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Norway's Minister of Climate and Environment Vidar Helgesen speaks during the Interfaith Rainforest Initiative in Oslo, Norway, Monday June 19, 2017. Religious and indigenous leaders worldwide are calling for an end to deforestation in an international multi-faith, multi-cultural plea to reduce the emissions that fuel climate change, which is killing tropical rainforests.(Lise Aserud/NTB Scanpix via AP)
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This screenshot provided by vessel-tracking service MarineTraffic shows a track of the route of the container ship ACX Crystal that collided with the USS Fitzgerald in the waters off Shimoda in the Izu Peninsula, southwest of Tokyo, Saturday, June 16, 2017, killing seven U.S. sailors. The track of the container ship’s route by MarineTraffic shows it made a sudden turn as if trying to avoid something at about 1:30 a.m., before continuing eastward. It then made a U-turn and returned around 2:20 a.m. to the area near the collision. (MarineTraffic via AP)
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This screenshot provided by vessel-tracking service MarineTraffic shows a track of the route of the container ship ACX Crystal that collided with the USS Fitzgerald in the waters off Shimoda in the Izu Peninsula, southwest of Tokyo, Saturday, June 16, 2017, killing seven U.S. sailors. The track of the container ship’s route by MarineTraffic shows it made a sudden turn as if trying to avoid something at about 1:30 a.m., before continuing eastward. It then made a U-turn and returned around 2:20 a.m. to the area near the collision. (MarineTraffic via AP)
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A screen shows a news program reporting about a collision between a U.S. destroyer and a container ship off Japan, in Tokyo, Monday, June 19, 2017. The USS Fitzgerald collided Saturday, June 17, with a Philippine-flagged container ship four times its size off the Japanese coast. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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In this Sunday, June 18, 2017 file photo, Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin, commander of the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet, speaks during a press conference on the status of the damaged USS Fitzgerald and search and rescue efforts for seven missing Fitzgerald sailors at the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo. The U.S. destroyer collided with a container ship in the busy sea off Japan Saturday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
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In this Saturday, June 17, 2017 file photo, the damaged USS Fitzgerald is seen near the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo. Seven U.S. sailors were killed when the Navy destroyer collided with the container ship in waters off Japan on June 17. The nighttime collision damaged the USS Fitzgerald severely. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
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In this Saturday, June 17, 2017 file photo released by Japan's 3rd Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, the damaged Philippine-registered container ship ACX Crystal is seen in the waters off Izu Peninsula, southwest of Tokyo. Seven U.S. sailors were killed when a Navy destroyer collided with the container ship in waters off Japan on June 17. The nighttime collision damaged the USS Fitzgerald severely.(Japan's 3rd Regional Coast Guard Headquarters via AP, File)
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In this Saturday, June 17, 2017 file photo, the damaged USS Fitzgerald is towed by a tugboat in the waters near the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo, after the U.S. destroyer collided with the Philippine-registered container ship ACX Crystal in the waters off the Izu Peninsula. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
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In this Saturday, June 17, 2017 file photo, the damaged USS Fitzgerald is seen near the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo, after the U.S. destroyer collided with the Philippine-registered container ship ACX Crystal in the waters off the Izu Peninsula. The USS Fitzgerald was back at its home port in Japan after colliding before dawn Saturday with the container ship four times its size. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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A screen shows a news program reporting about a collision between a U.S. destroyer and a container ship off Japan, in Tokyo, Monday, June 19, 2017. The USS Fitzgerald collided Saturday, June 17, with a Philippine-flagged container ship four times its size off the Japanese coast. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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Illustration on Trump's potential impact on America's space program in the 21st century by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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This June 9, 2017 photo, Russ Finch shows off his tango mandarins, a hybrid that contains no seeds in Alliance, Neb. Finch has created greenhouses that run on geothermal heat. Geothermal heat produces heat from the ground through a singular heat source that dispenses heat through a tubing system. He began selling his geothermal greenhouses with his business Greenhouse in the Snow about three years ago. (Torri Brumbaugh/The Star-Herald via AP)
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FILE - This Friday Sept. 22, 2006, file photo, shows an oil refinery at sunset in Rodeo, Calif. California's cap-and-trade law, which puts a cap and a price on carbon emissions, expires in 2020, but Gov. Jerry Brown say he's still hopeful it will be extended, after he failed to convince lawmakers to extend it in tandem with the just-passed state budget. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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FILE -- In this Aug. 4, 2013, file photo, an oil field pump jack operates near Lost Hills, Calif. California's cap-and-trade law, which puts a cap and a price on carbon emissions, expires in 2020. Gov. Jerry Brown say he's still hopeful it will be extended, after he failed to convince lawmakers to extend it in tandem with the just-passed state budget. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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In this Thursday, June 15, 2017 photo, Christine Gall waters a vegetable and flower garden at the Burlington High School in Burlington, Vt. The school is part of the Wild for Pollinators initiative, which urges Vermont schools, businesses and individuals to plant flowers or leave areas unmowed to create habitats for bees and other pollinators that have rapidly declined. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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In this Thursday, June 15, 2017 photo, Christine Gall, manager of production gardens at several Burlington, Vt., schools looks at a bee on a flowering sage plant at the Hunt Middle School. The school is part of the Wild for Pollinators initiative, which urges Vermont schools, businesses and individuals to plant flowers or leave areas unmowed to create habitats for bees and other pollinators that have rapidly declined. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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In this Saturday, June 17, 2017, photo, the container ship ACX Crystal with its left bow dented and scraped after colliding with the USS Fitzgerald in the waters off the Izu Peninsula earlier in the day, is berthed at the Oi Container Terminal in Tokyo. The search for seven U.S. Navy sailors missing after their destroyer collided with the container ship called off Sunday after several bodies were found in the ship's flooded compartments, including sleeping quarters. All of the ACX Crystal's 20-member Filipino crew were safe, said Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen K.K., which operates the Philippine-flagged ship. (Hitoshi Takano/Kyodo News via AP)
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In this Saturday, June 17, 2017, photo, the container ship ACX Crystal with its left bow dented and scraped after colliding with the USS Fitzgerald in the waters off the Izu Peninsula earlier in the day, is berthed at the Oi Container Terminal in Tokyo. The search for seven U.S. Navy sailors missing after their destroyer collided with the container ship called off Sunday after several bodies were found in the ship's flooded compartments, including sleeping quarters. All of the ACX Crystal's 20-member Filipino crew were safe, said Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen K.K., which operates the Philippine-flagged ship. (Hitoshi Takano/Kyodo News via AP)
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In this Friday, June 16, 2017 photo, Casey, a cat with feline immunodeficiency virus, pauses during a snack at the New Hampshire Humane Society shelter in Laconia, N.H. Current law prohibits shelters in the state from transferring pets with contagious illnesses, including cats with FIV, but a provision in the proposed state budget seeks to allow such adoptions. (AP Photo/Holly Ramer)
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In this Saturday, June 17, 2017, photo, the container ship ACX Crystal goes through the Tokyo Bay after colliding with the USS Fitzgerald in the waters off the Izu Peninsula early in the day. The search for seven U.S. Navy sailors missing after their destroyer collided with the container ship called off Sunday after several bodies were found in the ship's flooded compartments, including sleeping quarters. All of the ACX Crystal's 20-member Filipino crew were safe, said Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen K.K., which operates the Philippine-flagged ship. (Shunpei Ishii/Kyodo News via AP)
