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Company to pay $112K to EPA in emissions settlement

Associated Press

$Workers tend to a well head during a hydraulic fracturing operation outside the town of Rifle in western Colorado, on March 29, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**$

Emails reveal collusion between EPA and green groups on crafting climate-change rules

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sen. James Inhofe, Oklahoma Republican, is surrounded by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 7, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Inhofe calls on Democrats to join him in fighting EPA on regulating puddles, potholes

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 14, 2015, file photo, water flows through a series of retention ponds built to contain and filter out heavy metals and chemicals from the Gold King mine chemical accident, in the spillway about a quarter mile downstream from the mine, outside Silverton, Colo. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Navajo Nation announces lawsuit against EPA for ‘unprecedented’ Gold King Mine ‘disaster’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Stacking the Deck at the EPA Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

EPA corrupting an ‘independent’ science panel

By Steve Milloy

Illustration on federal agencies weapons purchases by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Federal government waste coded in expense reports

By Adam Andrzejewski

President Barack Obama speaks at the SelectUSA Investment Summit in Washington, Monday, June 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama signs into law new EPA power over toxic chemicals

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

An agrochemical vendor gives instructions on how to use glyphosate, a popular weed killer. (Associated Press/File)

EPA’s glyphosate report favorable to herbicide disappears

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 photo, a central Illinois corn farmer begins to harvest this years crops of corn in Pleasant Plains, Ill. Wet, cool conditions across much of Illinois have put farmers behind schedule in bringing their corn in from the fields, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

EDITORIAL: EPA wants to dilute fuel with ethanol

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts pumps E-85 ethanol blend fuel into a car whose driver reacts to the presence of photographers, while visiting the Sapp Brothers Travel Center in Omaha, Neb., Thursday, May 19, 2016, to promote renewable fuels month in Nebraska. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) ** FILE **

EPA’s move to raise ethanol mix in gasoline fuels alarm over engine damage

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The Obama-era environmental rule is designed to prevent venting and flaring from oil and gas wells on public lands. (Associated Press/File)

EPA rocks fossil-fuel industry with tougher methane regs aimed at climate change

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Claire Harrison, of Alpharetta, Ga., protests the Environmental Protection Agency during a July 29, 2014, rally in Atlanta in response to an EPA hearing on tougher pollution restrictions. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Wyoming rancher facing $20M in EPA fines claims victory, keeps cash, stock pond

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

"This bill encourages the private sector to launch rockets, take risks and shoot for the stars," said Rep. Lamar Smith, Texas Republican and chairman of the Science Committee. (Associated Press)

EPA accused of collusion after staffer admits he aided foes fighting Pebble Mine

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2015 file photo, water flows through a series of retention ponds built to contain and filter out heavy metals and chemicals from the Gold King mine chemical accident, in the spillway about 1/4 mile downstream from the mine, outside Silverton, Colo. Researchers who studied a river in Colorado after a massive mine spill say runoff from fall storms kicked up the levels of some contaminants in the water but not others. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

EPA slammed after refusing to cover Colorado county’s costs from toxic spill

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Destruction of the Coal Industry Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

STEPHEN MOORE: The death of American coal

By Stephen Moore

Dan Bender, with the La Plata County Sheriff's Office, takes a water sample from the Animas River near Durango, Colo., Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said that a cleanup team was working with heavy equipment Wednesday to secure an entrance to the Gold King Mine. Workers instead released an estimated 1 million gallons of mine waste into Cement Creek, which flows into the Animas River. (Jerry McBride/The Durango Herald via Associated Press) **FILE**

Gina McCarthy, EPA head, subpoenaed by Senate to testify at Gold King Mine hearing

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy listens during a hearing about the Flint water crisis in front of the U.S. House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform at the Rayburn House Office Building on Thursday, March 17, 2016 in Washington. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Thursday blamed career bureaucrats in Washington and his own state for the Flint water-contamination crisis, while the head of the federal Environmental Protection Agency faulted him and other state officials. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)

EDITORIAL: Climate change facts vs. fantasy

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In a file photo from Feb. 5, 2016, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, center and Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Deacon Omar Odette, right, meet with volunteers helping to load vehicles with bottled water in Flint, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) ** FILE **

Rick Snyder, Michigan governor, faults state agency for Flint water debacle

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

The front of the U.S. Supreme Court is seen early Friday, Feb. 19, 2016 in Washington. Republican opposition to letting President Barack Obama replace Antonin Scalia quickly sparked a constitutional clash over the president’s right to fill Supreme Court vacancies. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

EDITORIAL: Stopping an EPA land grab

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Illustration on the untoward influence of the EPA on U.S. economic and energy policies by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

JASON JOHNSTON: The EPA’s regulatory terrorism

By Jason Johnston