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This is an undated image made available by the World Wildlife Fund Finland of a Saimaa Ringed Seal as it rests on a rock in Lake Saimaa, Finland. Wildlife conservationists in Finland are giving endangered seals in Europe's fourth largest lake a spot of online fame _ they plan to stream encounters with some of the estimated 360 remaining seals in southeastern lake of Saimaa, in a bid to raise awareness of their plight. (Ismo Marttinen/WWF Finland via AP)
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This Feb. 19, 2017, photo shows the exterior of the local school's wood-heated aquaponics greenhouse in Coffman Cove, Alaska. The state has released a new guidebook that other Alaska schools and community groups how to build greenhouses heated with a plentiful local resource, wood. (Colter Barnes via AP)
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This March 30, 2016, shows some of the produce grown in the local school's wood-heated aquaponics greenhouse in Naukati, Alaska. The state has released a new guidebook that other Alaska schools and community groups how to build greenhouses heated with a plentiful local resource, wood. (Colter Barnes via AP)
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In this Sept. 1, 2015, photo, Lily West, left, and Logan Strong plant seeds for their school's wood-heated aquaponics greenhouse in Kasaan, Alaska. The state has released a new guidebook that other Alaska schools and community groups how to build greenhouses heated with a plentiful local resource, wood. (Colter Barnes via AP)
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Bob McKee, of Owasso, sits in a chair from his recreational vehicle among the remains of his shed after taking storm damage in Owasso, Okla., Thursday, May 11, 2017. The National Weather Service said a tornado touched down in the Tulsa suburb of Owasso Thursday and a possible tornado struck near Perkins, about 45 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. Damage was reported to roofs and trees, but there are no reports of injuries. (Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP)
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A tree lies damaged from a storm in Owasso, Okla, Thursday, May 11, 2017. The National Weather Service said a tornado touched down in the Tulsa suburb of Owasso Thursday and a possible tornado struck near Perkins, about 45 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. Damage was reported to roofs and trees, but there are no reports of injuries. (Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP)
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A home sits with a hole in the side of it after being damaged by a storm in Owasso, Okla., Thursday, May 11, 2017. The National Weather Service said a tornado touched down in the Tulsa suburb of Owasso Thursday and a possible tornado struck near Perkins, about 45 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. Damage was reported to roofs and trees, but there are no reports of injuries. (Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP)
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A roofer from Dunnwright Roofing works on a roof after it was damaged in a storm in Owasso, Okla., on Thursday, May 11, 2017. The National Weather Service said a tornado touched down in the Tulsa suburb of Owasso Thursday and a possible tornado struck near Perkins, about 45 miles northeast of Oklahoma City.Damage was reported to roofs and trees, but there are no reports of injuries. (Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP)
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FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2016 file photo, Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, responsible for transmitting Zika, sit in a petri dish at the Fiocruz Institute in Recife, Brazil. The South American country declared an end to its public health emergency for the Zika virus on Thursday, May 11, 2017, 18 months after a surge in cases drew headlines around the world. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
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Assemblyman James Gallagher, R-Yuba City, questions Bill Croyle, the acting director of the Department of Water Resources, about the damaged spillways of the Oroville Dam during an Assembly committee hearing Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers cited emerging technical reports from two independent teams of experts on the Oroville Dam's two spillway's, citing concrete that was thinner than modern standards call for, cracks, tree roots that had blocked spillway drains and bedrock anchoring the dam that was far weaker then assumed as some of the reasons for the near collapse of the spillways that caused the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people downstream of the Oroville Dam in February. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Bill Croyle, center, the acting director of the Department of Water Resources, flanked by Resources Secretary John Laird, left, and consultant David Gutierrez, discusses the damaged spillways of the Oroville Dam during a joint Assembly committee hearing Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers cited numerous factors emerging from technical reports done by two independent teams of experts on the Oroville Dam's two spillway's, that contributed to the near collapse of the spillways that caused the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people downstream of the Oroville Dam in February. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Bill Croyle, the acting director of the Department of Water Resources, flanked by Resources Secretary John Laird, left, discusses the damaged spillways of the Oroville Dam during a Assembly committee hearing Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers cited numerous factors emerging from technical reports done by two independent teams of experts on the Oroville Dam's two spillway's, that contributed to the near collapse of the spillways that caused the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people downstream of the Oroville Dam in February. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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David Gutierrez, a consultant for the Department of Water Resources., answers a lawmaker's questions concerning the damaged spillways of the Oroville Dam during a joint Assembly committee hearing Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers cited emerging technical reports from two independent teams of experts on the Oroville Dam's two spillway's, citing concrete that was thinner than modern standards call for, cracks, tree roots that had blocked spillway drains and bedrock anchoring the dam that was far weaker then assumed as some of the reasons for the near collapse of the spillways that caused the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people downstream of the Oroville Dam in February. At left is Resources Secretary John Laird, in the center is Bill Croyle, acting Director of the California Department of Water Resources. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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In this March 2, 2017 photo, workers assemble resetting rat traps at the Goodnature factory in Wellington, New Zealand. People across New Zealand are embracing an environmental goal so ambitious it’s been compared to putting a man on the moon: ridding the entire nation of every last stoat, possum and rat. The idea is to give a second chance to the unusual birds that ruled this South Pacific nation before humans arrived 800 years ago. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)
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In this Wednesday, May 10, 2017, photo provided by the Audubon Nature Institute, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries the Audubon Nature Institute release a rehabilitated sea turtle into Lake Calcasieu in Cameron Parish near Lake Charles, La., nine months after being caught in a shrimper's trawl. (Jonathan Vogel/Audubon Nature Institute via AP)
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In this Wednesday, May 10, 2017, photo provided by the Audubon Nature Institute, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries the Audubon Nature Institute release a rehabilitated sea turtle into Lake Calcasieu in Cameron Parish near Lake Charles, La., nine months after being caught in a shrimper's trawl. (Jonathan Vogel/Audubon Nature Institute via AP)
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FILE - This Sept. 21, 2015, file photo, shows the Volkswagen logo on a car for sale at New Century Volkswagen dealership in Glendale, Calif. On Thursday, May 11, 2017, a federal judge in San Francisco approved a $1.2 billion settlement with owners of about 88,500 Volkswagens with 3-liter diesel engines rigged to cheat on emissions tests. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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In this Tuesday, May 9, 2017, photo, a Hanford Patrol officer blocks traffic on Route 4S that leads to 200 East Area, where an emergency has been declared at the Hanford nuclear weapons complex in southeastern Washington. The collapse of a tunnel containing radioactive waste at Hanford underscored what critics have long been saying: that the toxic remnants of the Cold War are being stored in haphazard and unsafe conditions, and time is running out to deal with the problem. (Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review via AP)
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Contractors with Duke Energy work to restore power lines Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Bloomington, Ind., that was damaged by fallen trees from the severe thunderstorm that went through Wednesday night in Bloomington, Ind. (Chris Howell/The Herald-Times via AP)
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A crowd of well-wishers along River Street welcome the container ship COSCO Development, Thursday morning, May 11, 2017, in Savannah, Ga, as the vessel sails up the Savannah River to the Port of Savannah. The ship is the largest vessel ever to call on the U.S. East Coast. (Steve Bisson/Savannah Morning News via AP)
