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In this April 27, 2017, photo, Gabe Ablin, 21, an Environmental Ethics & Policy major at the University of Portland, stands near a series of raised flower beds as part of a project that hopes to create a habitat for the monarch butterfly in Portland, Ore. One year after first planting various milkweed seeds, Vigor intern Ablin will be one of over 700 UP undergraduates collecting a diploma Saturday. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP)
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In this April 27, 2017, photo, Gabe Ablin, 21, an Environmental Ethics & Policy major at the University of Portland, stands near a series of raised flower beds as part of a project that hopes to create a habitat for the monarch butterfly in Portland, Ore. One year after first planting various milkweed seeds, Vigor intern Ablin will be one of over 700 UP undergraduates collecting a diploma Saturday. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP)
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In this April 27, 2017, photo, Gabe Ablin, 21, an Environmental Ethics & Policy major at the University of Portland, stands near a series of raised flower beds as part of a project that hopes to create a habitat for the monarch butterfly in Portland, Ore. One year after first planting various milkweed seeds, Vigor intern Ablin will be one of over 700 UP undergraduates collecting a diploma Saturday. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP)
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In this April 27, 2017, photo, Gabe Ablin, 21, an Environmental Ethics & Policy major at the University of Portland, stands near a series of raised flower beds as part of a project that hopes to create a habitat for the monarch butterfly in Portland, Ore. One year after first planting various milkweed seeds, Vigor intern Ablin will be one of over 700 UP undergraduates collecting a diploma Saturday. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, MAY 20-21 - In this May 9, 2017 photo, Bitterroot National Forest packer Karl Crittenden works to develop trust from Ziggy at the Bitterroot National Forest's West Fork Ranger Station in Hamilton, Mont. Crittenden said the ground work he puts in now will pay dividends when the pair are miles away from the nearest trailhead this summer. Ziggy is one of two mustangs from a Nevada prison program. (Perry Backus/Ravalli Republic via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, MAY 20-21 - In this May 9, 2017 photo, Bitterroot National Forest packer Karl Crittenden smiles as Ziggy responds to light pull on the lead rope at the Bitterroot National Forest's West Fork Ranger Station in Hamilton, Mont. Crittenden said the ground work he puts in now will pay dividends when the pair are miles away from the nearest trailhead this summer. Ziggy is one of two mustangs from a Nevada prison program. (Perry Backus/Ravalli Republic via AP)
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In this, Friday, May 19, 2017 photo, Haitian-American hip-hop star Wyclef Jean uses a small Haitian flag as a bandana as he prepares to speak during a news conference at the Little Haiti Cultural Center in Miami. Jean performs Friday in Miami's Little Haiti, a community worried that the Trump Administration won't renew post-earthquake immigration benefits for roughly 50,000 Haitians. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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In this, Friday, May 19, 2017 photo, Haitian-American hip-hop star Wyclef Jean, left, poses with Captain Haiti, also known as Martin Nandy, after Nandy gave him a T-shirt and had him try on his outfit while Jean was speaking during a news conference at the Little Haiti Cultural Center in Miami. Jean performs Friday in Miami's Little Haiti, a community worried that the Trump Administration won't renew post-earthquake immigration benefits for roughly 50,000 Haitians. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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In this, Friday, May 19, 2017 photo, Haitian-American hip-hop star Wyclef Jean listens to a question during an interview with The Associated Press at the Little Haiti Cultural Center in Miami. Jean performs Friday in Miami's Little Haiti, a community worried that the Trump Administration won't renew post-earthquake immigration benefits for roughly 50,000 Haitians. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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In this, Friday, May 19, 2017 photo, Haitian-American hip-hop star Wyclef Jean gestures as he speaks during a news conference at the Little Haiti Cultural Center in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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FILE – In this April 12, 2005, file photo, operator Kevin Holko monitors the control room during a scheduled refueling shutdown at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in North Perry, Ohio. Opponents of a proposed bailout of Ohio's two nuclear plants are praising a Wednesday, May 17, 2017, decision in the state House Public Utilities Committee to suspend testimony on a bill criticized by consumer, business and energy groups, even as FirstEnergy Corp., based in Akron, Ohio, continues to push for the deal. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)
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FILE – This April 12, 2005, file photo, shows the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in North Perry, Ohio. Opponents of a proposed bailout of Ohio's two nuclear plants are praising a Wednesday, May 17, 2017, decision in the state House Public Utilities Committee to suspend testimony on a bill criticized by consumer, business and energy groups, even as FirstEnergy Corp., based in Akron, Ohio, continues to push for the deal. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)
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FILE – In this April 4, 2017, file photo, plumes of steam drift from the cooling tower of FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio. Opponents of a proposed bailout of Ohio's two nuclear plants are praising a Wednesday, May 17, 2017, decision in the state House Public Utilities Committee to suspend testimony on a bill criticized by consumer, business and energy groups, even as FirstEnergy Corp., based in Akron, Ohio, continues to push for the deal. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane, File)
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In this May 18, 2017 photo, visitors look at a model of Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas at an exhibition entitled "Ocean Liners: Glamour, Speed, and Style" at the Peabody Essex Museum, in Salem, Mass. The new exhibition of more than 200 artworks from around the globe pays homage to the ocean liner era. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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In this file photo taken March 24 , 2017 in the Bialowieza Forest, in Poland, a bison stands near a place where fir trees have been logged. Some 230 writers and artists have written to Poland's President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Beata Szydlo to stop the logging at Europe's last primeval forest that is protected as UNESCO world heritage site. (AP Photo/Adam Bohdan)
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A wild obese macaque named "Uncle Fat," who was rescued from a Bangkok suburb, sits in a rehabilitation center in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 19, 2017. The morbidly obese wild monkey, who gorged himself on junk food and soda from tourists, has been rescued and placed on a strict diet. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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A wild obese macaque named "Uncle Fat," who was rescued from a Bangkok suburb, sits in a rehabilitation center in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 19, 2017. The morbidly obese wild monkey, who gorged himself on junk food and soda from tourists, has been rescued and placed on a strict diet. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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A wild obese macaque, named "Uncle Fat" who was rescued from a Bangkok suburb, sits in a rehabilitation center in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 19, 2017. The morbidly obese wild monkey, who gorged himself on junk food and soda from tourists, has been rescued and placed on a strict diet. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Anaheim Ducks' Ryan Getzlaf, center, celebrates as he skates behind Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne (35), of Finland, and defenseman P.K. Subban (76) after the Ducks beat the Predators in overtime in Game 4 of the Western Conference final in the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs Thursday, May 18, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. The Ducks won 3-2 to even the series 2-2. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Under the Paris pact, the U.S. promised to slash carbon emissions at least 26 percent by 2025, though the Chinese seemingly weren't concerned by the terms. (Associated Press)
