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A presentation prepared in 2010 for then-EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson made clear that a pre-emptive veto "had never been done before in the history" of the Clean Water Act and could risk litigation. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Gassing the environment

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The Environmental Protection Agency's Region 8 headquarters in Denver (epa.gov)

EDITORIAL: The EPA’s poop perp

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

HUMPHRIES: Liberal Bully of the Week: The EPA

By Rusty Humphries

HUMPHRIES: The liberal bully of the week is … The EPA

By Rusty Humphries

EPA administrator Gina McCarthy told testified on Capitol Hill that she has never tried to obstruct oversight of her agency. (Associated Press)

McCarthy denies trying to obstruct oversight at EPA

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Carbon Tax on the States Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

PYLE: Targeting the climate, hitting the economy instead

By Tom Pyle

The Environmental Protection Agency's Region 8 headquarters in Denver (epa.gov)

EPA employees asked to stop defecating in hallways

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Elijah Cummings, Maryland Democrat and ranking member on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (Associated Press)

GOP accused of scuttling environmental regs at EPA hearing

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Lawmakers urge court to block Chesapeake cleanup

By Hope Yen - Associated Press

** FILE ** This June 27, 2012, file photo shows an American flag in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

GRAY: Supreme Court’s EPA ruling gives petitioners more standing

By C. Boyden Gray - The Washington Times

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said he thinks it is proper to settle questions early on in class-action suits. “The reason is the enormous pressure to settle once the class is certified,” Justice Scalia said. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Rigged ‘science’

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Obama wipes his face as he speaks about climate change at Georgetown University in Washington on June 25, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Supreme Court hits Obama’s global warming agenda

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

EPA Pulls the Plug Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

PHILLIPS: New EPA rule will burden the economy

By Tim Phillips

** FILE ** Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy holds up a pen before signing new emission guidelines 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. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

EPA watchdog says federal board blocking probe into retaliation

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. listens to testimony regarding social security and disability benefits, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Four Social Security judges are facing accusations they rubber-stamped claims for disability benefits, approving billions of dollars in payments from the cash-strapped program. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

House panel probes problems at chemical safety board

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy delivers a keynote speech during the annual Western Governors' Association Meeting, at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Tuesday, June 10, 2014. The head of the Environmental Protection Agency promoted currently proposed clean power plant rules to Western governors Tuesday, framing the plan as a way to deal with destructive wildfires and floods that have ravaged the region in recent years. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

EDITORIAL: The EPA’s Houdini bureaucrat

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy holds up a pen before signing new emission guidelines 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. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

GOP lawmakers to EPA’s McCarthy: Stop impeding federal probes

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

A 2010 Ford Fusion sedan is reflected in the chrome grille of an 2010 Edge at a Ford dealership in Denver on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Ford Motor Co. earned $1 billion in the third quarter, fueled by U.S. market share gains, cost cuts and the government's Cash for Clunkers rebates. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

EPA to Ford: 15 days to fix inaccurate fuel-economy estimates

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times