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President Barack Obama speaks about his Clean Power Plan, Monday, Aug. 3, 2015, in the East Room at the White House in Washington. The president is mandating even steeper greenhouse gas cuts from U.S. power plants than previously expected, while granting states more time and broader options to comply. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

EDITORIAL: Clean Power Plan an assault on low-income Americans

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Barack Obama arrives before making a statement after touring Everglades National Park on Earth Day, Wednesday, April 22, 2015, in Florida. Obama used the visit to warn of the damage that climate change is already inflicting on the nation's environmental treasures. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Obama admin grants green groups unprecedented power in crafting climate policy: Senate report

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama arrives to speak about his Clean Power Plan, Monday, Aug. 3, 2015, in the East Room at the White House in Washington. The president is mandating even steeper greenhouse gas cuts from U.S. power plants than previously expected, while granting states more time and broader options to comply. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

West Virginia attorney general to sue Obama admin over carbon rules

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks about his Clean Power Plan, Monday, Aug. 3, 2015, in the East Room at the White House in Washington. The president is mandating even steeper greenhouse gas cuts from U.S. power plants than previously expected, while granting states more time and broader options to comply. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama blasts ‘lazy’ critics of carbon rules

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Key pieces of President Obama's environmental plan, including proposals to increase ozone standards, limit carbon emissions from power plants and continue mandating more ethanol in U.S. gasoline supplies, will bring with them serious side effects in the coming months and years, critics and some analysts say. (Associated Press)

Obama climate change plan to eliminate jobs, raise electric bills, analysts say

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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Obama carbon rules ‘biggest, most important step’ ever to fight climate change

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 23, 2010, file photo, President Barack Obama reaches for a pen to sign the health care bill in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Nonprofit co-ops, the health care law’s public-spirited alternative to mega insurers, are awash in red ink and many have fallen short of sign-up goals, a government audit has found. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Obama’s climate change policy driven by outside forces: report

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this March 16, 2011, file photo, exhaust rises from smokestacks in front of piles of coal in Thompsons, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File) **FILE**

EPA must rewrite cross-state pollution, court says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Obama wipes his forehead April 22, 2015, while meeting with the crowd after touring Everglades National Park in Florida on Earth Day. Obama used the visit to warn of the damage that climate change is already inflicting on the nation's environmental treasures. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama recruits top companies in climate change fight

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

The Golden Hammer

GOLDEN HAMMER: Sewage plant in North Dakota wastes $760,000 in federal loans

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Passengers wait on the platform before boarding a train at the U Street Metro Station in Washington. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama regs could kill Purple line, other D.C.-area projects, report warns

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, disputing energy industry estimates, argues that average Americans ultimately will see lower electric bills as a result of regulations under President Obama's climate change agenda. (Associated Press)

ERNEST ISTOOK: EPA power grab is water torture for the economy

By Ernest Istook

The Folly of EPA Claims about Mercury Emissions Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

STEVE MILLOY: Dispelling the deadly air pollution myth

By Steve Milloy

A half-dozen states have moved to scale back, freeze or eliminate their renewable energy standards in the past year, fueled by concerns over higher energy prices, the impact of the EPA's Clean Power Plan and the growing perception that it's time to take the training wheels off the wind and solar industries. (Associated Press)

Renewable energy standards reconsidered as states question mandates, fret over costs

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Thomas W. Merrill

Celebrate Liberty Month: Federalism and the fracking revolution

By Thomas W. Merrill

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy confers with an aide as she prepares to address the Natural Resources Committee session during the National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ** FILE **

ED FEULNER: Reining in the EPA

By Ed Feulner

JUSTIN SYKES: EPA Clean Power Plan increases minority poverty rate with job, income loss

By Justin Sykes

Emergency personnel stand by as evacuees gather at the Foothills Mall early Thursday, July 2, 2015, in Maryville, Tenn., after they were forced to leave their homes when rail car carrying a flammable and toxic gas derailed and caught fire. (Brittany Bade/WBIR.com via AP)

Tennessee train derails; fire prompts evacuation

By Steve Megargee - Associated Press

ERNEST ISTOOK: This July 4, the rockets’ red glare requires lots of red tape

By Ernest Istook