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Doug? >> reporter: hi, jenna. in departure from the normal procedure the president himself will announce the epa clean air regulation. it will be the most stringent yet and natural gas plants and coal-fired plants to produce no more than 1,000-pound of co2 per megawatt hour of electricity. natural gas plants can do that very easily. even the newest coal-fired plants can not meet that standard. that has set off a firestorm of protest, not among the fossil fuel industry and congressional republicans but seven energy state democrats facing tough midterm re-election battles signed a letter to the ...

Meanwhile, a separate report showing 36 other regulations are jacking prices up from everything to appliances to cars. the cost of these things really add up. that's made $289 billion for electricity and disposable income would decrease by $586 billion. that's a lot of cash. >> it is. regulations are a tax that all americans pay in a big way and they're an obnoxious conceit that presumes those that cannot can overseed those that can. they're the equivalent of saying oxford college could beat the usc in football on a regular basis. but it's the untalented trying to oversee the talented. >> this...

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