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March 23, 2012

EPA Putting Oil Refineries Out of Business

Editorial, Investor's Business Daily


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Fearing gas price spikes on the East Coast this summer, Washington pols are trying to talk refiners out of closing unprofitable plants. It's the EPA they ought to hector. The untold story behind soaring pump prices is that major U.S. refineries are going out of business and creating at least regional shortages thanks in no small part to costly EPA rules. . .

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