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President Barack Obama greets people on the tarmac before boarding Air Force One at Honolulu Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, in Honolulu, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014, as he travels back to Washington after their annual family vacation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

In midst of The Big Freeze, Obama to exert presidential powers on ‘global warming’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

This photo taken Oct. 16, 2013 shows Larry Hasheider walking along one of his corn fields on his farm in Okawville, Ill. Hasheider grows soybeans, wheat and alfalfa on the farm, nestled in the heart of Illinois corn country where he also has 130 dairy cows, 500 beef cattle and 30,000 hogs and even gives tours, something he says he never would have done 20 years ago. Add one more item to the list of chores that Larry Hasheider has to do on his 1,700-acre farm: defending his business to the American public. There's a lot of conversation about traditional agriculture recently, and much of it is critical. Among the issues people are concerned about: genetically modified crops, overuse of hormones and antibiotics, inhumane treatment of animals and whether the government subsidizes unhealthy foods. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Government might deregulate corn, soybean seeds

By M.L. Johnson - Associated Press

John C. Beale, former senior policy adviser at the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (Flickr/Oversight and Reform)

EPA official sentenced for bizarre ‘spy’ ruse

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

EPA slap-down: Senate says no to lead-free fire hydrants

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

John C. Beale, former senior policy adviser at the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (Flickr/Oversight and Reform)

Details emerge on bureaucrat who pretended to be CIA operative

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer noted during arguments Tuesday the fact the Environmental Protection Agency has been granted by courts wide latitude in how it interprets the Clean Air Act. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

High court likely to allow Obama’s clean-air rules

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Obama attends a news conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Aug. 9, 2013. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama’s regulatory agenda will cost U.S. economy $143B next year: report

By Elizabeth Harrington — The Washington Free Beacon

Bullets

MILLER: Obama’s EPA closing smelter will not affect ammunition supply

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

DREIESSEN: Exploding biofuels’ myths

By Paul Driessen

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

STEWARD: Turning the green Earth greener

By H. Leighton Steward

Above: Casey Trees' bicycle Crew Captain Karja Hansen turns on a Massachusetts Avenue fire hydrant, the water source the crew uses to water trees, as intern Evan Douglas looks on. Casey Trees has the nation's first bike-powered program to care for trees. Intern Heydi Lovo (right and below right) waters her trees.

EDITORIAL: Drinking from a fire hose

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2007, file photo, a dump wagon adds freshly gathered corn cobs to a pile on a farm near Hurley, S.D. The first trickle of fuels made from agricultural waste, including corn cobs, is finally winding its way into the nation's energy supply, after years of broken promises and hype promoting a next-generation fuel source cleaner than oil. As refineries produce this so-called cellulosic fuel, it has become clear, even to the industry's allies, that the benefits remain, as ever, years away. (AP Photo/Dirk Lammers, File)

Concern grows over Obama’s proposed ethanol cuts in gasoline

By Alex Hopkins - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 24, 2013, photo Robert Malsom checks corn in one of his fields near Roscoe, S.D. Malsam nearly went broke in the 1980s when corn was cheap. So now that prices are high and he can finally make a profit, he's not about to apologize for ripping up prairieland to plant corn. (AP Photo/Doug Dreyer)

In a first, EPA cuts ethanol standard

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

In this July 26, 2013, photo, Des Moines Water Works lab technician Bill Blubaugh takes a water sample from the Raccoon River in Des Moines. The water works has faced high nitrate levels for many years in the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers, which supply drinking water to 500,000 people. The mandate to increase ethanol production, with millions of acres of new row crops being planted, is helping to increase nitrate pollution in municipal water supplies like Des Moines. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Ethanol era: The secret, dirty cost of Obama’s green power push

By Dina Cappiello and Matt Apuzzo - Associated Press

"EPA seems to be going out of its way during its listening tour to avoid those states that rely on coal the most for electricity," said Rep. Ed Whitfield, of Kentucky. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

EPA’s ‘listening sessions’ on new rules held in cities, skirt coal towns

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Sean Connery as James Bond

EDITORIAL: The nonessential spy

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A protester carries a sign and wears a pin during a pro-coal rally in front of the state Capitol, in Denver, Wednesday Oct. 30, 2013. Various industry groups came together for the protest Wednesday, while nearby the Environmental Protection Agency held hearings on future rules to stem emissions from existing power plants, in one of 11 meetings being held across the country. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Coal advocates press case to EPA

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

DRIESSEN: The heavy price of regulations

By Paul Driessen

In EPA’s grip, coal industry is headed to Washington

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

ROD LAMKEY JR./THE WASHINGTON TIMES
C. Boyden Gray, former special envoy for EU affairs, tells The Washington Times on Thursday that the European Union is "trying to get the world to dance to their tune."

GRAY: EPA’s misguided approach hurts coal’s promising future

By C. Boyden Gray