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**FILE** Gina McCarthy, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, holds a climate change report as she speaks at a climate workshop sponsored by The Climate Center at Georgetown University, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Saving trees? EPA wastes $1.5 million storing unneeded pamphlets in warehouse

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

FILE - In this undated aerial file photo is the LTV Steel processing plant near Hoyt Lakes, Minn., which was taken over by Polymet Mining Corp. to use as a copper-nickel processing plant. As the deadline approached Thursday, March 13, 2014 for the public to comment on the environmental review for the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine, critics said the document is fails to address important questions about how the mine near Babbitt and the Hoyt processing plant would affect the environment. (AP Photo/Mesabi Daily News, file)

EPA says PolyMet mine review shows improvements

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

EPA reverses decision on Mesabi Nugget variance

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

IG questions EPA stimulus spending on train refurbishing in California

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

EPA: Former Iowa dairy owner will pay $75,000

Associated Press

Environmental officials testing water in Delmar

Associated Press

Pa. DEP slow to act on Alpha coal mining offenses

By ANYA LITVAK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, July 19, 2009 file photo, windmills catch the breeze on Stetson Mountain, in Range 8, Township 3, Maine. Gov. Paul LePage is proposing, in the 2014 legislative session, to eliminate the wind energy generation goals in Maine law, which the administration says are unrealistic and must be strengthened to ensure. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

EDITORIAL: For ‘green’ energy liberals, windmills trump endangered species

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Coal firm to pay record fine for water pollution

By DINA CAPPIELLO - Associated Press

Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

PHILLIPS: Costly anti-carbon energy projects won’t work

By Tim Phillips

FILE - This Feb. 28, 2014 file photo shows EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy speaking in Beulah, N.D. The Obama administration is moving forward with a dramatic reduction in sulfur in gasoline and tighter emissions standards for cars, arguing the move will eventually save thousands of lives per year. The oil and gas industry warns the Environmental Protection Agency rules are unnecessary and will drive up gas prices. The rules will also add to the cost of buying a car. (AP Photo/Kevin Cederstrom, File)

White House drives ahead with new cleaner gasoline rules

By Josh Lederman - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Feb. 25, 2015, Wildcat Creek flows south of Deer Creek in Logansport, Ind. A report pending state and federal approval aims to clean up the waterways in the Deer Creek-Sugar Creek watershed, which flows through southern Cass County and is bordered on the south by the Wildcat Creek watershed. (AP Photo/The Pharos-Tribune, Steve Summers)

$150k to farmers to help improve watersheds

By SARAH EINSELEN - Associated Press

Wash. senators praise EPA move on Pebble mine

Associated Press

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy discusses proposed regulations with coal industry leaders during an event Friday at Dakota Gasification Synfuels Plant in Beulah, N.D. Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. McCarthy traveled to the state at the invitation of Democratic U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, left, who served as a member of the board of directors at the synthetic natural gas plant in Beulah until she was elected senator in 2012. (AP Photo/Kevin Cederstrom)

EPA head visits North Dakota at senator’s request

By JAMES MacPHERSON - Associated Press

EPA wins lawsuit against Titan Tire over Dico site

By DAVID PITT - Associated Press

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler eyes new rules that threaten the survival of black-owned TV stations. (Associated Press)

HARPER: Misguided study highlights ‘fourth branch’ overreach

By Christopher Harper

Mo. congressmen oppose EPA wood stove regulations

Associated Press

Supreme Court weighs EPA powers on clean air

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Climate case at Supreme Court looks at EPA’s power

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press