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David Blanchard, a member of the Highland county board of Supervisors, gestures during a tour of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline Tuesday, June 6, 2017, Valley Center in Highland County, Va. Virginia's top environmental official says the state is going "above and beyond" in its efforts to evaluate what impact two proposed natural gas pipelines would have on water quality. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Virginia department of Environmental Quality director, David Paylor, walks along a retention pond for a spring near the route of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Bolar, Va. Virginia's top environmental official insists the state is going "above and beyond" in evaluating the water quality impacts of two proposed natural gas pipelines. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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This Wednesday, April 26, 2017, photo shows the front of a 2017 GMC Sierra at a GMC Buick dealership in Miami. Honda says it will have highly automated vehicles on the road in personal cars by 2025. The automaker says its system will use computers and cameras, radar and laser sensors to handle almost all driving situations except bad weather or some unusual occurrences. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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FILE--In this May 9, 2017, file photo, an emergency sign flashes outside the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. Radiation warning alarms sounded about 7 a.m., Thursday, June 8, 2017, outside the Plutonium Finishing Plant, prompting about 350 workers at the Reservation to seek cover indoors. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes, file)
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New Hampshire Fish and Wildlife Lt. James Kneeland, assistant dive master, examines the railroad bridge over the Connecticut River that connects Brattleboro, Vt., to Hinsdale, N.H., on Thursday, June 8, 2017, during the search for a man who fell off the bridge on Wednesday evening. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)
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Emergency crews from Brattleboro and Hinsdale search the banks of the Connecticut River on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, for a man in his 20s who fell into the river. Authorities received a call for help around 8:25 p.m. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, June 7, 2017, a fire burns in the Kranshoek area in South Africa. Fires fanned by high winds have swept through a scenic coastal town in South Africa, killing several people, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people, authorities and media reports said Thursday. (AP Photo/Ewald Stander)
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Houses burn in the coastal town of Plettenburg Bay, South Africa, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Fires fanned by high winds have swept through a scenic coastal town in South Africa, killing several people, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people, authorities and media reports said Thursday. (AP Photo/Ewald Stander)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, June 7, 2017, firemen fight a blaze in the Kranshoek area of South Africa. The fire, fanned by high winds spread to nearby Plettenburg Bay and Knysna in the Western Cape Province killing several people, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people. (AP Photo/Ewald Stander)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, June 7, 2017, onlookers watch a blaze in the Kranshoek area of South Africa. The fire, fanned by high winds spread to nearby Plettenburg Bay and Knysna in the Western Cape Province killing several people, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people. (AP Photo/Ewald Stander)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, June 7, 2017, firemen fight a blaze in the Kranshoek area in South Africa. Fires fanned by high winds have swept through a scenic coastal town in South Africa, killing several people, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people, authorities and media reports said Thursday. (AP Photo/Ewald Stander)
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Houses burn in the coastal town of Plettenburg Bay, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Fires fanned by high winds swept through the scenic South African coastal town and Knysna in the Western Cape Province killing three people, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people, authorities said. (AP Photo/Ewald Stander)
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Houses burn in the coastal town of Plettenburg Bay, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Fires fanned by high winds swept through the scenic South African coastal town and Knysna in the Western Cape Province killing three people, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people. (AP Photo/Ewald Stander)
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This Friday, June 2, 2017 frame from video shows Trump Hollywood in Hollywood, Fla. President Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement could accelerate damage to his family’s real estate empire in the coming decades, especially his properties that lie just feet from the encroaching sea in low-lying South Florida such as Trump Hollywood. (AP Photo/Alex Sanz)
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This June 2, 2017 frame from video shows the Trump National Doral in Doral, Fla. President Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement could accelerate damage to his family’s real estate empire in the coming decades, especially his properties that lie just feet from the encroaching sea in low-lying South Florida such as the Trump National Doral. (AP Photo/Alex Sanz)
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This Friday, June 2, 2017 frame from video shows Trump Hollywood in Hollywood, Fla. President Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement could accelerate damage to his family’s real estate empire in the coming decades, especially his properties that lie just feet from the encroaching sea in low-lying South Florida such as Trump Hollywood. (AP Photo/Alex Sanz)
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FILE - This Saturday, April 15, 2017, file photo shows President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. President Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement could accelerate damage to his family’s real estate empire in the coming decades, especially his properties that lie just feet from the encroaching sea in low-lying South Florida. Projections from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show that Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, the apartment towers bearing his name on Miami-area beaches and his Doral golf course are all threatened by rising seas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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FILE - In this April 20, 2013 file photo, male greater sage grouse perform mating rituals for a female grouse, not pictured, on a lake outside Walden, Colo. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is ordering a review of federal efforts to conserve the imperiled sage grouse to ensure that officials in 11 Western states where the bird lives are fully consulted. Zinke says that while the federal government has a responsibility under the Endangered Species Act to protect the ground-dwelling bird, “we also have a responsibility to be a good neighbor and a good partner.” He says a directive that could “destroy local economies” or impose onerous regulations on public lands “is no way to be a good neighbor.’’ (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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California Governor Jerry Brown is shown an exhibition at an international clean energy conference in Beijing, China, Wednesday, June 7, 2017. With President Donald Trump pulling the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord, China and California signed an agreement Tuesday to work together on reducing emissions, as the state's governor warned that "disaster still looms" without urgent action. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks at an event during an international clean energy conference in Beijing Wednesday, June 7, 2017. With President Donald Trump pulling the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord, China and California signed an agreement Tuesday to work together on reducing emissions, as the state's governor warned that "disaster still looms" without urgent action. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
