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Lucy Nashed, a spokeswoman for the governor's office, said in an email response to the EPA's move: "The EPA continues to unnecessarily burden the energy industry with overreaching mandates that achieve no environmental benefit."

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The Environmental Protection Agency, which took over greenhouse gas permitting in Texas earlier this year in the face of the state's resistance, announced on Thursday that it has issued its first such permit in the state — to a yet-to-be-built natural gas power plant in Llano County.

The plant will replace an older and less efficient power ...

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