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  • Va. challenge to EPA's findings on greenhouse gas rejected

    A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected a lawsuit from a number of states, including Virginia, that challenged the Environmental Protection Agency's findings that greenhouse gas emissions may “reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health.”


  • **FILE** Protesters rally June 20, 2012, against hydrofracking as the legislative session winds down at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. A coalition of 100 environmental, health and community groups called for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reject any demonstration project for shale gas drilling using hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." (Associated Press)

    Researchers point to risks if New York OKs fracking

    With New York reportedly set to allow fracking in portions of the state near the Pennsylvania border, researchers at one of the Empire State's top universities are warning of catastrophic consequences associated with increased gas drilling.


  • Killing Coal by The Washington Times

    WATTS: Obama schemes to overthrow King Coal

    Sun Tzu famously said in "The Art of War," "All warfare is based on deception." Though that sentence was written more than 2,000 years ago, it is still relevant. Just ask any senior White House official.


  • FILE -- In this June 8, 2012, file photo, President Barack Obama talks about the economy in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

    Obama threatens veto of GOP energy bill

    The Obama administration Tuesday threatened to veto a House Republican bill that would link expanded oil and gas production to drawdowns in the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve.


  • Coal by The Washington Times

    KERPEN: Chance to block Obama's war on coal

    The president's Dream Act-by-dictate provides the latest evidence of this administration's determination to push its agenda through without respect to Congress, the Constitution or the rule of law.


  • ** FILE ** This September 2011 file photo provided by Vanguard Defense Industries, shows a ShadowHawk drone with Montgomery County, Texas, SWAT team members. The prospect that thousands of drones could be patrolling U.S. skies by the end of this decade is raising the specter of a Big Brother government that peers into backyards and bedrooms. (AP Photo/Lance Bertolino, Vanguard Defense Industries)

    Talk of drones patrolling U.S. skies spawns anxiety

    The prospect that thousands of drones could be patrolling U.S. skies by the end of this decade is raising the specter of a Big Brother government that peers into backyards and bedrooms.


  • Sen. Scott P. Brown, Massachusetts Republican, runs a triathlon in Ashland, Mass., on Sunday. Mr. Brown is facing Democrat Elizabeth Warren in his bid for re-election. (Associated Press)

    Inside Politics: McCain says lack of aid to Syrian rebels is 'shameful'

    Sen. John McCain says the lack of U.S. aid to Syrian rebels is "shameful," and that helping the opposition would be the biggest blow to Iran in 25 years.


  • EPA set to tighten standards for soot pollution

    Responding to lawsuits from 11 states, the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new air quality standards to lower the amount of soot that can be released into the air.


  • Illustration: EPA overreach by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

    EDITORIAL: EPA's scary-air sniffers

    Americans on their way to work or school may soon be reaching for a new high-tech device as they head out the door - a personal air-quality monitor. That's the vision of bureaucrats at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) who are trying to develop a portable sniffer that measures the body's reactions to pollution in the air. It's bound to take fear-mongering to a new level.


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