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House approves bill to tweak coal ash standards

Defying a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House on Wednesday approved a bill granting states authority to regulate waste generated from coal burned for electricity. The bill, approved 258-166, would largely bypass a federal rule issued last year by the Environmental Protection Agency. The rule set the first national standards for so-called coal ash, treating it ...

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