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McCuskey, 23 State AGs Sue Vermont Over Climate Law

They’re challenging a Vermont law enacted last year that imposes fines on fossil fuel producers for the greenhouse gas emissions they caused over a 30-year period.

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No New Coal To Make Electricity, Utilities Tell State Lawmakers

American Electric Power, FirstEnergy and Dominion Power told members of the legislature that they’d maintain their coal assets in West Virginia. In the future, though, they said they would not be building new coal plants.

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Shutdown Would Curb EPA's Reviews, Inspections And Enforcement

Should Congress fail to keep the federal government open this weekend, most of the 14,000 employees of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would be furloughed.

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Groups Sue EPA Over Missed Deadline On Ethylene Oxide Standards

Ethylene oxide is a flammable, colorless gas that’s used to manufacture other chemicals. It is carcinogenic, even when people are exposed to it in small quantities.

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