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Panel passes measure cutting EPA's budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — A House panel passed a spending measure on Wednesday that cuts the budget at the Environmental Protection Agency by 9 percent and blocks the Obama administration from advancing new rules to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
EPA says it intends to regulate emissions by US airliners
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is proposing to regulate aircraft emissions in much the same way as power plants, saying they are a threat to human health because they contain pollutants that help cause global warming and therefore should be regulated.
Congress moving to block EPA regulation of streams, wetlands
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans are pushing to block an Obama administration rule designed to protect water quality in small streams, tributaries and wetlands before it goes into effect later this year.