RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Ken Cuccinelli proposed cuts to taxes and regulations on energy in the second policy statement of his campaign for governor Thursday in Virginia coal country.

In outlining his energy policy proposals in Bristol, Va., Cuccinelli also said he would compel the state’s ecological watchdog agency, the Department of Environmental Quality, to cushion adverse environmental findings about pending infrastructure projects with “positive indirect results” such as job creation or reduced congestion.

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