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Obama: EPA Regulations Create Jobs; ‘EPA Touches on the Lives of Every Single American Every Single Day’

(CNSNews.com) – In a speech to employees of the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday, President Barack Obama said that EPA regulations are good for the economy and create jobs and that the agency “touches” the lives of every American every day.

EPA Gives Activists a New Tool to Pressure Power Plants, Oil Refineries (CNSNews.com) – Environmental activists are applauding the EPA for releasing greenhouse gas emissions data for large polluters through a new, consumer-friendly Web platform.

Obama Wants to Use Tax Code to Reward ‘In-Sourcing’ and Punish Outsourcing

(CNSNews.com) – President Barack Obama will propose new tax incentives to reward companies that bring jobs to the United States and eliminate tax breaks for companies that hire outside the country. These initiatives come at a time when the president is on the defense about his record on the economy as he runs for re-election.

Female Heads of State Discuss How ‘Climate Change’–But Not Sex-Selective Abortions–Hurt Women

(CNSNews.com) – At a gathering of female heads of states, including the president of Finland and the former president of Ireland, the discussion focused on women’s rights, the importance of supporting “emerging” women leaders and how climate change hurts women, especially poor women. But they did not discuss the issue of sex-selective abortions that have killed millions of baby girls.

Debt Ceiling Hike Could Come Any Day As U.S. Hits Limit

(CNSNews.com) – A request from President Obama to raise the nation’s debt ceiling by $1.2 trillion could come any day now, as the government hits the current $15.2 trillion ceiling.

DHS IG: Most Immigration Officers Surveyed in 2011 Believe Obama Policy Favors ‘Promoting Immigration’ Over ‘National Security’ (CNSNews.com) – A majority of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officers under the Obama administration believe that their agency’s policy favors the promotion of immigration over national security, according to a 2011 survey conducted by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) inspector general (IG). However, the director of the USCIS dismissed the data from the IG as anecdotal and not “fact-based.”