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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)

EDITORIAL: Environmentalist protection agency

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

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

Senator: EPA lied about using private emails

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

YOUNG: Who regulates the regulators?

By Ryan Young

“This EPA mandate [on stormwater] would have been expensive, cumbersome and incredibly difficult to implement,” argued Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II. (Associated Press)

EPA will not appeal Virginia stormwater ruling

By David Sherfinski - 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’s EPA choice signals tougher line on climate

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Obama announces in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Monday, March 4, 2013, that he will nominate (from left) Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicist Ernest Moniz for secretary of energy, Gina McCarthy as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; and Wal-mart Foundation President Sylvia Mathews Burwell to head the White House Office of Management and Budget. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama taps budget chief, two for climate-change roles

By Susan Crabtree and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

US seizes 2,200 pieces of artwork in NJ

By KATIE ZEZIMA - Associated Press

"Perils of Sequestration" (Illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times)

PATTERSON AND KOVACS: Cut spending: Permanently furlough ‘official time’ workers

By Matt Patterson and Trey Kovacs

$** FILE ** Millions of dollars already have been spent looking at fracking’s impact on water and air quality and at possible links to cancer and other diseases, but many analysts believe there hasn’t been enough research to draw firm conclusions. (Associated Press)$

EPA’s own watchdog faults agency for using inaccurate data to control fracking

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Plaquemines Parish Coastal Zone Director P.J. Hahn rescues a heavily oiled bird from the waters of Barataria Bay, which are laden with oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in Barataria Bay, La., on June 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

EPA offices rely on outdated information to respond to spills, watchdog warns

By Edward Felker and EnergyGuardian - Washington Guardian

Gina McCarthy emerging as likely pick for EPA chief

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

MILLOY: Federal judge overturns EPA human experiments case

By Steve Milloy

** FILE ** China is now the world’s biggest and fastest-growing source of air-polluting greenhouse gases as it relies increasingly on coal to generate electricity. (Associated Press)

Emissions pledge seen within reach

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

Illustration: Flex fuel by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: EPA’s fantasy fuel

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

APNewsBreak: EPA moves to ban some rodent poisons

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Smog from an inversion hangs over the Utah State Capitol on Jan. 23, 2013, in Salt Lake City. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has singled out the greater Salt Lake region as having the nation's worst air for much of January, when an icy fog smothers mountain valleys for days or weeks at a time and traps lung-busting soot. (Associated Press)

GRAY: Cleaner air will require tougher diplomacy

By C. Boyden Gray

Illustration: Biofuels

EPA loses: Court tosses mandate for biofuels

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times