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On the recordApril 1, 2014
Those people who are involved in the utility business tell us explicitly that they cannot build a new coal-fired plant and meet these emission standards.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Whitfield warns that new coal plants can't meet new emission standards.

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