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Ed Whitfield: “Make no mistake--EPA's proposed GHG New Source Performance Standards would effectively ban new coal-fired generation.”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
Make no mistake--EPA's proposed GHG New Source Performance Standards would effectively ban new coal-fired generation.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

Whitfield criticizes EPA regulations that threaten coal power generation.

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