Pence, State Agencies ask EPA to Kill Proposal

Today, the State of Indiana through the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, the Indiana Office of Energy Development, the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urging the agency to withdraw its proposed carbon dioxide emission rules. 

In a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy that accompanies the comments, Governor Mike Pence calls the proposed rules "ill-conceived and poorly constructed" and cites that they exceed the legal authority granted to the agency under the Clean Air Act. 

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