Environment

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Utility workers secure power lines as their team repairs electrical wires downed by fallen trees in Springfield, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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On Friday, June 29, 2012, little remains of a structure that was burned by raging wildfires in the Colorado Springs, Colo., neighborhood of Mountain Shadow. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Fallen trees caused a great deal of damage at Congressional Country Club during third round play of the AT&T National golf tournament, Bethesda, Md., Saturday, June 30, 2012. The tournament was closed to the public on Saturday due to storms the previous night causing severe damage throughout the course. (Ryan M.L. Young/The Washington Times)

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A downed tree blocks a sidewalk in northwest Washington on June 30, 2012. More than two million people across the eastern U.S. lost power after violent storms hit the region. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** A helicopters flies over as the Waldo Canyon fire continues to burn June 27, 2012, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Associated Press)

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Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar (second from left) examines solar electric panels at the Abound Solar Inc. manufacturing plant in Longmont, Colo., in 2009. The company borrowed about $70 million from the federal government only to file for bankruptcy and close its doors. The company also received nearly $12 million in tax credits. (Associated Press)

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A helicopter prepares to set down to load a ninety gallon bucket of water to help combat this forest fire Wednesday, June 27, 2012 on the Massanutten Mountain between Veach Gap and Sherman Gap in Warren and Shenandoah, Va. counties. (AP Photo/ Northern Virginia Daily, Rich Cooley)

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Syrians peer at cars damaged by an explosion Thursday afternoon in Damascus near the capital's famous Hamidiyeh Market and the Palace of Justice. State TV reported at least three people were wounded and about 20 cars damaged. (Associated Press)