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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 **

Congress subpoenas EPA chief’s cellphone records

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Edward Whitfield, Congresswoman KY-01 discusses the impact of big government (TellDC screenshot)

GOP lawmaker targets Obama climate plan

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

Republicans say the Environmental Protection Agency erred by not consulting with the Fish and Wildlife Service in designing its so-called Clean Power Plan because the proposal almost surely will force the closure of coal-fired power plants and subsequently reduce the warm water Florida's manatees need to survive during cold winter months. (Associated Press)

Republicans enlist manatee in bid to slow Obama carbon emissions regulations

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Thanks to EPA, even if you like your shower, you can’t keep it

By Ernest Istook

Rep. Bob Gibbs, Ohio Republican, questioned how the EPA can go forward with a rule expanding the reach of the Clean Water Act to ponds and ditches without knowing the breakdown of positive and negative public comments on the regulation. (ASsociated Press)

EPA to expand the Clean Water Act to ponds, ditches

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

This Nov. 19, 2014, file photo shows EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy speaking to the Center for American Progress’ Second Annual Policy Conference in Washington. The Obama administration took steps Wednesday to cut levels of smog-forming pollution linked to asthma, lung damage and other health problems, making good on one of President Barack Obama's original campaign promises while setting up a fresh confrontation with Republicans and the energy industry. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)FILE -

ERNEST ISTOOK: EPA ‘showers’ the people with unwanted regulations

By Ernest Istook

Steam from the Jeffrey Energy Center coal-fired power plant near St. Marys, Kan., is silhouetted against the setting sun on March 8, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

EPA ‘burning the Constitution’ with carbon rules, Harvard scholar says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

EPA attack on America Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

MARGO THORNING: Ozone rule costliest EPA regulation yet

By Margo Thorning

Rep. Raul M. Grijalva. (Associated Press)

Climate change ‘denier’ scientist funding investigation countered by ‘warmist’ probe

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Hillary Rodham Clinton's silence has left fellow Democrats to field pointed questions, with some saying she needs to be more forthcoming, while others have wavered, saying they believe the issue has been stoked by Republicans eager to score political points on the presumptive front-runner for Democrats' 2016 presidential nomination. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton email scandal spreads as tea party group seeks private IRS messages

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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 **

Obama’s success is people’s distress: Electric bills are skyrocketing

By Ernest Istook

Nest Thermostat. Man, it is cold outside! That doesn't mean it can't be comfy inside. With the Nest Thermostat, it learns (yes, learns) your habits based on the temperature changes you make in the house and designs an internal climate pattern for you. It also helps you to see if you are saving energy by adjusting the temperature. With the remote control feature on the smart phone app, you can be saving money and being more comfortable in no time. The Nest Thermostat is available for purchase on their website or at major retailers. Prices range from $209 to $249. (Photo courtesy of Nest)

ERNEST ISTOOK: High electric bills Obama promise he will keep

By Ernest Istook

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy, right, standing with Secretary of State John Kerry, speaks at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, during a signing ceremony to launch a joint air quality program at select U.S. diplomatic missions overseas. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Gina McCarthy, EPA chief: ‘Climate change is not a religion’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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 **

Judge rules EPA lied about transparency, tells agency to halt discrimination against conservatives

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A palette of pinks and blues paint the morning sky behind the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

TOM BORELLI: One way for Congress to halt Obama’s executive overreach

By Tom Borelli

Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department watchdog who chairs the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, said a good nominee should not be a partisan choice. (Associated Press/File)

EPA official suspected of serial sexual harassment retires unpunished

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

In this May 24, 2012 file photo, some of about 500 miles worth of coated steel pipe manufactured by Welspun Pipes, Inc., originally for the Keystone oil pipeline, is stored in Little Rock, Ark. In a move that disappointed environmental groups and cheered the oil industry, the Obama administration on Jan. 31, 2014, said it had no major environmental objections to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline from Canada. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

EPA: Keystone XL’s climate impacts need to be revisited

By Dina Cappiello - Associated Press

$This Jan. 17, 2013 file photo shows a fracking site in New Milford, Pa. New York’s recent decision to ban fracking is hardly seen as a big loss for the nation’s production of natural gas. That’s because scientists say New York’s available reserves of natural gas in the sprawling Marcellus Shale are minuscule compared to what can be extracted in other states such as Pennsylvania and West Virginia. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)$

EDITORIAL: Obama’s war against oil and natural gas producers

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Illustration on EPA methane regulation by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

STEPHEN MOORE: The myth of the methane menace

By Stephen Moore

FILE - In this July 1, 2013, file photo, smoke rises from the Colstrip Steam Electric Station, a coal burning power plant in in Colstrip, Mont. State officials planned a public meeting Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, in Colstrip on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposal to cut greenhouse emissions. The town is home to one of the largest coal-fired power plants in the West, a 2,100-megawatt facility that churns out more greenhouse gases than any other source in Montana. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

KEN BLACKWELL: The energy deniers

By Ken Blackwell