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In this photo provided by NASA, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon spacecraft onboard, launches from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla, Saturday, June 3, 2017. SpaceX launched its first recycled cargo ship to the International Space Station on Saturday, yet another milestone in its bid to drive down flight costs. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)
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A driver pushes through a flooded neighborhood street caused by a swollen creek during a heavy rain shower, Friday, June 2, 2017, in Richardson, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND JUNE 3-4, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this May 27, 2017 photo, the Kenai River flows by the newly restored riverbank of Dow Island in Funny River, Alaska. A group of four property owners banded together this spring to install the extensive project to protect the bank of the island in the Kenai River from rapid erosion. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND JUNE 3-4, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this May 27, 2017 photo, the Kenai River flows by the newly restored riverbank of Dow Island in Funny River, Alaska. A group of four property owners banded together this spring to install the extensive project to protect the bank of the island in the Kenai River from rapid erosion. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND JUNE 3-4, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this May 27, 2017 photo, Natalie and Chad Smyre relax in their cabin on Dow Island in the Kenai River in Funny River, Alaska. The Smyres, who live in Anchorage, worked with three other property owners to install an extensive bank restoration project along the shore of the island to protect it from extensive erosion over the years. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND JUNE 3-4, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this May 27, 2017 photo, Steve Flick, one of the property owners on Dow Island's north bank, relaxes in Natalie and Chad Smyre's cabin on the island in Funny River, Alaska. Flick, a professional construction contractor in Missouri, worked with the Smyres and two other property owners to install an extensive bank restoration project on the island to preempt the Kenai River's erosion that has been washing away feet of their properties each year. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion via AP)
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In this Tuesday, May 9, 2017 photo, Michael Fritch plants soybeans on his home farm in Mitchellville, Iowa. Fritch, a fifth-generation farmer, plants corn and soybeans on farming plots surrounding the Mitchellville and Des Moines area. (Michael Zamora/The Des Moines Register via AP)
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In this Tuesday, May 9, 2017 photo, Michael Fritch checks one of his planters to make sure its working properly as he plants soybeans on his home farm in Mitchellville, Iowa. Fritch, a fifth-generation farmer, plants corn and soybeans on farming plots surrounding the Mitchellville and Des Moines area. (Michael Zamora/The Des Moines Register via AP)
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In this Tuesday, May 9, 2017 photo, Michael Fritch pokes through the soybean seeds as he checks to make sure one of his planters is working properly as he plants soybeans on his home farm in Mitchellville, Iowa. (Michael Zamora/The Des Moines Register via AP)
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In this Tuesday, May 9, 2017 photo, Michael Fritch checks one of his planters to make sure its working properly as he plants soybeans on his home farm in Mitchellville, Iowa. Fritch, a fifth-generation farmer, plants corn and soybeans on farming plots surrounding the Mitchellville and Des Moines area. (Michael Zamora/The Des Moines Register via AP)
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In this Tuesday, May 9, 2017 photo, Michael Fritch plants soybeans on his home farm in Mitchellville, Iowa. Fritch, a fifth-generation farmer, plants corn and soybeans on farming plots surrounding the Mitchellville and Des Moines area. (Michael Zamora/The Des Moines Register via AP)
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In this May 15, 2017 photo, Dan Severson, second from left, talks about his experiences with conservation easements in the Burnt Fork area, with Friends of the Lee Metcalf Wildlife Refuge's Paul Hayes and Skip Kowalski and Bitterroot Land Trust's Gavin Ricklefs, at his home in the Burnt Fork area east of Stevensville, Mont. Years ago, the Friends organization designed a popular state license plate that celebrated National Wildlife Refuges. The license plate generated about $20,000 for the organization. (Perry Backus/Ravalli Republic via AP)
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In this May 26, 2017, photo, Jim Papacek stands in the front yard of his former south Fargo, N.D., while taking a break from loading bricks onto a rented truck. Papacek lived in the house near the Red River for nearly half a century and had planned to die there, but decided he could no longer fight both the river and city officials who wanted him off the flood plain. Last fall he accepted a buyout for the home. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack)
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Large crowds gather to watch as dairy cows are released into open fields for the lush summer pastures, freed from the stables which have been their homes for the long winter months, in Drottningholm, Sweden, Saturday, April 29, 2017. The annual event, known in Sweden as "koslapp" or cow release, has become a popular family outing for many urban dwellers. President Donald Trump said the United States “will continue to be the cleanest and most environmentally friendly country on Earth” as he announced pulling out of an international accord designed to curb climate change. But facts muddy that claim. Data show the U.S. is among the dirtiest countries when it comes to heat-trapping carbon pollution. One nation that has cleaner air in nearly every way is Sweden. (AP Photo/David Keyton)
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In this Feb. 21, 2017 photo, a woman wearing a mask walks to a subway station during the evening rush hour in Beijing. President Donald Trump said the United States “will continue to be the cleanest and most environmentally friendly country on Earth” as he announced pulling out of an international accord designed to curb climate change. But facts muddy that claim. Data show the U.S. is among the dirtiest countries when it comes to heat-trapping carbon pollution. One nation that has cleaner air in nearly every way is Sweden. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2015 file photo, a plume of steam billows from the coal-fired Merrimack Station in Bow, N.H. President Donald Trump said the United States “will continue to be the cleanest and most environmentally friendly country on Earth” as he announced pulling out of an international accord designed to curb climate change. But facts muddy that claim. Data show the U.S. is among the dirtiest countries when it comes to heat-trapping carbon pollution. One nation that has cleaner air in nearly every way is Sweden. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)
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Beaufort tattoo artist Bill Smith is photographed on Thursday, May 25 2017, at his tattoo studio Yes It Hurts! Tattoos. (Jay Karr /The Island Packet via AP)
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U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, left, and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue speak in Boise, Idaho, on Friday, June 2, 2017. Both emphasized cooperation among federal, state, tribal and local agencies in battling wildfires as the main part of the wildfire season arrives. (AP Photo/Keith Ridler)
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FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2016, file photo, water flows through an irrigation canal to crops near Lemoore, Calif. California's powerful regional water districts are working alongside Gov. Jerry Brown to take on more responsibility for designing, building and arranging financing for a $15.7 billion twin tunnel project that would ship water southward from Northern California as they push to finally close the deal on the controversial plan, two officials working closely on the project told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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President Donald Trump stands next to the podium after speaking about the U.S. role in the Paris climate change accord, Thursday, June 1, 2017, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
