petroleum refineries, and other industrial facilities got two-year breaks from Clean Air Act protections after sending requests through an EPA email inbox. EPA air-quality experts reportedly played no meaningful role in deciding who got relief.

Families near these facilities may pay with their lungs, their health, and their lives — while corporate polluters save money. That’s why Congress must act now.

Tell Congress: Investigate Trump’s polluter giveaway and pass the No Passes for Polluters Act of 2026.

The fix is already on the table. The No Passes for Polluters Act of 2026 was introduced in direct response to Trump’s Clean Air Act exemption scheme. It would stop any president from suspending clean-air protections without transparency, scientific review, and congressional approval.

Trump and his cronies keep calling these protections “red tape.” But they are life-or-death safeguards against pollution linked to cancer, asthma, heart disease, neurological harm, and premature death.

Children, seniors, workers, and communities already overburdened by pollution do not get to opt out of poisoned air. But Trump let polluters opt out of following the law.

Now the abuse has been exposed. The fix has been introduced. Congress has no excuse to wait.

Add your name now to demand Congress investigate these exemptions, expose which companies benefited, and close this loophole before more communities are harmed.

The petition to Congress reads:

“Investigate Trump’s Clean Air Act exemptions, expose which polluters benefited, and pass the No Passes for Polluters Act of 2026 to ensure no president can suspend clean-air protections without transparency, scientific review, and congressional approval.”