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WY PSC Chair: EPA CO2 Rules Unrealistic; GOP Strategy to Block Obama Regs; Next Battle in War on Science
Wyoming PSC chairman: EPA’s CO2 rules unrealistic. New rules to cut carbon dioxide emissions nationwide could force utilities to have to shut down four coal-fired power plants in Wyoming years before they would be obsolete otherwise, said the chairman of the Wyoming Public Service Commission.
The Republicans’ strategy to block Obama’s regulations. As long as Obama sits atop the executive branch, Republicans’ power to derail scores of rulemaking efforts now under way is limited. But control of both the House and Senate in the next Congress will enable GOP lawmakers to ratchet up their attacks on what they view as overzealous regulation.
Next battle in the war on science. GOP House members have had little success reining in research agencies so far, but, emboldened by their growing majorities, they’re hoping for better luck next year.
