{"id":39992,"date":"2015-03-27T08:47:20","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T13:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/?p=39992"},"modified":"2015-03-27T08:47:20","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T13:47:20","slug":"regional-haze-the-war-on-coal-and-how-environmental-policy-is-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2015\/03\/27\/regional-haze-the-war-on-coal-and-how-environmental-policy-is-made\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional Haze, The &#8216;War on Coal,&#8217; and How Environmental Policy Is Made"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in 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https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2015\/03\/Mary-Ann-Photo-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2015\/03\/Mary-Ann-Photo-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2015\/03\/Mary-Ann-Photo-1-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-39994'>\n\t\t\t\tHaze is visible in the distance at Big Bend National Park.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2015\/03\/27\/regional-haze-the-war-on-coal-and-how-environmental-policy-is-made\/mary-ann-photo-2\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2015\/03\/Mary-Ann-Photo-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-39995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2015\/03\/Mary-Ann-Photo-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2015\/03\/Mary-Ann-Photo-2-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2015\/03\/Mary-Ann-Photo-2-64x64.jpg 64w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2015\/03\/Mary-Ann-Photo-2-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2015\/03\/Mary-Ann-Photo-2-128x128.jpg 128w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2015\/03\/Mary-Ann-Photo-2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2015\/03\/Mary-Ann-Photo-2-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-39995'>\n\t\t\t\tThe desert of Far West Texas. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2015\/03\/mary-ann-photo-3-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-39996'>\n\t\t\t\tThe views are striking in Big Bend Ranch State Park and Big Bend National Park. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2015\/03\/27\/regional-haze-the-war-on-coal-and-how-environmental-policy-is-made\/mary-ann-photo-4\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2015\/03\/mary-ann-photo-4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-39997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2015\/03\/mary-ann-photo-4-150x150.jpg 150w, 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There\u2019s also, of course, the War on Terror. And as presidential election season heats up &#8211; we can expect to hear more about another war.\u00a0 For years some politicians have accused President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency of waging a \u201cwar on coal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For StateImpact Texas,\u00a0KUT&#8217;s Mose Buchele reports on\u00a0the legal push and pull over environmental regulation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/197946889&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" height=\"166\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone\u2019s heard of the War on Drugs. There\u2019s also, of course, the War on Terror. And as presidential election season heats up &#8211; we can expect to hear more about another war.\u00a0 For years some politicians have accused President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency of waging a \u201cwar on coal.\u201d For StateImpact Texas,\u00a0KUT&#8217;s Mose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39992"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39992"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39998,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39992\/revisions\/39998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}