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EPA Ignoring Evidence on Risk of Mercury Emissions from Power Plants

Despite a lack of evidence to support their assertions, EPA continues to insist that mercury emissions from US power plants pose a significant risk. This line of thinking poses great harm to the affordability of electricity. Continue reading

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EPA Faces Hostile Ag Congressmen

“The EPA used heavy-handed tactics with states, flawed models and showed a disregard for costs in developing a new Bay cleanup plan, members of Congress and the agricultural community charged at a recent hearing,” claims the Chesapeake Bay Journal in the April, 2011, edition. Continue reading

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Interstate Tolling – Key to the Future

The discussion over possible tolling of the Interstates has everyone singing the same song: “New capacity yes — existing capacity no.” But that position ignores by far the most important role that tolling could play in America’s highway infrastructure: reconstructing worn-out Interstates. Continue reading

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EPA Rules Will Hurt Virginia’s Health, Economy and Minority Populations

Taken together, everything EPA is doing to tax and penalize coal use will result in huge increases in electricity prices that will hammer family budgets, especially in minority communities, impair nutrition and health and make it harder for many to heat, cool and pay for their homes. Continue reading

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Let Virginia Decide its Own Energy Policy

Ultimately, Virginians, not Federal leaders, should decide if the domestic energy resources available off our coast are pursued. Continue reading

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