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Bluefield Daily Telegraph: Rahall, McKinley introduce bill to stop EPA carbon rules

A week after President Barack Obama and the federal EPA announced a new rule that would set caps on carbon emissions from existing power plants, U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall, D-.Va., and U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., announced Monday they are introducing bill to stop it.

“Last week, the EPA unleashed its latest assault on the jobs and livelihoods of our coal miners,” said Rahall. “The EPA needs to get their head out of the clouds and come back down to Earth where the rest of us must live and work. We don’t need more regulation to solve our energy challenges — we need more innovation.”

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