EPA to delay greenhouse gas proposals

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Administrator Lisa Jackson admits the agency will miss target to float new utility-focused proposals by end of September

New greenhouse gas regulations for US power plants are unlikely to be proposed by the end of the month, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has admitted. The agency originally aimed...

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