Caption

Miami, Arizona - Freeport-McMoRan's Copper Smelter, one of the largest emitters of pollution of lead and other hazardous pollutants. In late 2025, President Trump exempted the smelter from rules requiring the reduction of toxic emissions for the next two years

Date

Jan 30, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jim West

Reference

BRK26C22_082

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

80.8Mb (4.5Mb) / 21.7in x 14.5in / 6508 x 4339 (300dpi)

Keywords

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