Environment

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Lucy Liu helped her co-worker Tianna Oliver clean out her flood-damaged house on Thursday. Government agencies also have kicked into high gear as the Houston region begins to recover from Hurricane Harvey. (Associated Press)

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Former President George W. Bush stands with Joseph Kim, a refugee from North Korea who received a grant from the North Korea Freedom Scholarship Program from the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas. Photo credit: Grant Miller for the George W. Bush Presidential Center.

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Men wait on a utility vehicle stuck in flood waters on Wednesday in Lumberton, Texas. The National Flood Insurance Program faces an end-of-September renewal deadline. (Associated Press)

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North Korea: Strategies To Resolve The Nuclear Threat available in the August 31, 2017 edition of The Washington Times. (cover)

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Illustration on curtailing Amazon by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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A dog looks out from a crate as a family is evacuated from their apartment on Tuesday in Kingwood, Texas. Some evacuees are keeping pets with them, while others are taking them to shelters. (Associated Press)

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William Loosemore welcomes President Trump, who visited Texas on Tuesday to assess damage from Hurricane Harvey and boost the morale of survivors. (Associated Press)

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The Plan to Get to Mars Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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People evacuate a neighborhood in west Houston inundated by floodwaters. (Associated Press)

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In this Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017 photo, a dead spruce tree stands on the shore of the East Branch of the Penobscot River in this time exposure in the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument near Patten, Maine. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke wants to retain the newly created monument but said he might recommend adjustments to the White House on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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In this Sept. 30, 2016, file photo, a marijuana bud is seen before harvesting at a rural area near Corvallis, Ore. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, File)

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Illustration on the challenge for Trump posed by North Korea by Nancy Ohanian/Tribune Content Agency

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Sunflowers decimated by drought are seen in a field in Padina, Serbia, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. Authorities and experts are warning that extremely hot and dry summer this year in the Balkans has decimated crops, dried rivers and hurt the animal world. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

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A field cleared of sunflowers destroyed by drought is seen in Padina, Serbia, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. Authorities and experts are warning that extremely hot and dry summer this year in the Balkans has decimated crops, dried rivers and hurt the animal world. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

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Pavel Tordaj, 42, a farmer, stands inside his field of corn which has been decimated by drought, in Padina, Serbia, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. Authorities and experts are warning that extremely hot and dry summer this year in the Balkans has decimated crops, dried rivers and hurt the animal world. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

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Pavel Tordaj, 42, a farmer, shows corn damaged by drought as he stands inside his field of corn in Padina, Serbia, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. Authorities and experts are warning that extremely hot and dry summer this year in the Balkans has decimated crops, dried rivers and hurt the animal world. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

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FILE - In this 2013 file photo, the Ice Harbor Dam on the Snake River is seen from the air near Pasco, Wash. A group that represents farmers says saving imperiled salmon in the largest river system in the Northwest U.S. is too costly and is turning to the Trump administration. The Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association wants the government to convene a Cabinet-level committee known as the "God Squad" due to its authority to allow exemptions to the Endangered Species Act. (Bob Brawday /The Tri-City Herald via AP, File)

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In this Oct. 19, 2016, file photo, a man fishes for salmon in the Snake River above the Lower Granite Dam in Washington state. (Jesse Tinsley /The Spokesman-Review via AP, File)