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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 29 AND THEREAFTER - In a Saturday, April 22 photo, Danny Rowan of Aggrow Tech lifts the Miscanthus rhizomes to the planterThe University of Iowa has been burning the grass, known as Miscanthus, in its power plant to reduce its reliance on coal. The university wants to generate 10 percent of its energy from Miscanthus, using other biomass fuels for the other 90 percent, with the goal of reducing and eventually eliminating its dependence on coal by 2025. (Liora Engel-Smith/Muscatine Journal via AP)
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This Aug. 11, 2016 photo provided by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife shows a fish attractor built of plastic pipe donated by a natural gas company. Biologist Jeremy Shiflet says he calls structures like this one "Dr. Seuss trees." Louisiana and Tennessee departments have recently begun similar partnerships with Atmos Energy and other energy companies. (Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources via AP)
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The south banks of the Kalamazoo River north of Jefferson Road near Pine Creek are greening up Tuesday, April 25, 2017, to show a grand view of the curve of the river and newly planted trees and bushes sprouting along the gently sloping new grass. The river remains closed until the plantings along the banks take firm hold. (Mark Bugnaski/Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group via AP)
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Marisa Tobey digs in the moist soil of her garden, Thursday, April 28, 2017, in Freeport, Maine. Above average snowfall combined with recent heavy rains have made for muddy conditions throughout northern New England. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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A motorist drives on the wrong side of the road to avoid a large puddle on Tuttle Road in Pownal, Maine, Wednesday, April 27, 2017. An extended mud season has made travel challenging in many rural communities with gravel roads in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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In this April 21, 2017 photo, Cris Van Houten explains how the shoreline of Huron Lake, has receded over the years in Oasis, Wisc. Van Houten and other central Wisconsin lake property owners insist a proliferation of high-capacity wells are draining the region's lakes. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND APRIL 29-30, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this Dec. 7, 2016 photo, buoys mark the location of a commercial seaweed farm at Hump Island Oyster Co. in Ketchikan, Alaska. Mariculture crews landed a disappointing first haul of planted seaweed recently near Ketchikan as part of an experiment on commercial kelp farming in the state. The University of Alaska Southeast, a seaweed product specialist known as Blue Evolution and a handful of commercial kelp growers are collaborating on the effort, with one growing operation near Ketchikan and two sites at Kodiak Island, where the first harvest is expected to start May 4, according to project stakeholders. (Taylor Balkom/Ketchikan Daily News via AP) /Ketchikan Daily News via AP)
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Quarterback Deshaun Watson holds up his Houston Texans jersey after a news conference Friday, April 28, 2017, in Houston. The Texans drafted Watson in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Cochise County Sheriff assist team member David Cook hands a passing J-6 resident a pre-evacuation notice flyer as result of a wildfire burning southeast of Tucson, Tuesday, April 25, 2107, in Sonoita, Ariz. Wind is driving a wildfire that has forced the evacuation of dozens of homes in and near a sparsely populated southern Arizona mountain range, and closed a highway (Mike Christy/Arizona Daily Star via AP)
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Smoke billows into the air as seen east of Arizona Highway 83 while crews battle a wildfire burning in southeastern Arizona near Sonoita, Ariz., Tuesday, April 25, 2017. Wind is driving a wildfire that has forced the evacuation of dozens of homes in and near a sparsely populated southern Arizona mountain range, and closed a highway. (Mike Christy/Arizona Daily Star via AP)
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ADDS LOCAL PROJECTS COULD START SOONER - FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2015, file photo, vehicles pass a highway construction site on Interstate 80 in Sacramento, Calif. California drivers will see their gas prices rise in November 2017 and will pay more to register their vehicles come January. The California Transportation Commission prioritize projects for the funding and the first construction work will likely begin in the summer of 2018, said Mark Dinger, a spokesman for Caltrans. However, local projects could get off the ground sooner, said Randy Breault, a public works director in Brisbane who serves on the board of directors for the California League of Cities. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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ADDS LOCAL PROJECTS COULD START SOONER - FILE - In this April 22, 2014 file photo, highway repair work causes drivers entering Sacramento on eastbound Highway 50 to come to a near standstill as traffic backs up in West Sacramento, Calif. California drivers will see their gas prices rise in November 2017 and will pay more to register their vehicles come January. The California Transportation Commission prioritize projects for the funding and the first construction work will likely begin in the summer of 2018, said Mark Dinger, a spokesman for Caltrans. However, local projects could get off the ground sooner, said Randy Breault, a public works director in Brisbane who serves on the board of directors for the California League of Cities. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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FILE - In this May 14, 2015 file photo, the oil drilling rig Polar Pioneer is towed toward a dock in Elliott Bay in Seattle. Working to dismantle his predecessor's environmental legacy, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday, April 28, 2017, aimed at expanding drilling in the Arctic and opening other federal areas to oil and gas exploration. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
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States would have more control over offshore drilling under the Enhancing State Management of Federal Lands and Waters Act. (Associated Press/File)
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FILE - In this May 1, 2009 file photo, a crew member arrives by boat at the offshore oil drilling platform "Gail", operated by Venoco, Inc., off the coast near Santa Barbara, Calif. Leaders in the California Senate say they are introducing legislation to thwart President Donald Trump's attempts to expand offshore drilling through an executive order he signed Friday, April 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
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In this Thursday, April 27, 2017 photo debris lays near a shallow grave were body parts were found behind the home of Andrew Fiacco in Ray Township, Mich. Two people, including Fiacco, were charged in the slaying and mutilation of Stephen McAfee, an acquaintance who went missing last year, but whose body parts were found just this week in the shallow grave as well as at a vacant field north of Detroit, authorities announced Friday. (Todd McInturf /Detroit News via AP)
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President Donald Trump waves as he walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 28, 2017, to board Marine One helicopter for the short flight to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., before traveling to Atlanta to speak at the National Rifle Association Leadership Forum. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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FILE - In this June 2, 2014 file photo, a hill of coal at the North Omaha Station, a coal-burning power station, in Omaha, Neb. At the Trump administration's request, a federal appeals court agreed Friday to postpone a ruling on lawsuits challenging Obama-era restrictions on carbon emissions. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, file)
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President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 28, 2017, where he signed an Executive Order directing the Interior Department to begin review of restrictive drilling policies for the outer-continental shelf. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez)
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Asian carp, jolted by an electric current from a research boat, jump from the Illinois River near Havana, Ill., in this June 13, 2012, file photo. New, creative but more high-tech methods may finally be turning the tide in the fight against invasive species. Non-native plants and animals cost the world hundreds of billions of dollars a year. (AP Photo/John Flesher, File)
