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Congress still has questions for Lisa P. Jackson, former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, who is under investigation for suspected violations of federal sunshine laws after she apparently used private email accounts to conduct government business. (Associated Press)

Sunshine law gets cloudy when federal officials take email home

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Peacemaker: "There is no war on coal," Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said last week, contradicting others in the Obama administration who are pushing hard to limit carbon emissions. (Associated Press)

Energy Secretary Moniz leaves dirty work on coal to others

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration: Flex fuel by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Imaginary optimism

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Jack N. Gerard of the American Petroleum Institute said Congress should act on bills that would end the renewable fuels standard. (The Washington Times)

EPA cutting alternative fuels goal in bow to market reality

By Edward Felker Special to the Washington Times

Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican and chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, discusses a plan July 24, 2013, on Capitol Hill to move mail to cluster box and curbside delivery in a move to cut costs at the cash-strapped Postal Service by up to $4.5 billion a year. With the Postal Service facing billions of dollars in annual losses, the tradition of mail delivery to the door could be virtually phased out by 2022 under a proposal in Congress. At left is the committee's ranking Democrat, Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland. (Associated Press)

House issues subpoenas to get Benghazi documents from State Department

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican and a member of the House Armed Services Committee.

House Republicans see pseudo-science in Obama’s ‘cost of carbon’ metrics

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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New EPA chief promises jobs, pulls no punches to fight climate change

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

**FILE** New U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy delivers a speech at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass., on July 30, 2013. During her speech, the first as the head of the EPA, McCarthy told an audience that curbing climate-altering pollution will strengthen the economy. (Associated Press)

New EPA chief promises jobs, pulls no punches in climate change fight

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Fred Upton, Michigan Republican. (Associated Press)

House trims EPA’s powers over coal ash

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Gina McCarthy stands on stage in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 4, 2013, as President Barack Obama announced he would nominate McCarthy to head the EPA. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama wins nominee battle with Senate GOP

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration: Ethanol by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: More corn for cars

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

EPA gave communities still-contaminated sites, billing them as ‘cleaned’

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This file photo from October 2008 shows a coal-fired power plant in Colstrip, Mont., the state's largest producer of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. (Associated Press)

Feds: Massive amounts of carbon dioxide can be stored underground

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama wipes away sweat during a speech at Georgetown University on June 25, 2013. (Associated Press)

Obama administration pumps unprecedented power into EPA

By Ben Wolfgang - 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**

Obama will start climate change fight with reductions in carbon emissions

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

GRAY: Obama’s climate policy undermines the U.S.

By C. Boyden Gray

Illustration by William Brown

DRIESSEN: Climate alarmism’s 10,000 commandments

By Paul Driessen

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: The ‘social cost’ of breathing

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