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A helicopter flies with a water bucket to extinguish nearby fires in the coastal town of Knysna, South Africa, Friday June 9, 2017. Recent fires have resulted in fatalities, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people in the past few days. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)
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Fires smolder in a burnt out forest in Knysna, South Africa, Friday, June 9, 2017. Fires fanned by high winds spread to nearby Plettenburg Bay and Knysna in the Western Cape Province with fatalities, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people in the past few days. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)
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Fires smolder in a burnt out forest in Knysna, South Africa, Friday, June 9, 2017. Fires fanned by high winds spread to nearby Plettenburg Bay and Knysna in the Western Cape Province with fatalities, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people in the past few days. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)
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Fires smolder in burnt out landscape in Knysna, South Africa, Friday, June 9, 2017. Fires fanned by high winds spread to nearby Plettenburg Bay and Knysna in the Western Cape Province with fatalities, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people in the past few days. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)
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Illustration on Democrat discord over withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Alaska Gov. Bill Walker answers the question of a reporter patched into his news conference by phone on Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Juneau, Alaska. Walker's communications director, Grace Jang, listens in the background. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
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Hawaii coffee farmer Andres Magana Ortiz speaks to reporters in Honolulu on Thursday, June 8, 2017. Magana Ortiz must return to Mexico in 30 days if efforts to halt his deportation aren't successful. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
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Hawaii coffee farmer Andres Magana Ortiz speaks to reporters in Honolulu on Thursday, June 8, 2017. Magana Ortiz must return to Mexico in 30 days if efforts to halt his deportation aren't successful. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
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Hawaii coffee farmer Andres Magana Ortiz speaks to reporters in Honolulu on Thursday, June 8, 2017. Magana Ortiz must return to Mexico in 30 days if efforts to halt his deportation aren't successful. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
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Threes Brewing in Brooklyn, New York, will release "Gender Neutral" beer on June 22, 2017, leading up to NYC Pride. (Image: Threes Brewing promotional photo)
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In this Monday, June 5, 2017 photo, Elese Washines, assistant professor at Heritage University and Higher education program manager for the Yakama Nation, performs a hooding ceremony honoring Russell Jim, longtime manager of the Yakama Nation's Environmental Restoration and Environmental Cleanup program, for his influence in Hanford cleanup efforts during a ceremony at Heritage University in Toppenish, Wash. (Shawn Gust/Yakima Herald-Republic via AP)
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In this April 8, 2011, photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, a polar bear walks across rubble ice in the Alaska portion of the southern Beaufort Sea. Rapid global warming has increased the speed of sea ice drifting off Alaska's northern coasts and polar bears are paying a price, according to a new federal study. (Mike Lockhart/USGS via AP)
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A "No Pipeline" sign is posted next to a property line marker only a few feet from the center line of the route of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Bolar, Va. Virginia's top environmental official says the state is going "above and beyond" in its efforts to evaluate what impact two proposed natural gas pipelines would have on water quality. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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David Blanchard, a member of the Highland county board of Supervisors, gestures during a tour of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline Tuesday, June 6, 2017, Valley Center in Highland County, Va. Virginia's top environmental official says the state is going "above and beyond" in its efforts to evaluate what impact two proposed natural gas pipelines would have on water quality. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Virginia department of Environmental Quality director, David Paylor, walks along a retention pond for a spring near the route of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Bolar, Va. Virginia's top environmental official insists the state is going "above and beyond" in evaluating the water quality impacts of two proposed natural gas pipelines. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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This Wednesday, April 26, 2017, photo shows the front of a 2017 GMC Sierra at a GMC Buick dealership in Miami. Honda says it will have highly automated vehicles on the road in personal cars by 2025. The automaker says its system will use computers and cameras, radar and laser sensors to handle almost all driving situations except bad weather or some unusual occurrences. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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FILE--In this May 9, 2017, file photo, an emergency sign flashes outside the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. Radiation warning alarms sounded about 7 a.m., Thursday, June 8, 2017, outside the Plutonium Finishing Plant, prompting about 350 workers at the Reservation to seek cover indoors. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes, file)
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New Hampshire Fish and Wildlife Lt. James Kneeland, assistant dive master, examines the railroad bridge over the Connecticut River that connects Brattleboro, Vt., to Hinsdale, N.H., on Thursday, June 8, 2017, during the search for a man who fell off the bridge on Wednesday evening. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)
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Emergency crews from Brattleboro and Hinsdale search the banks of the Connecticut River on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, for a man in his 20s who fell into the river. Authorities received a call for help around 8:25 p.m. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, June 7, 2017, a fire burns in the Kranshoek area in South Africa. Fires fanned by high winds have swept through a scenic coastal town in South Africa, killing several people, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people, authorities and media reports said Thursday. (AP Photo/Ewald Stander)
