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Judge says EPA’s actions caused harm, orders agency to study impact on coal jobs

By Kyla Asbury | Tuesday, Oct 18, 2016 @ 4:11pm

WHEELING – A federal judge ruled Oct 17 that the Environmental Protection Agency must comply with a federal code requiring the agency to evaluate the impact of its air pollution regulation on the coal industry’s workforce.
Judge denies bid to block deposition of EPA chief in coal case

By Chris Dickerson | Friday, Nov 13, 2015 @ 12:04pm

WHEELING – A federal judge has ruled that U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy will be deposed in a lawsuit about coal mining regulations despite a bid by the agency to block it. On Nov. 12, Judge John Preston Bailey ruled that McCarthy’s involvement with Clean Air Act regulations means she is relevant enough to be deposed.