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Obama targets oil and gas industry, demands massive reduction in methane emissions

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - This June 6, 2013 file photo shows a sign outside the National Security Agency campus in Fort Meade, Md. The Obama administration knew in advance that the British government would oversee destruction of a newspaper’s hard drives containing leaked National Security Agency documents last year, newly declassified documents show. The White House had publicly distanced itself from doing the same against an American news organization. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Court rules NSA doesn’t have to divulge what records it has

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration on the dangers of proposed net neutrality action by the government by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Blunting FCC’S radical agenda

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

HAZARDOUS: Fort McClellan in Alabama was the site of the only military facility in the U.S. to use live chemical weapons such as sulfur mustard and nerve agents. (Associated Press)

Pentagon puts budget concerns ahead of Fort McClellan troops’ welfare

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy (Associated Press) **FILE**

EPA delays rule to cut carbon from new coal power plants

By Dina Cappiello - Associated Press

To avoid the economic, social, environmental and human health catastrophes that would follow fossil fuel elimination, we would need affordable, reliable options on a large enough scale to replace them. Existing "renewable" technologies cannot possibly do that. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

NICOLAS LORIS: States should reject climate initiatives

By Nicolas Loris Special to the Washington Times

Carbon Footprint of the U.N. Climate Conference Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

DENNIS MITCHELL AND WILLIE SOON: EPA coal war deceives public about renewable energy

By Dennis Mitchell and Willie Soon

Power Plant Getting Taxed More by the EPA Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

DENEEN BORELLI: Black lives matter, and Obama climate change policy hurts them

By Deneen Borelli

EPA sets first national standard for coal waste

By Dina Cappiello - Associated Press

Illustration on impending EPA regulatory takeover of U.S. "waterways" by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

WILLIAM PERRY PENDLEY: Federal land grab to ‘protect’ water a case for Supreme Court

By William Perry Pendley

The Golden Hammer

Golden Hammer: EPA spends millions on partially empty storage units

By Kelly Riddell and Drew Johnson - The Washington Times

Illustration on dismantling the EPA by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

PAUL DRIESSEN: EPA uses Jonathan Gruber tactic to impose harmful regulations

By Paul Driessen

"Without a threat of a government shutdown, this sets up a direct challenge to the president's unilateral actions on immigration when we have new majorities in both chambers of Congress," House Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio told reporters after meeting in a closed-door session with his Republican caucus on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers face a midnight deadline to pass a budget. (Associated Press photographs)

Spending bill: Government shutdown looms as congressional leaders court centrists

By S.A. Miller and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, joined at left by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., wraps up a meeting with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, following a House GOP caucus meeting. With time running short before Congress adjourns, Republicans and Democrats agreed Tuesday on a $1.1 trillion spending bill to avoid a government shutdown and delay a politically-charged struggle over President Barack Obama's new immigration policy until the new year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP scrambles for votes as conservatives, liberals balk at $1.1T spending bill

By Stephen Dinan and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, at the Washington STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math education) Summit on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Inslee backs EPA plan to cut emissions

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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 -

Monday is deadline for comments on EPA’s emissions proposal

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EPA Imposing Expensive Green Energy Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

STEPHEN MOORE AND KATHLEEN HARTNETT-WHITE: EPA’s overreaching green-energy rules

By Stephen Moore and Kathleen Hartnett-White

President Obama this month rallied environmentalists by reaching a deal with China to curb carbon emissions, but it could be reversed easily by his successor. (Associated Press)

Obama’s bold climate change policies may end with his term

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers, said President Obama's new ozone regulations may be "the most expensive ever imposed on industry in America." (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Business, environmental lobbies break sharply over EPA ozone rule

By Mark Pace - The Washington Times

For President Obama, the new smog rules — dubbed "the most expensive regulation" in American history by manufacturing leaders — allow him to once again bask in the praise of the environmental community, which views this White House as perhaps the most consequential in U.S. history when it comes to its issues. (Associated Press)

Obama administration formally proposes new smog, ozone standards

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times