Trumka blames Romney for Obama’s EPA

Published October 30, 2012 4:00am ET



In a conference call Monday, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka tested out a new line of attack against Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney: He is too radically pro-environment for Ohio.

Specifically, Trumka told reporters that the new Environmental Protection Agency clean air regulations that have been linked to the closure of mines and coal-fired power plants in the Buckeye state and elsewhere were actually Romney’s doing.

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