Senator Rockefeller seeks vote to block EPA emission rules

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Rogue Democrat insists he will not drop plans to suspend the EPA's right to regulate greenhouse gas emissions

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may have last week won a crucial legal battle to retain its powers to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, but the war continues. Senator John Rockefeller...

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