Environment

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"Federal law is still the law of the land. It still needs to be enforced," said Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, the only potential Republican presidential candidate to take a firm stance on legalization by some states of medical and recreational marijuana. (Associated Press)

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Tiger Woods withdrew in the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open in February, prompting concern for his participation in this month's Masters. (Associated Press)

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Astronaut Sam Cristoforetti took a photo of a super typhoon from space. (Image: Twitter, Sam Cristoforetti)

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Connecticut Gov. Dan. Malloy, whose state has its own religious freedom law, announced Monday that he would sign a ban on state-funded travel to Indiana in response to that state's enactment last week of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. (Associated Press)

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National Edition Opinion cover for March 30, 2015 - Warming up to a climate of doubt (Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times)

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FILE - In this April 25, 2012, file photo, a herd of bison move through land controlled by the American Prairie Reserve south of Malta, Mont. Backers of the sprawling Montana wildlife reserve are seeking federal approval to graze plains bison on a second major piece of property, to keep up with their private herd’s growing need for space. The long-term goal of the reserve launched in 2001 is to stitch together more than 3 million acres of public and private land into the largest wildlife reserve in the lower 48 states(AP Photo/Matt Brown, File)

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An oil transit pipeline runs across the tundra to flow station at the Prudhoe Bay oil field on Alaska's North Slope. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

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Illustration on the Cotton letter's impact on nuclear talks with Iran by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Former Rep. Bob Inglis, South Carolina Republican, founded the Energy and Enterprise Initiative to seek out free market and conservative answers to problems of energy and climate. (Associated Press)

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In this image made available by the University of Edinburgh on Tuesday March 24, 2015, shows an artist's rendition of a previously unknown species of crocodile-like "super salamander" that roamed the Earth more than 200 million years ago. (AP Photo/University of Edinburgh, Marc Boulay Cossima Productions)

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Small boats sit on the shore of Guanabara Bay near the suburb of Sao Goncalo, across the bay from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, March 23, 2015. Authorities promised in Rio’s winning bid to drastically clean up the pollution in Guanabara bay, cutting it by 80 percent. But with 500 days left before the games, experts say efforts have had little impact on the garbage and sewage pollution of the waters where sailing, swimming and other aquatic events will take place. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

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A rockslide at Arch Rock within Point Reyes National Seashore on the Northern California coast north of San Francisco killed on hiker and seriously injured another Sunday. (Associated Press)

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Republicans say the Environmental Protection Agency erred by not consulting with the Fish and Wildlife Service in designing its so-called Clean Power Plan because the proposal almost surely will force the closure of coal-fired power plants and subsequently reduce the warm water Florida's manatees need to survive during cold winter months. (Associated Press)

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Ohio Gov. John Kasich won a landslide re-election to a second term last year, proving his popularity in a state considered pivotal for a Republican presidential candidate to win. (Associated Press)

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Actor Mark Ruffalo has been one of the protesters of proposed fracking in New York. At a New Yorkers Against Fracking rally in Albany, the group called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to ban hydraulic fracturing. Mr. Cuomo gave in to the pressure and imposed a ban a month after his re-election. (Associated Press)

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A bull wood bison weighing upward of 2,000 pounds chews hay at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center on Friday, March 20, 2015, in Portage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)

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Interior Secretary Sally Jewell speaks in Anchorage, Alaska, on Feb. 17, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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In this June 25, 2012, file photo, a crew works on a gas drilling rig at a well site for shale based natural gas in Zelienople, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

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National Edition News cover for March 21, 2015 - Republicans blast new Interior fracking safety rules as unnecessary job-killers: In this March 29, 2013 photo, a rig drills for natural gas which will eventually be released using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, on leased private property outside Rifle, in western Colorado. Once drilling is completed, wells are fractured to allow the flow of gas from deposits typically more than a mile underground. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)