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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray has set a goal, branded "Sustainable D.C.," of making 100 percent of District waters fishable and swimmable by 2032, yet there is cause to question his willingness to allow DDOE to do its job. The clean rivers initiative is a belated attempt to reverse a decades long trend of stormwater runoff that leads to sewage overflow. (The Washington Times)

D.C. Water lobbied for stormwater exemption

By Jeffrey Anderson - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescuers clear the debris of a damaged house in quake-hit Majiagou Village of Minxian County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Monday, July 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Guo Gang)

Quake in arid northwest China kills at least 75, injures 400

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

President Obama wipes his face as he speaks about climate change at Georgetown University in Washington on June 25, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

CIA studying how to control the world’s weather

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Fracking’s safety gets boost from federal research

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Construction manager John Hoffman stands in front of two concrete pipe adapters which will hold in place a 54 inch duct-tile iron pipe that sits ready to replace a pipe from 1965 along Forrestville Rd. near Andrew's Air Force Base, Suitland, Md., Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Prince George's County will be without water for the next 3-5 days as the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission prepares to repair a 54-inch water line which is close to bursting. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Problems with WSSC’s aging concrete water pipes not going away

By Celina Durgin - The Washington Times

Fracking’s safety gets boost from federal research

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

** FILE ** An AV-8B Harrier jet, piloted by U.S. Marine Capt. Andrew D'Ambrogi of Marine Attack Squadron 211, comes in for a landing at Auxiliary Airfield II, a simulated amphibious assault ship flight deck, on the Barry M. Goldwater Range in Yuma, Ariz., on Sept. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/U.S. Marine Corps, Cpl. T.M. Stewman)

U.S. Navy on Great Barrier Reef bomb drop: Don’t worry, no harm done

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

People hug trees at the Hoyt Arboretum in Portland, Ore., on Saturday, July 20, 2013, as part of an attempt to break the Guinness world record for the most people hugging trees simultaneously. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Brittany Greeson)

Tree-huggers break Guinness world record in Oregon

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Food safety, farmer welfare inseparable

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MURDOCK: The liberal lingo fandango

By Deroy Murdock

A Draganflyer X6 drone lent to the Mesa County, Colo., Sheriff's Department in 2009 is used in search-and-rescue, finding suspects and identifying fire hot spots. (Mesa County Sheriff's Department via Associated Press)

FAA to Americans: Don’t shoot down the drones — or else

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An air tanker makes a drop on the Mountain Fire near Lake Hemet, Calif., on Tuesday, July 16, 2013. The 14,200 acre forest fire near Idyllwild Calif., has caused Idyllwild and adjacent communities east of Highway 243 to issued mandatory evacuations for hundreds of homes Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Press-Enterprise, Frank Bellino)

6,000 flee peaceful California resort as wildfires approach

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Emissions pour from The Corus steel plant in the Netherlands. The European Union’s cap-and-trade emissions trading scheme, while more affordable than the carbon tax, has run into problems of its own, as the early “market” for polluting rights proved badly out of whack, sending designers back to the drawing board. (Associated Press)

Carbon programs’ backlash in Australia, EU bode ill for U.S. efforts to fight climate change

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

Construction manager John Hoffman stands in front of two concrete pipe adapters which will hold in place a 54 inch duct-tile iron pipe that sits ready to replace a pipe from 1965 along Forrestville Rd. near Andrew's Air Force Base, Suitland, Md., Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Prince George's County will be without water for the next 3-5 days as the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission prepares to repair a 54-inch water line which is close to bursting. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Water main shutoff in P.G. means changing habits in summer heat

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

Illustration: Ethanol by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: More corn for cars

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APNewsbreak: Andretti to run electric car series

By JENNA FRYER - Associated Press

A leatherback turtle heads back to the ocean after burying her eggs in the sand at daybreak on a narrow strip of beach in Grande Riviere, Trinidad. (Associated Press)

Kennedy brothers condemned by feds for saving turtle

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Friday, May 11, 2007, photo, a mosquito is sorted according to species and gender before testing for West Nile Virus at the Dallas County mosquito lab in Dallas. Scientists have been working on mathematical models to predict outbreaks for decades and have long factored in the weather. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Bad buzz: Mosquitoes love to bite beer drinkers, study

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** French President Francois Hollande (Associated Press)

Greenpeace activists break into French nuclear plant

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Visitors and employees at the U.S. Botanic Garden on Capitol Hill got a good view — and a nose-curdling sniff — in 2003 when Amorphophallus Titanum opened to great fanfare. The rare flower smells like a rotting body and a new "corpse flower" is expected to have more curious onlookers this week when it will enthrall and gross out a new audience.
(The Washington Times)

‘Corpse plant’ sure to live up to its reeking reputation at Botanic Garden

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times