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NATIONAL PARKS: National Mall gunshot leads to charges

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A Washington, D.C., man was charged with trying to elude law enforcement after a gun was fired inside a car on the National Mall on Tuesday, according to U.S. Park Police.

URANIUM: Va. miner sues state to overturn moratorium

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The company wanting to develop a uranium mine in southern Virginia is suing the state in federal court to scrap its three-decadeslong moratorium on the practice.

BIOFUELS: Credit fraud schemer sentenced to 10 years in prison

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A federal court yesterday sentenced a man to 10 years in prison for his role in a biodiesel credit fraud scheme that brought in more than $41 million.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: DOJ, 50 parties settle case to restore Wash. salmon habitat

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More than 50 parties today agreed to restore key salmon habitat in Washington state that was sullied by chemical and hazardous waste pollution, the Justice Department said.

NATIONAL PARKS: Bison gorings hit 15-year high in Yellowstone

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Five Yellowstone National Park visitors -- the most in at least 15 years -- have learned a dangerous lesson about bison: Get too close to a bull bison, and you get the horns.

FISHERIES: Species evolve to evade nets -- study

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Trawlers' nets are helping drive evolutionary change in fish populations, according to a study.

NATURAL GAS: Forest Service questions proposed pipeline route

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The proposed route for a natural gas pipeline across national forest land in Virginia and West Virginia has raised concerns among Forest Service officials.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Conservationists threaten to sue FWS over horned songbird

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Four conservation groups yesterday warned the Fish and Wildlife Service that they would sue unless the agency increases federal protections for the streaked horned lark, a ground-dwelling songbird primarily found in Oregon's Willamette Valley.

WOLVES: Idaho won't kill packs in wilderness

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Idaho has decided not to systematically kill wolves in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness this winter, drawing cheers from wildlife advocates who said the program violates the purpose of wilderness.

OVERSIGHT: House chairman presses for OPM official's ouster

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The House's top GOP watchdog today doubled down on calls for a senior administration official to be fired after a massive government data breach and allegations that she meddled with investigations.

PUBLIC LANDS: Tribes feel excluded from Bishop's Utah plan

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Southwest tribes say they've been excluded from a legislative effort by Republican Utah Reps. Rob Bishop and Jason Chaffetz to settle decadeslong disputes over the protection and use of public lands in eastern Utah.

FEDERAL WORKFORCE: Young staffers getting scarcer, less happy -- report

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Young federal employees don't like their jobs as much as their older counterparts.

POLITICS: Franken resolution brings pope into Hill's climate fracas

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Minnesota Democrat Al Franken introduced a Senate resolution yesterday endorsing Pope Francis' encyclical declaring climate change a human-induced threat that requires urgent action.

DROUGHT: Will future homes feature built-in recycled water systems?

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SAN DIEGO -- A small group gathered on a recent afternoon outside a $1 million model home on Cloudbreak Lane here. The five-bedroom house offered a Mediterranean tile roof, teal-green shutters and arched entryway. Designer touches inside included a walk-in pantry, motion-sensing faucets and optional oversized wine cabinet.

AIR POLLUTION: EPA foes turned asthma study into weapon for ozone fight

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When a Johns Hopkins University researcher published a study showing race and income as risk factors for asthma, she started getting phone calls from industry groups opposing U.S. EPA's bid to tighten the national ozone standard. Dr. Corinne Keet said her newfound fans wanted to use her work to show EPA's ozone proposal wouldn't yield public health benefits.

WATER POLICY: Greenwire's Snider on leaked memos' impact on Hill, in court

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How could leaked memos signaling concerns at the Army Corps of Engineers about the final U.S. EPA-Army Waters of the U.S. rule affect anticipated legal challenges to the regulation? On today's The Cutting Edge, Greenwire reporter Annie Snider, discusses her latest reporting on the fallout from the release of the memos.

PESTICIDES: European retailers yank Roundup from shelves

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Monsanto Co. is facing new economic pressure as garden retailers in Europe begin to remove its weedkiller, Roundup, from shelves after regulators found it is a probable carcinogen.

SOLID WASTE: Calif. lags on garbage goals

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California is far from meeting its 2011 goal of having 75 percent of its solid waste recycled or composted by 2020, but coming legislation may help jump-start the process.

PUBLIC HEALTH: Pollution, pesticides may cause more early-onset dementia

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Environmental factors may be causing people to develop dementia a decade earlier than they would have developed it 20 years ago, a wide-ranging international study found.

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Hackers infiltrate Model S, but Tesla has wireless edge

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Hackers have been able to gain control of a Tesla Model S through its onboard computers, but unlike with most other cars, the model's drivers will be able to download a patch wirelessly.
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