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This Aug. 8, 2016 photo provided by the J.R. Simplot Company shows Simplot Plant Sciences’ Innate Generation 2 genetically engineered potatoes at the Michigan State University field that have that survived after being infected with late blight disease, that led to the Irish potato famine, in East Lansing, Mich. Canadian officials said three types of potatoes genetically engineered by an Idaho company to resist the pathogen that caused the famine are safe for the environment and safe to eat. The approval confirmed by Health Canada officials on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, means the J.R. Simplot Co. potatoes can be imported, planted and sold in Canada. (Nicolas Champouret/J.R. Simplot Company via AP)
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A roadblock is set up at the north end of the Bonner Bridge on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, on Hatteras Island, N.C. The outage caused by a construction accident forced an estimated 50,000 visitors to leave Hatteras and Ocracoke islands, and others never made it to the popular vacation spots because of evacuation orders that are still in place. (Steve Earley/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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In this Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017 a layer of smog hangs over the Salt Lake City area. Ozone levels in northern Utah's murky summer air have reached their worst levels in nearly 10 years this summer amid hot temperatures and high-pressure systems, the Salt Lake Tribune reported. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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New York State Environmental Conservation officers guide a carved ivory tusk up a conveyor belt into a crusher, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in New York's Central Park. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation destroyed illegal ivory confiscated through state enforcement efforts. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Musician Mick Fleetwood watches an ivory crushing ceremony, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in New York's Central Park. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation destroyed illegal ivory confiscated through state enforcement efforts over the last two years. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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A carved ivory tusk rolls up a conveyor belt into a crusher, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in New York's Central Park. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation destroyed illegal ivory confiscated through state enforcement efforts. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Ivory sculptures are on display before being crushed, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in New York's Central Park. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation destroyed illegal ivory confiscated through state enforcement efforts. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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A representative from the National Geographic, center, and the Great Plains foundation pick up ivory sculptors before placing them into a crusher, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in New York's Central Park. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation destroyed illegal ivory confiscated through state enforcement efforts. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Animal rights activist chant slogans in support of the ivory crush, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in New York's Central Park. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation destroyed illegal ivory confiscated through state enforcement efforts over the last two years. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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A New York State Environmental Conservation officer salutes as an ivory sculpture rolls up a conveyor belt into a crusher, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in New York's Central Park. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation destroyed illegal ivory confiscated through state enforcement efforts. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Crushed pieces of ivory spill out of a conveyor belt after having been crushed, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in New York's Central Park. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation destroyed illegal ivory confiscated through state enforcement efforts over the last two years. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. EDT. - Flowers in Harold Showalter's garden in Etowah, N.C. He spends six days a week in his garden, which he meticulously constructed himself on the hillside behind his Mountain Valley Drive home. He's created a masterpiece with 23 terraces, numerous walkways and a dizzying assortment of plants. (Derek Lacey /The Times-News via AP)
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One of several staircases Harold Showalter has constructed in his garden in Etowah, N.C. Harold spends six days a week in his garden, which he meticulously constructed himself on the hillside behind his Mountain Valley Drive home in Etowah, N.C. He's created a masterpiece with 23 terraces, numerous walkways and a dizzying assortment of plants. (Derek Lacey /The Times-News via AP)
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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. EDT. - Harold Showalter with the crank-operated storage container he constructed from an old planter bed. Showalter spends six days a week in his garden, which he meticulously constructed himself on the hillside behind his Mountain Valley Drive home in Etowah, N.C. He's created a masterpiece with 23 terraces, numerous walkways and a dizzying assortment of plants. (Derek Lacey /The Times-News via AP)
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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. EDT. - Harold Showalter, 81, and his wife Linda are the people featured in the photos, in the half-acre backyard garden he's worked on for the last 19 years that has 23 terraces, all built by Showalter. He spends six days a week in his garden, which he meticulously constructed himself on the hillside behind his Mountain Valley Drive home in Etowah, N.C. He's created a masterpiece with 23 terraces, numerous walkways and a dizzying assortment of plants. (Derek Lacey /The Times-News via AP)
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A firefighter works behind a burned-out fire truck during a wildfire near Kalyvia in Greece, Thursday Aug. 3, 2017. Three firefighters have been hospitalized with burns and local authorities have issued an evacuation order for residents near a seaside town of Kalyvia, south of Athens as a wildfire threatened homes in high winds. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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A man looks at a burned-out car during a wildfire near Kalyvia in Greece, Thursday Aug. 3, 2017. Three firefighters have been hospitalized with burns and local authorities have issued an evacuation order for residents near a seaside town of Kalyvia, south of Athens as a wildfire threatened homes in high winds. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Firefighters work inside of a burned-out building during a wildfire near Kalyvia in Greece, Thursday Aug. 3, 2017. Three firefighters have been hospitalized with burns and local authorities have issued an evacuation order for residents near a seaside town of Kalyvia, south of Athens as a wildfire threatened homes in high winds. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this July 29, 2017, photo, corn farmer Jim Carlson of Silver Creek, Nebraska, waits to be interviewed by a television reporter while standing in front of solar panels he is building on his land in the proposed path of the Keystone XL pipeline. Despite new uncertainty over whether TransCanada, the builder of the Keystone XL pipeline will continue the project, longtime opponents in Nebraska aren't letting their guard down and neither are law enforcement officials who may have to react to protests if it wins approval. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
