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NATIONAL PARKS: Yellowstone supercomputer transforming science of prediction

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Since it was built in 2012, the Yellowstone supercomputer has transformed calculations and simulations of weather, climate and ocean conditions from a researcher's pipe dream into reality.

FISHERIES: Minn. efforts to save walleye pay off in most lakes

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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has tried just about everything to save walleye, and it appears to be working in all but one of the 10 large lakes with historically big populations.

FISHERIES: 'House of Cards' star films ad denouncing mile-long nets

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"House of Cards" actress Kate Mara has joined the fight against drift gill nets, appearing in a new public service announcement that emphasizes how the controversial fishing gear injures whales.

PEOPLE: Conservation group picks leader for new Rocky Mountain office

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The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation has hired a longtime Western land conservationist to lead its new Rocky Mountain regional office.

FOREST SERVICE: Hunters seek expanded logging to boost ruffed grouse habitat

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The Forest Service should allow more intensive logging in eastern and southern forests to create habitat for the ruffed grouse and American woodcock, according to a legal petition announced Friday by the Ruffed Grouse Society.

COAL: Groups press Interior for stronger leasing reform

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Activist groups are urging the Interior Department to strengthen a proposal to make sure taxpayers get their due from federal coal leases.

NUCLEAR POWER: Indian Point fire and oil spill renew attention on plant's safety

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NEW YORK -- Environmentalists have renewed calls to shutter the Indian Point nuclear power station for good following an electrical fire and oil leak at the plant over the weekend that are being investigated by federal and state authorities.

WATER POLICY: Rain harvesting remains an outlaw in Colo.

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DENVER -- Walk into a hardware store here and it's easy enough to spot an aesthetically pleasing rain barrel in chocolate brown with a dispensing nozzle and even a recess for summer flowers. But that $80 price tag omits one important piece of information: Most Coloradans would be breaking the law if they actually put it to use harvesting rainwater.

ETHANOL: Cellulosic refiners hamstrung by chaos in RFS-credit market

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Quad County Corn Processors produced the Midwest's first gallons of cellulosic ethanol last summer with new technology added to a corn-ethanol plant in western Iowa.

COAL: Judge says Obama admin 'screwed up' mine approvals

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The Obama administration approved coal mining projects in Colorado without public notice or environmental scrutiny, a federal judge ruled last week.

NATIONAL PARKS: Ranchers, NPS square off over preserve's wandering elk herd

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The Drakes Bay Oyster Co. no longer exists in Point Reyes National Seashore. Its buildings, tanks and docks are gone. So are oyster shuckers who once stood in rubber boots and aprons on the shores of a pristine estero. But the controversy over a private business in a national park is far from over. The National Park Service now faces its next battle in Point Reyes -- this time over a free-roaming band of tule elk, and the ranches where they like to hang out.

NUCLEAR ENERGY: Entergy's Mohl discusses Indian Point safety following fire, future of nuclear waste legislation

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How safe are nuclear operations at Entergy's Indian Point facility following a weekend fire that led to the shutdown of the plant's Unit 3? During today's OnPoint, William Mohl, president of Entergy Wholesale Commodities, discusses the incident and ongoing investigation. He also talks about the impact regulatory uncertainty is having on utility planning and weighs in on the potential for nuclear waste management legislation to move through Congress this year.

ITALY: Olive growers fear threat to trees from bacterial outbreak

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Olive trees have grown for centuries in Italy but are under new threat from a bacterial outbreak sweeping through one of the country's most famous olive regions.

SRI LANKA: Nation vows to protect all mangroves

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Sri Lanka has taken the dramatic step of protecting all of its mangrove forests, becoming the first country to do so.

NEPAL: Magnitude-7.3 aftershock rocks Everest region

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Another major earthquake rocked Nepal today, leaving 37 people dead and 1,006 injured, according to Nepali officials.

CALIFORNIA: Stranded sea lion pup ends up in sailor's bunk

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The sneezing and snoring coming from another bunk on a San Diego yacht turned out to be a baby sea lion, one of the record number of pups stranded so far this year amid food shortages.

FLORIDA: Developer vows conservation in exchange for OK on Wal-Mart

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A Miami developer is promising to protect forest and wildlife if federal officials will greenlight construction of a Wal-Mart.

NORTH CAROLINA: Now in control, House GOP moves to repeal green measures

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Republican lawmakers have set their sights on two environmental provisions in state laws, hoping to weaken mandates relating to environmental impact studies and renewable energy.

SOLID WASTE: Vast majority of e-waste illegally traded or dumped -- report

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Nearly all of the world's electronic waste is illegally traded or dumped, according to a U.N. report.

PUBLIC HEALTH: New sunscreen bill hasn't cleared logjam at FDA

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Congress wanted to spur faster sunscreen reviews at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration when it passed the Sunscreen Innovation Act last year, but it hasn't worked out that way so far.
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