> Most of that sort of industry is in poorer sections of states where the municipalities are constantly being hamstrung by their own state

Oh yes, the well-known path to riches by being a toxic dumping ground.

These exemptions are not granted based on logic or precedent. "Less dirty" has nothing to do with it. They're entirely based on open bribery. This will be granted to any industry that bribes the administration enough. What's the good news again?

I mean, like this?

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/pfas-forever-chem...

"Great" news indeed.

oh! "This will benefit the 2%, while the 1% burns the earth to the ground"

This is like Republicans claiming that they're doing everything for small businesses, when the reality is they're doing things for contract workers who more often are just being forced into contracts that wouldn't exist without the lax regulatory reality and are abused thereof.

"This will benefit the little guy (assuming they survive their cancer diagnosis)"