Environment

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This image provided by the U.S. Department of Energy shows a 20-foot by 20-foot hole in the roof of a storage tunnel at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash., Tuesday, May 9, 2017. An emergency was declared Tuesday after the partial collapse of the tunnel that contains rail cars full of radioactive waste. (U.S. Department of Energy via AP)

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FILE - In this undated file photo, a large fir tree heads to the forest floor after it is cut by an unidentified logger in the Umpqua National Forest near Oakridge, Ore. So much timber money once flowed into this rural Oregon county that its leaders set up committees to find ways to spend it. Today, Douglas County's library system is on life support, and its sheriff's department is on track to lose funding. Nearly 30 years after environmental protections slashed logging in federal forests, Oregon counties like this one that thrived on timber revenues for decades are struggling to provide basic services. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

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FILE - In this Saturday, April 29, 2017, file photo, landscaping consisting of real Earth plant species mixed with sculpted Pandora flora surrounds a pond at the Pandora-World of Avatar land attraction in Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. You may not have thought much about the movie “Avatar” or its dazzling 3-D effects over the past eight years, but Disney sure has. And the Magic Kingdom is wagering a reported half-billion dollars that millions of people will line up for a new theme park based on the movie’s bioluminescent world of Pandora. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

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This Monday, May 8, 2017 photo released by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Animal Shelter shows a 17-foot python north of Anchorage, Alaska. The python had caused concern in a community since it went missing two weeks ago has returned home Monday. (Darla Erskine/Matanuska-Susitna Borough Animal Shelter via AP)

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The Forest Lake City Council in Minnesota voted to disband its police force, sparking intense backlash. (weloveourcops.com via Facebook)

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FILE--In this July 9, 2014, file photo, a sign warns of radioactivity near a wind direction flag indicator at the "C" tank farm on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. An emergency has been declared Tuesday, May 9, 2017, at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation after a portion of a tunnel that contained rail cars full of nuclear waste collapsed. Randy Bradbury, a spokesman for the Washington state Department of Ecology, said officials detected no release of radiation and no workers were injured. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, file)

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FILE - In this July 9, 2014 file photo, a sign informs visitors of prohibited items on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. An emergency has been declared Tuesday, May 9, 2017, at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation after a portion of a tunnel that contained rail cars full of nuclear waste collapsed. Randy Bradbury, a spokesman for the Washington state Department of Ecology, said officials detected no release of radiation and no workers were injured. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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This image released by Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions shows John Cena in a scene from, "The Wall." (David James/Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions via AP)

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This image released by Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions shows John Cena, foreground, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson in a scene from, "The Wall." (David James/Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions via AP)

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This image released by Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions shows Aaron Taylor-Johnson in a scene from, "The Wall." (David James/Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions via AP)

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Cindy-Rella, an abused Doberman pinscher, is pictured at the Second Chance Wildlife Rescue facility in Farmingville, N.Y., on Oct. 14, 2010. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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In this Monday, May 8, 2017 photo, opponents to the Dewey-Burdock Uranium Mine near Edgemont, S.D., hold up "NO URANIUM" signs during an Environmental Protection Agency hearing in Rapid City, S.D. Water quality is a major concern for opponents of the proposed southwest South Dakota uranium mine. (Chris Huber/Rapid City Journal via AP)

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FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2010, file photo, people stand in the rubble of a collapsed building in the aftermath of a massive earthquake in Port-au-Prince. The Trump administration is hunting for evidence of crimes committed by Haitian immigrants as it decides whether to allow them to continue participating in a humanitarian program that has shielded tens of thousands from deportation since the 2010 earthquake. The Homeland Security Department has not made a final decision about Temporary Protected Status for Haiti and declined to comment on the pre-decisional process. The Obama administration included Haiti in the program shortly after the January 2010 earthquake that killed as many as 300,000 people and devastated schools, hospitals, homes and even entire neighborhoods (AP Photo/Rodrigo And, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2010, file photo, Haitian police use sticks to try and keep the crowd in order at a food distribution point in the Cite Soleil neighborhood in the aftermath of the Jan. 12 earthquake in Port-au-Prince. The Trump administration is hunting for evidence of crimes committed by Haitian immigrants as it decides whether to allow them to continue participating in a humanitarian program that has shielded tens of thousands from deportation since the 2010 earthquake. The Homeland Security Department has not made a final decision about Temporary Protected Status for Haiti and declined to comment on the pre-decisional process. The Obama administration included Haiti in the program shortly after the January 2010 earthquake that killed as many as 300,000 people and devastated schools, hospitals, homes and even entire neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

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FILE- In this Feb. 28, 2017 file photo, a small flow of water goes down Oroville Dam's crippled spillway in Oroville, Calif. California is asking the federal government to pay for 75 percent of the hundreds of millions of dollars in repairs to the badly damaged spillways at the nation's tallest dam, a state water agency spokeswoman said Monday, May 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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North Korea Target Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Alaska state Rep. David Eastman, standing, speaks on the floor of the Alaska House on Friday, May 5, 2017, in Juneau, Alaska. Eastman, a Republican from Wasilla, has come under pressure from fellow House members to apologize for comments he recently made about abortion. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

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Parts of Arch Canyon within Bears Ears National Monument reveal the vast landscape of the 1.35 million acres in southeastern Utah protected by President Barack Obama on Dec. 28, 2016. Utah Republicans in Congress are advocating for Trump to jettison Utah's national monument designation. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

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This undated photo provided by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources shows graffiti within a protected area on one of Hawaii's most revered mountains in the Mauna Kea Ice Age Reserve. The department said the graffiti was found on April 28, 2017, and authorities are asking for the public's help in finding out who painted the graffiti. (Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources via AP)