Environment

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FILE - In this July 20, 2013 file photo, a plant that produces ethanol is next to a cornfield near Coon Rapids, Iowa. For decades, a presidential candidate’s chances in Iowa were wounded if not doomed unless he embraced federal support for ethanol, a now flourishing component to Iowa’s economy in this corn-growing state. That immutable rule collapsed resoundingly early in the last campaign when five of the six top Republican candidates largely renounced a decades-old ethanol tax credit. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

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Sen. Ted Cruz has become public enemy No. 1 for the ethanol industry. He's held up federal nominees over his opposition to the national biofuels mandate. talks with a reporter as he gets on an elevator on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (Associated Press)

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Tennis superstars Venus Williams, left, and Serena Williams. (AP Photo)

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American Hollywood star Robert De Niro listens to one of the panel speakers next to Dr. Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, right, the UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment during the World Government Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018. De Niro took aim at the Trump administration's stance on climate change, telling a packed audience that he was visiting from a "backward" country suffering from "temporary insanity." (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

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The Olympic torch is carried into the stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

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South African President Jacob Zuma (left) clings to power with former ally and designated heir apparent Cyril Ramaphosa waiting in the wings to take over the troubled African National Congress. Mr. Ramaphosa won election in ANC to cause the power struggle. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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This image released by the European Southern Observatory on Aug. 10, 2017 shows near Earth asteroid 2012 TC4, the dot at center. The image was made from a composite of 37 individual 50-second exposures, and the background stars and galaxies appear as bright trails. NASA is using the asteroid’s close flyby to test Earth’s warning network for incoming space rocks. The asteroid will pass within about 27,000 miles (43,000 kilometers) of Antarctica early Thursday, Oct. 11, 2017. (Olivier Hainaut (ESO), Marco Micheli (ESA), Detlef Koschny (ESA)/ESO/ESA NEOCC via AP)

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Illustration on the dangers of U.S. ground engagement in North Korea by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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Water's Effect on our Climate Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Illustration on how a carbon tax would adversely affect the poor by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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A smartphone alert with a Tsunami false alarm.

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Illustration on highlighting the plight of North Korea's people by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Chain Migration Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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A Taiwan Coast Guard officer stands guard under a Taiwanese flag during Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou's visit to Pengjia Islet in the East China Sea, north of Taiwan, Saturday, April 9, 2016. Ma visited the small island to reassert Taiwan's sovereignty and its role in the contested region, one of the key issues of his administration that ends next month. Ma's visit to Pengjia, roughly 35 miles (56 kilometers) north of Taiwan proper, was his administration's second propaganda trip to an island in three weeks. It came four years after Ma last visited Pengjia to propose a plan to address territorial disputes between China, Taiwan and Japan over the nearby chain known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyutai in Chinese. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

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This sign located near the headquarters of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as seen Tuesday, July 17, 2007, in Austin, Texas, calls for the removal of chairwoman Kathleen Hartnett White. Tom "Smitty" Smith, of the watchdog group, Public Citizen, that sponsors the billboard, says they are targeting her because of the quality of her decision making, which they say has been bad for the environment in Texas. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)

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North Korea Olympic Participation Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Citizen Kane (1941), directed by Orson Welles. Actual Winner: How Green Was My Valley

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Health officials encourage people to get flu shots, even though the vaccine has been shown to be about only 30 percent effective against the H3N2 strain. Health experts are struggling to determine why flu-like illness in increasing among younger people. (Associated Press)

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Illustration on international nuclear threats by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 17, 2017, before a House Agriculture Committee hearing on "State of the Rural Economy." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)