Tag Archives: Environmental Protection Agency

Group Blows Fuse With Electric Bill Claim

Posted on July 18, 2012

A conservative group goes too far in TV ads that claim a new EPA regulation on coal power plants will make Ohio’s electric bills “skyrocket.” Utility officials say it’s too soon to determine how big the impact will be. Nationally, projections from the Energy Information Administration show only a slight …
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Romney Misfires with EPA Anecdote

Posted on April 17, 2012

Mitt Romney railed against the “Obama EPA” and “how the Obama government interferes with personal freedom” — using as his example an EPA action taken in 2007, under President George W. Bush. Furthermore, it was a Republican-nominated federal judge who made the initial ruling — in EPA’s favor — that …
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