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Taconite plants exempted from air rule under Trump proclamation

Mesabi Daily News 22 Jul 2025
Northeastern Minnesota’s six taconite plants and two in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula will be exempted for two years from a federal emissions rule under a proclamation by President Donald Trump ... .
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Trump order gives Minnesota taconite plants more time to cut mercury pollution

Pioneer Press 21 Jul 2025
DULUTH — President Donald Trump is giving Minnesota’s taconite iron ore mines two more years to comply with a U.S ... Clean Air Act, Congress required the EPA to set mercury emission standards for taconite plants by the year 2000.
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Minnesota taconite plants get reprieve from mercury pollution limit, after Trump order

Hastings Tribune 19 Jul 2025
Taconite plants on Minnesota’s Iron Range will now get two extra years to comply with a rule that would have forced them to cut how much mercury they release into the air ... .
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