Environment

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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 15 AND THEREAFTER - This March 25, 2014 file photo shows a worker adjusting hoses during a hydraulic fracturing operation at a oil and gas well, near Mead, Colo. Four in 10 new oil and gas wells near national forests and fragile watersheds or otherwise identified as higher pollution risks escape federal inspection, unchecked by an agency struggling to keep pace with America's drilling boom, according to an Associated Press review that shows wide state-by-state disparities in safety checks. Roughly half or more of wells on federal and Indian lands weren’t checked in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, despite potential harm that has led to efforts in some communities to ban new drilling. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

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South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott speaks with reporters in North Charleston, S.C., on Tuesday, June 10, 2014, after winning the GOP primary with over 90 percent of the vote. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)

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EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy delivers a keynote speech during the annual Western Governors' Association Meeting, at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Tuesday, June 10, 2014. The head of the Environmental Protection Agency promoted currently proposed clean power plant rules to Western governors Tuesday, framing the plan as a way to deal with destructive wildfires and floods that have ravaged the region in recent years. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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Two vehicles were stranded in high water on Paint Branch Parkway under a Metro bridge. The motorists were rescued. (Photo courtesy Mark Brady, Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department)

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The cast from the 1950s hit TV show 'Leave it to Beaver.' ** FILE **

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National Edition News cover for June 9, 2014 - Nuke industry sees revival with carbon goals: The Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant is shown under construction in Augusta, Georgia in 2012. One of the existing reactors is shown in the background. (Associated Press)

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The Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant is shown under construction in Augusta, Georgia in 2012. One of the existing reactors is shown in the background. (Associated Press)

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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal was one of the first governors to sign on to Common Core, and his current opposition to the standards puts him at odds with his hand-picked state superintendent of education. (Associated Press)

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National Edition Opinion cover for June 9, 2014 - The EPA’s changing renewable-fuel mandates (Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times)

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Part of the Donald C. Cook nuclear power plant is seen Friday, June 6, 2014, in Lake Township, Mich. Allison Macfarlane, chairwoman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, visited the the plant and the Palisades plant in Van Buren County's Covert Township on Friday. (AP Photo/The Herald-Palladium, Don Campbell) ** FILE **