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Ed Whitfield: Make no mistake: the Clean Power Plan is coercive--either a state comes up with a plan that meets with EPA's approval…

On the recordSeptember 8, 2014
Make no mistake: the Clean Power Plan is coercive--either a state comes up with a plan that meets with EPA's approval, or EPA will impose its own Federal Implementation Plan.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Criticism of the Clean Power Plan's coercive nature on states' energy policies.

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