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( The Hill ) — President Trump is exempting coal used in steelmaking from Biden-era Clean Air Act regulations for two years.

Trump on Friday issued a proclamation exempting facilities known as coke ovens from a rule limiting their releases of pollutants, such as mercury, formaldehyde, soot and dioxins.

The rule that the facilities were exempted from would also have required them to monitor for a separate cancer-causing chemical called benzene at the fence line of their facility.

Coke ovens are chambers where coal is heated to produce coke, which is a fuel that’s used in steelmaking.

When it issued the rule, the E

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