Environment

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In this Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017 photo, a dead spruce tree stands on the shore of the East Branch of the Penobscot River in this time exposure in the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument near Patten, Maine. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke wants to retain the newly created monument but said he might recommend adjustments to the White House on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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In this Sept. 30, 2016, file photo, a marijuana bud is seen before harvesting at a rural area near Corvallis, Ore. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, File)

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Illustration on the challenge for Trump posed by North Korea by Nancy Ohanian/Tribune Content Agency

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Sunflowers decimated by drought are seen in a field in Padina, Serbia, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. Authorities and experts are warning that extremely hot and dry summer this year in the Balkans has decimated crops, dried rivers and hurt the animal world. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

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A field cleared of sunflowers destroyed by drought is seen in Padina, Serbia, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. Authorities and experts are warning that extremely hot and dry summer this year in the Balkans has decimated crops, dried rivers and hurt the animal world. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

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Pavel Tordaj, 42, a farmer, stands inside his field of corn which has been decimated by drought, in Padina, Serbia, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. Authorities and experts are warning that extremely hot and dry summer this year in the Balkans has decimated crops, dried rivers and hurt the animal world. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

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Pavel Tordaj, 42, a farmer, shows corn damaged by drought as he stands inside his field of corn in Padina, Serbia, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. Authorities and experts are warning that extremely hot and dry summer this year in the Balkans has decimated crops, dried rivers and hurt the animal world. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

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FILE - In this 2013 file photo, the Ice Harbor Dam on the Snake River is seen from the air near Pasco, Wash. A group that represents farmers says saving imperiled salmon in the largest river system in the Northwest U.S. is too costly and is turning to the Trump administration. The Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association wants the government to convene a Cabinet-level committee known as the "God Squad" due to its authority to allow exemptions to the Endangered Species Act. (Bob Brawday /The Tri-City Herald via AP, File)

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In this Oct. 19, 2016, file photo, a man fishes for salmon in the Snake River above the Lower Granite Dam in Washington state. (Jesse Tinsley /The Spokesman-Review via AP, File)

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Illustration on the history of preparedness for nuclear attack The Washington Times

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FILE - This Friday, Aug. 4, 2017 file photo shows a large sinkhole in the Lake Padgett Estates community in Land O' Lakes, Fla. Florida officials say more homes could possibly be condemned due to a massive sinkhole that has already made seven homes unlivable, including two that were consumed entirely by the collapsing hole. The sinkhole opened July 14. It now stretched about 260 feet at its widest point. (Luis Santana Tampa Bay Times via AP, File)

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FILE -In this June 22, 2017, file photo, beachgoers enter the water even though double-red flags are flying, warning of dangerous conditions and extremely rough surf in the remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy, in Seaside, Fla. U.S. government forecasters gave coastal residents more reasons Wednesday to worry and prepare for disaster: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's updated hurricane season forecast predicts 14 to 19 named storms, with five to nine hurricanes. Two to five hurricanes are expected to be "major" with sustained winds of at least 111 mph (178 kph). (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

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File-In this June 22, 2017 file photo, strong southerly winds from Tropical Depression Cindy lash the lakefront in Mandeville, La. U.S. forecasters say an Atlantic hurricane season that started off strong shows no signs of slowing down. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's updated hurricane season forecast predicts 14 to 19 named storms, with five to nine hurricanes. Two to five hurricanes are expected to be "major" with sustained winds of at least 111 mph (178 kph). (David Grunfeld/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP, File)/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP)

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FILE - This Sept. 30, 2014 photo shows the Colstrip Steam Electric Station in Colstrip, Mont. The operator of one of the largest coal-fired power plants in the Western U.S. intends to keep running the 2,100-megawatt plant in an abrupt course reversal from last year's declaration that a new operator would be needed by mid-2018. The co-owners of the Colstrip Generating Station have decided Pennsylvania-based Talen Energy will keep running the southeastern Montana plant for the foreseeable future, Talen spokesman Todd Martin said Wednesday Aug. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

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Clouds hang over the beach in Tulum, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Franklin, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. A weakened Tropical Storm Franklin chugged across Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Tuesday, dumping heavy rain after coming ashore on the Caribbean coast.(AP Photo/Israel Leal)

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Dave Dardis owner of the Rainmaker art studio, shop, and gardens in Makanda, Illinois talks about the "Solar Eclipse Pendants" he created on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Makanda will get two minutes, 40.2 seconds of darkness during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, more than anywhere else in the United States. The center point of the eclipse will pass directly through Dardis' shop and he has pointed a bright orange strip on the ground and up walls of his business to attract the public to his shop. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

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Rescue workers assist an injured woman onto a hospital bed in the aftermath of an earthquake in Jiuzhaigou county in southwestern China's Sichuan province Wednesday Aug. 09, 2017. A strong earthquake shook a mountainous region in southwestern China near a famous national park, killing people and knocking out power and phone networks. (Chinatopix Via AP)

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In this May 11, 2017, file photo, cars enter Naval Base Guam near Hagatna, Guam. Security and defense officials on Guam said on Aug. 9, 2017, that there is no imminent threat to people there or in the Northern Mariana Islands after North Korea said it was examining its operational plans for attack. (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)

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