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House Tells EPA to Stay Out of Fire Hydrants

The House unanimously passed legislation Monday that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring that all new fire hydrants be lead-free by early next year. Democrats and Republicans rejected the agency’s rule, saying it goes too far. The EPA...

Wisconsin Coal Plants Closed Due to Regulations

This is a bad week to work at a coal plant. Wisconsin’s Dairyland Power Cooperative announced it will be closing two coal-fired generating units, partly due to regulatory requirements that make it harder to burn coal. Dairyland will be closing two coal-fired units at...

WV and KY Dems Worried About New Coal Regs

Coal-state Democratic candidates are lashing out at President Obama for new Environmental Protection Agency emissions standards that would squeeze the coal industry. West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie Tennant and Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan...

Obama’s War on Coal Continues

The Environmental Protection Agency’s second stab at a proposal to set the first-ever limits on greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants would make it impossible for companies to build the kind of coal-fired plants that have been the country’s...