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Oklahoma fights EPA publicly, reduces emissions privately
2014-06-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MSNBC: When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed ambitious new carbon standards earlier this month, Oklahoma`s attorney general denounced them almost immediately. The EPA`s plan, which would require the country to cut power plant emissions by 30% over the next sixteen years, has no legal basis or the force of law, Attorney General Scott Pruitt said in a statement released on the same day as the EPA`s proposal. Rather than working through Congress, the president instead is choosing to...
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