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The Supreme Court, shown Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013 in Washington, has agreed to consider whether the Environmental Protection Agency overstepped its authority in developing rules aimed at cutting emissions of six heat-trapping gases from factories and power plants. The justices said Tuesday they will review a unanimous federal appeals court ruling that upheld the government's unprecedented regulations aimed at reducing the gases blamed for global warming. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

EDITORIAL: The court’s second chance

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Vice President Joseph R. Biden (left) greets Environmental Protection Agency workers with muffins as they return to work at the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, after a 16-day partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Vice President Joe Biden offers sweet welcome, solace for returning bureaucrats

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The Senate wing (right) and the Capitol Dome are seen on Capitol Hill in Washington on Monday, Oct. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate GOP on shutdown: Top 10 reasons it’s not ‘all bad’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Parts of climate-change agenda to come before Supreme Court

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

**FILE** The Jack Wade gold dredge sits on Wade Creek along the Taylor Highway north of Chicken, Ala., on June 30, 2005. The dredge, once used for gold mining and later a popular tourist stop along the highway, was demolished in September 2007 by the Bureau of Land Management because of safety concerns. (Associated Press)

EPA facing fire for armed raid on Alaska mine

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Red-blue split seen in wood-burning suit

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

FRAAS AND LUTTER: Rule-making negligence at the EPA

By Art Fraas and Randall Lutter

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Yuck! Water served to airline passengers still frequently contaminated

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Heather Zichal, deputy assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House on March 12, 2012. (Associated Press)

Obama’s top climate adviser to leave, report says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

New Jersey employs a system called Public Safety Assessment to help judge's determine which defendants should be granted bail. Advocates say the algorithm PSA depends on eliminates racial bias from the process. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Ex-EPA official pleads guilty to $9 million theft

Associated Press

President Obama announces his choices (from left) of MIT physics professor Ernest Moniz for energy secretary, Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency, and Wal-Mart Foundation President Sylvia Mathews Burwell to head the Office of Management and Budget during a ceremony Monday in the East Room of the White House. (Associated Press)

EPA coal rules tighter than expected, will fuel backlash in Congress

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

EPA administrator Gina McCarthy testifies before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

EPA’s new rules for coal accelerate Obama’s agenda on climate change

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama speaks about speech about climate change at Georgetown University in Washington on June 25, 2013. (Associated Press)

Obama officials: Rule won’t kill coal-fired power

By Dina Cappiello and Josh Lederman - Associated Press

EDITORIAL: The road to Nowhere

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** "Every public official has to use her best judgment in ensuring appropriate use of personal emails," says Environmental Protection Agency ex-chief Lisa P. Jackson. (Associated Press)

Technology entangles federal officials in open-records quagmires

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Nick Rahall, D, W.V. (Associated Press)

‘Pro-coal’ Democrat Rep. Rahall employs anti-coal staffers

By Lachlan Markay The Washington Free Beacon

Watchdog questions accuracy of EPA’s scientific integrity

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

**FILE** Former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson (Associated Press)

Investigators ask former EPA chief to turn over private emails

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

BEAUPREZ: EPA’s renewable fuel folly

By Bob Beauprez

Ex-EPA administrator Lisa Jackson contacted lobbyist from private email

By CJ Ciaramella The Washington Free Beacon