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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., Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. Duke Energy estimates that up to 82,000 tons of ash has been released from a break in a 48-inch storm water pipe at the Dan River Power Plant in Eden N.C. on Sunday. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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This Jan. 30, 2014 photo shows seagulls at the ocean's edge in Belmar, N.J. Nine New Jersey environmental groups are asking the state to do more to lessen the amount of pollutants that enter the state's waterways due to storm runoff. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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In this July 6, 2013 photo, beachgoers play in the surf at Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. Nine New Jersey environmental groups are asking the state to do more to lessen the amount of pollutants that enter the state's waterways due to storm water runoff. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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This Jan. 30, 2014 photo shows waves breaking beyond an ocean jetty in Belmar, N.J. Nine New Jersey environmental groups are asking the state to do more to lessen the amount of pollutants that enter the state's waterways due to storm runoff. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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This Friday, Sept. 20, 2013 file photo shows the country's first floating wind turbine works off the coast of Castine, Maine. Oregon and federal officials are announcing a new effort to tap into offshore wind energy resources in federal waters along the West Coast. Gov. John Kitzhaber, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Tommy Beaudreau are making the announcement at a press conference Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)-FILE
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Oregon, Governor John Kitzhaber, left, announces Wednesday Feb. 5, 2014, plans to develop the West Coast’s first offshore wind energy farm, as U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, center, and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Tommy Beaudreau look on in Portland, Ore. The pilot project will be developed by Seattle-based Principle Power using floating wind turbine technology that has not been deployed in U.S. waters but is in use or under development in Europe and Asia. (AP Photo/Gosia Wozniacka)
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FILE - This Oct. 30, 2002 file photo shows a speed boat passing by offshore windmills in the North Sea offshore from near Esbjerg, Denmark. On Wednesday Feb. 5, 2014, Oregon's Governor, John Kitzhaber and other officials announced plans to develop a similar farm, as the West Coast’s first offshore wind energy farm. (AP Photo/Heribert Proepper, file)
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, right, accompanied by White House press secretary Jay Carney, announces new climate zones to help farmers deal with climate change, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington. Aiming to help rural communities deal with climate change, the Obama administration is creating seven regional "climate hubs" that will serve as clearinghouses for information and outreach about extreme weather across the US. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announces new climate zones to help farmers deal with climate change, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington. The government will assess the climate risk in each of these zones, such as forest fires, drought, floods and then help farmers deal with it. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2014 photo Dennis Olsen measures a fissure which he said was about an inch wide and at least eight to ten inches deep, in his rural driveway following a frost quake in Waupun, Wis. Known technically as cryoseism, frost quakes are a rare natural phenomena that happen when the temperature drops suddenly, causing moisture in the ground to freeze and expand. They can cause an earthquake-like rumble sometimes with loud, booming noises. (AP Photo/The Reporter, Aileen Andrews, File)
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FILE-This Friday, May 4, 2012 file photo shows workers transporting an animal from the Columbus Zoo in Columbus, Ohio to Zanesville, Ohio as Marian Thompson, center, touches the cage. In a letter dated Dec. 30, 2013, Thompson, the widow of an exotic animal owner who released dozens of creatures from their eastern Ohio farm has told state officials she has relocated the wild animals that survived the incident. (AP Photo/The Columbus Dispatch, Tom Dodge, File)
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FILE - In this April 23, 2012, file photo, Marian Thompson enters a hearing at the Ohio Department of Agriculture in Reynoldburg, Ohio. In a letter dated Dec. 30, 2013, Thompson, the widow of an exotic animal owner who released dozens of creatures from their eastern Ohio farm, has told state officials she has relocated the wild animals that survived the incident. (AP Photo/Times Recorder, Chris Crook, File)
