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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy gestures during an announcement of a plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 30 percent by 2030, Monday, June 2, 2014, at EPA headquarters in Washington. In a sweeping initiative to curb pollutants blamed for global warming, the Obama administration unveiled a plan Monday that cuts carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by nearly a third over the next 15 years, but pushes the deadline for some states to comply until long after President Barack Obama leaves office. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Clean Power Plan reset sought after emails show collaboration between EPA, greens

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Illustration on EPA complicity in the Gold King toxic spill by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

ROB BISHOP: EPA duplicity at the Gold King Mine

By Rob Bishop

Volkswagen assembly workers are seen inspecting vehicles at the Volkswagen Leadership Visit on Jan. 14 in Chattanooga, Tenn. (Associated Press)

EPA asks Volkswagen to make electric cars in U.S. to atone for rigged emissions tests

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Illustration on the EPA's planned overreach on national watershed lands by LInas Garsys/The Washington Times

JOHN BLOCK: A scheme to say how land is used

By John Block

In this Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015, file photograph, water flows through a series of retention ponds after a spill at the Gold King mine near Silverton, Colo. On Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency said that the 3 million gallon spill from the gold mine may have dumped more than 880,000 pounds of metals into the Animas River. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)

Sally Jewell gets subpoena from House GOP over Gold King Mine spill

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

File--In this Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015, file photograph, water flows through a series of retention ponds after a spill at the Gold King mine near Silverton, Colo. On Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency said that the three million gallon spill from the gold mine may have dumped more than 880,000 pounds of metals into the Animas River. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)

ED FEULNER: The EPA’s toxic tailings

By Ed Feulner

In this Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015, file photograph, water flows through a series of retention ponds after a spill at the Gold King mine near Silverton, Colo. On Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency said that the 3 million gallon spill from the gold mine may have dumped more than 880,000 pounds of metals into the Animas River. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)

House panel report slams EPA for Animas River spill, accuses administration of concealing details

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

EPA administrator Gina McCarthy has apologized on behalf of the agency for the Gold King Mine spill and pledged to clean up the contamination. (Associated Press)

EPA coordinator knew of Gold King Mine’s blowout danger, email reveals

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In another blow to the Obama administration's regulatory agenda, the U.S. Supreme Court halted the EPA's regulations limiting carbon emissions. (Associated Press)

Obama carbon emissions rule halted by Supreme Court

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Cost of Ethanol on the Economy Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

GEORGE DAVID BANKS: EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard deceit

By George David Banks

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2015 file photo, water flows through a series of sediment retention ponds built to reduce heavy metal and chemical contaminants from the Gold King Mine wastewater accident, in the spillway about a quarter mile downstream from the mine outside Silverton, Colo. New Mexico officials said Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016 that they plan to sue the federal government and the owners of two Colorado mines that were the source of a massive spill last year that contaminated rivers in three Western states. An EPA cleanup crew accidentally triggered the spill in August at the inactive Gold King mine near Silverton, Colo.(AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

New Mexico to sue EPA over toxic Gold King Mine spill

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama jokes with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy and EPA staff members who worked on the power plant emissions standards, in the Rose Garden of the White House, June 2, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Golden Hammer: Feds spending millions to arm agencies that don’t need guns

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's lawsuit joins cases on immigration, Obamacare's contraceptive policies and several other lawsuits against the EPA, all of which are winding their way through the courts and will serve as either an endorsement or rebuke of President Obama's expansive use of executive authority to try to force through his agenda. (Associated Press)

U.S. Chamber of Commerce challenging new EPA ozone standard in court

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Companies that offer higher ethanol blends can sell renewable identification numbers to those that provide only E0 gasoline to help them comply with the Environmental Protection Agency's fuel requirement of a 10 percent average. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

DREW JOHNSON: Renewable Fuel Standard bad for U.S.

By Drew Johnson

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2015 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. States and industry groups dependent on fossil fuels began filing court challenges Friday to President Obama's Clean Power Plan, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

EPA use of social media to tout own program broke law: GAO

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Interior Sally Jewell testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, before the House Natural Resources Oversight Committee hearing on the Animas River Spill in Colorado. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Sally Jewell, Interior Secretary, unaware of any punishments for EPA toxic mine spill

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A customers prepares to pump gas on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, at a gas station in Pembroke, Mass. The price of a barrel of oil fell Monday to a nearly seven-year low. With OPEC's decision to keep pumping at current levels, analysts expect oil to remain relatively cheap well into 2016 and maybe longer. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

EDITORIAL: EPA’s wasted ethanol rules

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Barack Obama jokes with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy and EPA staff members who worked on the power plant emissions standards, in the Rose Garden of the White House, June 2, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Obama’s EPA ignores congressional mandate for ethanol in gasoline

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

For Murray Energy Corp. CEO Robert Murray, who fancies himself as one of President Obama's greatest enemies, the looming court case represents the best chance to stop what he and his employees routinely refer to as the "war on coal," a series of policies this administration has issued to crack down on energy that scientists say produces greenhouse gases. (Associated Press)

Robert Murray’s lawsuit to stop ‘war on coal’ could derail Obama environmental agenda

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

The Golden Hammer.

Golden Hammer: EPA kept sex offenders on staff

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times