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Ed Whitfield: More and more regulations are coming out being proposed by EPA relating to coal, for example, the utility MACT, which is…

On the recordMay 22, 2011
More and more regulations are coming out being proposed by EPA relating to coal, for example, the utility MACT, which is going to cost an additional $10 billion a year to produce energy.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Whitfield highlights the financial burden of new EPA regulations on energy production.

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