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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, May. 02, 2025

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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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Feb. 12, 2025

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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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Sep. 27, 2023

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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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Sep. 18, 2023

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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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Feb. 17, 2022

Morrisey Previews Supreme Court Case Against EPA Power On Carbon

West Virginia's attorney general is leading a coalition of states challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions.

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WVPB News Associated Press, Feb. 23, 2016

Congress Backs Court Challenge to Obama's Climate Plan

West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin is 1 of more than 200 members of Congress that is backing a court challenge to President Barack Obama's plan to curtail…

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