Trump Action Archive

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• Trump proclamation exempts domestic copper smelters from Clean Air Act emissions standards for two years. — President Trump issued Proclamation 10987 on October 24, 2025, exempting certain primary copper smelters from compliance with the EPA's May 2024 Copper Rule (National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants) for two years beyond the rule's original compliance deadlines. The proclamation invokes section 112(i)(4) of the Clean Air Act and national security grounds, citing the need to preserve domestic copper smelting capacity and reduce reliance on foreign supply chains. The exemption extends all compliance deadlines by two years, during which affected smelters remain subject only to pre-rule emissions standards.
• Trump issued proclamation exempting Miami copper smelter from EPA emissions standards for two years — President Trump issued a proclamation on October 24, 2025, exempting the Miami Smelter in Arizona (operated by Freeport-McMoRan Miami Inc.) from compliance with the EPA's May 2024 Copper Rule for two years beyond the rule's original compliance deadlines. The proclamation states the exemption applies because the required emissions-control technology does not exist in commercially viable form and asserts the exemption serves national security interests in domestic mineral production. The effect is that the facility will revert to pre-Copper Rule emissions obligations during the exemption period.
• White House issues fact sheet on EPA regulatory relief for copper smelting — The White House published a fact sheet on October 24, 2025, describing a proclamation signed by President Trump granting two years of regulatory relief from Biden-era EPA emissions standards for primary copper smelting. The fact sheet states the exemption allows a copper smelting facility to comply with pre-Biden EPA standards instead of current rules, claims the Biden standard imposes "unattainable compliance requirements," and asserts that relief is necessary to prevent facility closures and maintain domestic copper supply for national security and semiconductor production.

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• Complaint filed — Center for Biological Diversity v. National Marine Fisheries Service — Two environmental organizations filed suit in the Northern District of California against the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Marine Fisheries Service, alleging violations of the Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and Administrative Procedure Act. The plaintiffs challenge the Coast Guard's revised shipping lanes off the California coast, arguing the agency failed to consult with NMFS to ensure the actions do not jeopardize protected species and failed to prepare an environmental impact statement. They also allege NMFS unlawfully withheld and delayed completion of required consultation. Plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief.

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• Complaint filed — Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services v. Donald Trump — Environmental non-profit organizations filed a complaint in D.D.C. challenging a July 17 Trump administration Proclamation that exempted 50 chemical manufacturing plants from Clean Air Act requirements to monitor and control emissions of hazardous air pollutants for two years. Plaintiffs allege the Proclamation is unlawful because it issues blanket exemptions without facility-, standard-, or technology-specific findings, misreads "technology" and "national security," and functions as a de facto amendment of EPA's rule. Plaintiffs seek declaratory relief and an injunction prohibiting EPA implementation.