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The Obama administration will make available billions of dollars in federal loan guarantees to support private construction efforts of new nuclear power plants. The $14 billion Vogtle nuclear plant (pictured) is being built by Southern Co. and several partners about 30 miles southeast of Augusta. (associated press photographs)
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President Barack Obama speaks at a distribution center for Safeway stores in Upper Marlboro, Md., Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. The president said having a more fuel-efficient truck fleet will boost the economy and help combat climate change. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Visitors take pictures of an ice filled Chicago River Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, in downtown Chicago. Weeks of subfreezing weather are giving way, at least briefly, to temperatures in the 50s, putting cities on guard for flooding, roof collapses and clogged storm drains. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
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FILE - In this July 5, 2011 file photo, a bumblebee alights on the bloom of a thistle in Berlin, Vt. Increasingly sick domesticated honeybee populations are infecting the world's wild bumblebees, a new study in the journal Nature finds. It's a problem because wild bees, which are doing far worse than their managed cousins, handle a big chunk of pollination for food, such as coffee, tomatoes and blueberries. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)
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FILE - In this Friday, March 18, 2011 photo, Sandhill cranes fly in formation in front a nearly full moon near Alda, Neb. The cranes have begun to arrive to the Platte River basin on their annual migration north to Canada, Alaska and Siberia. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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In this Feb. 6, 2014 photo, Chase Iron Eyes, an attorney and American Indian activist on the Standing Rock Reservation, is seen in Fort Yates, N.D., where he talked about being less dependent on propane and finding alternative ways to heat houses on the reservation. The effort to raise $50,000 for a pilot project aimed at moving Standing Rock Reservation homes away from reliance on propane fuel has reached its goal in just a couple of weeks. Iron Eyes launched the "Heating the Rez" effort that has drawn more than 1,150 donations from as far as Australia and Sweden. The money will outfit 20 homes with heat stoves that burn pellets made from natural materials.has spearheaded an effort (AP Photo/Kevin Cederstrom)
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FILE - In this May 22, 2013 file photo, vacationers walk along the boardwalk in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Tourism officials in the resort city worry that the cold winter of 2013-2014 in the North and the Midwest could mean extra school makeup days in those areas that could affect the spring tourism season in South Carolina. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, file)
