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Illustration on U.S. oil exports by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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In this photo taken Dec. 26, 2010, Trigana Air Service's ATR42-300 twin turboprop plane takes off at Supadio airport in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. The same type of a Trigana airliner carrying 54 people was missing Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, after losing contact with ground control during a short flight in bad weather in the country's mountainous easternmost province of Papua, officials said. (AP Photo) ** FILE **
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In this Aug. 13, 2015 photo, a sandal lies among other debris washed ashore on the Indian Ocean beach in Uswetakeiyawa, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy who has apologized repeatedly for the spill, called the accident "a heartbreaking situation for the EPA," according to the Navajo Times. She met privately Thursday with top tribal officials. (Associated Press)
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A "get well soon" ballon floats in the contaminated waters of the Animas River flowing through Durango, Colo., Monday, Aug. 10, 2015. (Shaun Stanley/The Durango Herald via AP)
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In this June 11, 2015, file photo, a hexacopter drone is flown in Cordova, Md. Pilot reports of drone sightings so far this year are more than double last year, the Federal Aviation Administration reported recently. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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Thai-owned cargo ship Silver Sea 2 is anchored off an Indonesian Navy base in Sabang, Aceh province, Indonesia, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. A massive refrigerated cargo ship believed to be loaded with slave-caught fish was seized by Indonesia's navy and brought to shore after The Associated Press informed authorities that it had entered the country's waters, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Syahrul Rizal)
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People evacuate the body of a victim killed from a bombing in Jameela market in the Iraqi capital's crowded Sadr City neighborhood Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. A massive truck bomb ripped through a popular Baghdad food market in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood in the early morning hours on Thursday, killing at least 62 people, police officials said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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Huge explosions in the warehouse district of China's Tianjin municipality sent up massive fireballs that turned the night sky into day, officials and witnesses said. (Xinhua via AP)
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An Environmental Protection Agency contractor works on the cleanup in the aftermath of the blowout at the Gold King mine, which triggered a major spill of toxic wastewater, outside Silverton, Colorado. (Associated Press)
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This aerial photo shows Delacroix Island surrounded by fragmenting and eroding marshland and coastal waters in St. Bernard Parish, La., on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015. The shrinking fishing community lies outside the the New Orleans area storm risk reduction system and is vulnerable to potential future storm surges. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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A yellow sheet covers a U.S. Army helicopter U-60 that crashed on the Navy cargo vessel USNS Red Cloud in the waters around 20 miles (30 kilometers) east of Japan's southern island of Okinawa Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. The helicopter crashed during a training mission while landing on the Navy ship, injuring several people and damaging the aircraft, officials said. (Ryosuke Uematsu/Kyodo News via AP) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORY
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A crashed U.S. Army helicopter U-60 lies partially covered with a yellow sheet on the deck, bottom left, of the Navy cargo vessel USNS Red Cloud in the waters around 20 miles (30 kilometers) east of Japan's southern island of Okinawa Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. The helicopter crashed during a training mission while landing on the Navy ship, injuring several people and damaging the aircraft, officials said. (Ryosuke Uematsu/Kyodo News via AP) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORY
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A yellow sheet covers a U.S. Army helicopter U-60 that crashed on the Navy cargo vessel USNS Red Cloud in the waters around 20 miles (30 kilometers) east of Japan's southern island of Okinawa Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. The helicopter crashed during a training mission while landing on the Navy ship, injuring several people and damaging the aircraft, officials said. (Ryosuke Uematsu/Kyodo News via AP)
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In this June 7, 2015 photo, a U.S. Army helicopter UH-60 flies during a Japan-U.S. joint disaster prevention drill in Kochi, western Japan. A U.S. Army helicopter of the same type crashed off the southern Japanese island of Okinawa on Wednesday, Aug. 12, injuring several people aboard the aircraft, officials said. (Yuta Omori/Kyodo News via AP) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
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Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, left, looks at a fish trap on the banks of the Animas River that is being held by Colorado Parks and Wildlife's Aquatic Biologist Jim White in the waters of the river contaminated last week by a massive mine blowout above Silverton, Colo. The Governor toured the area before giving an address to area residents regarding the status ofAnimas River Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015. (Shaun Stanley/The Durango Herald via AP)
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National Edition News cover for August 12, 2015 - Regulators’ fumbling of NC coal ash spill frustrates consumers, raises fears of electric rate hike: FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2014 file photo, Amy Adams, North Carolina campaign coordinator with Appalachian Voices, shows her hand covered with wet coal ash from the Dan River swirling in the background as state and federal environmental officials continued their investigations of a spill of coal ash into the river in Danville, Va. A federal grand jury is convening Tuesday, March 18, 2014, as part of a widening criminal investigation triggered by the massive Duke Energy coal ash spill that coated 70 miles of the Dan River with toxic sludge. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy said Tuesday she was "deeply sorry" for her agency's wastewater spill from Colorado's Gold King Mine. (Associated Press)
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State groundwater test results are expected later this summer. If Duke is found to be responsible for the pollution, the utility said, it will pay for a safe, permanent water source to the residents affected. (Associated Press)
