National Journal: Thursday’s confirmation hearing for President Obama’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency became the latest forum for an ongoing argument over global warming, jobs, the future of the U.S. coal industry, and the role of the federal government.
This will continue over the course of Obama’s second term, as EPA looks set to become the president’s biggest weapon in his efforts to take on climate change.
In his February State of the Union speech, Obama said that if Congress won’t…

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