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The Obama administration unveiled a plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by nearly a third over the next 15 years, in a sweeping initiative to curb pollutants blamed for global warming. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Energy and Environment

Obama says he would like a price on carbon

Zack Colman · June 10, 2014 2:41 pm

President Obama's goal is to reduce emissions to 42 percent by 2030. (Thinkstock)

Energy and Environment

White House goes all-hands-on-deck for power plant rules

Zack Colman · June 9, 2014 4:00 pm

Miners shovel coal at a mine in Xiahuayuan county, north China's Hebei province. President Barack Obama's proposal to curb U.S. greenhouse gas emissions might improve the chances of completing a global climate treaty but is unlikely to defuse demands by China, India and others for Americans to do more. China, the biggest emitter, has promised to curb its output but with its economy slowing, and communist leaders under pressure to generate jobs, has resisted binding limits. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

Energy and Environment

Under attack, coal maintains its political muscle

Adam Beam · June 9, 2014 2:41 pm

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Energy and Environment

Examiner Editorial: EPA officially backs fracking, then uses tax dollars to oppose it

Washington Examiner · June 7, 2014 9:00 pm

West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie Tennant celebrates Tuesday, May 13, 2014, at her headquarters in Charleston, W.Va. Tennant won the primary election Tuesday and secured the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate position soon to be vacated by Sen. Jay Rockefeller. (AP Photo/Randy Snyder)

Beltway Confidential

Democrat Natalie Tennant’s curious coal evolution

Ashe Schow · June 5, 2014 9:25 pm

Obama plan sets up coal as Montana campaign issue

MATTHEW BROWNMATT VOLZ · June 4, 2014 10:43 pm

Coal country and EPA rules: Not always partisan

Energy and Environment

Coal country and EPA rules: Not always partisan

Washington Examiner · June 4, 2014 9:16 am

A nonprofit energy research group is pushing back against a Washington Post report claiming that a "huge majority" of Americans support the White House's efforts to reduce carbon emissions from energy plants. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Natural gas, not location, key to state emissions cuts under EPA proposal

Zack Colman · June 4, 2014 2:11 am

Energy and Environment

Obama fundraises off New York Times endorsement of his climate change plan

Paul Bedard · June 3, 2014 8:00 pm

The coal-fired Plant Scherer is shown in operation early Sunday in Juliette, Ga. (AP/John Amis)

Beltway Confidential

Morning Examiner: There’s an elephant in the living room of Obama’s coal-killing power plant regulation

Mark Tapscott · June 3, 2014 12:39 pm

The Huntington Power Plant Friday June 3, 2011. Huntington Power Plant is a coal-fired power station owned by PacifiCorp. In Utah, about 80 percent of electricity is derived from coal, and about 15 percent comes from gas. The national average is about 40 percent coal and 26 percent gas. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Chris Detrick)

Energy and Environment

Pollution rule tricky for coal country Democrats

PHILIP ELLIOTTBRETT BARROUQUERE · June 3, 2014 10:46 am

The EPA proposal will require electricity-generating power plants to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent by 2030. (Thinkstock)

Energy and Environment

New EPA rules may speed up changes in how you get power

Zack Colman · June 3, 2014 10:00 am