Environment

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A bobcat moves a pile of sandbags to be stacked on South Central Avenue in Eureka, Mo., to protect businesses from the rising floodwater of the Meramec River on Monday, May 1, 2017. Torrential rain caused Missouri waterways to burst their banks over the weekend forcing hundreds of road closures and causing people to take precautions against possible flooding. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

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A U.S. supply ship sails in the waters off the Boso Peninsula, east of Tokyo, as it is escorted by Japanese destroyer Izumo Monday, May 1, 2017. Japanese media said the U.S. supply ship is expected to refuel other American warships, including the USS Carl Vinson carrier strike group, amid heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula. (Ren Onuma/Kyodo News via AP)

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Some May Day rallies across the U.S. turned violent. Police were called in to disperse a crowd in downtown Portland, Oregon, Monday after authorities said the protesters had not obtained the proper permits. Marchers then began throwing projectiles at officers, and fires were soon blazing. (Associated Press photographs)

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Demonstrators wearing papier-mch heads representing President Donald Trump and the planet Earth, walk along Pennsylvania Ave., in front of the White House in Washington, during a demonstration and march, Saturday, April 29, 2017. Thousands of people gather across the country to march in protest of President Donald Trump's environmental policies, which have included rolling back restrictions on mining, oil drilling and greenhouse gas emissions at coal-fired power plants. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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The Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County. Renewable Energy Facility No. 2 is located in West Palm Beach, Florida. The plant processes up to 1 million tons of post-recycled municipal solid waste per year while producing enough power for 44,000 homes. Image courtesy of Babcock & Wilcox.

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Washington Gas and its employees have served the Greater Washington area with pride and dedication for nearly 170 years.

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Technological advances, like the fuel cell technology used in the Bloom Energy Server* or Bloom Box, combine with traditional sources of energy to provide a wide spectrum of clean, reliable and affordable electrical solutions for customers. Source: University of Delaware, WGL Energy.

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Aerial view of north end of the Yucca Mountain crest in February 1993. Image courtesy of Department of Energy.

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Energy Secretary Rick Perry (right) and NRG Energy CEO Mauricio Gutierrez toured the newly opened Petra Nova carbon capture and enhanced oil recovery system on April 13, 2017. This joint venture by NRG Energy and JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corp. is located near Houston and started operations at the end of 2016. The project has delivered more than 300,000 tons of carbon dioxide to the West Ranch oil field, owned by Petra Nova and Hilcorp Energy. The CO2 is injected into the oil reservoir to increase oil production in a process called Enhanced Oil Recovery. Image courtesy of NRG Energy/AP.

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Energy 2017 available in the May 2, 2017 edition of The Washington Times. (cover)

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One of Sunday's storms uprooted these two massive trees into this Durant, Miss., home, photographed Monday, May 1, 2017. Authorities speculate there might have been as many as 20 areas hit by strong winds Sunday, throughout the state. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mattie Coleman, left, a longtime supporter of the Holmes Community College basketball team, hugs Joshua Everett, one of several players that came to help her cleanup damage from a possible Sunday tornado that swept through Durant, Miss., Monday, May 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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A Holmes Community College basketball player tosses a cinderblock onto a pile outside the business of Mattie Coleman, a longtime supporter of the team, as several players and their coach came to assist with helping her cleanup damage from a possible Sunday tornado that swept through Durant, Miss., on Monday, May 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Holmes Community College basketball players take storm debris from the remnants of supporter Mattie Coleman's business and neighboring buildings to a haul away pile as they assist with helping her cleanup damage from a possible Sunday tornado that swept through Durant, Miss., on Monday, May 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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A Holmes Community College basketball player tosses a cinderblock onto a pile outside the business of Mattie Coleman, a longtime supporter of the team, as several players and their coach came to assist with helping her cleanup damage from a possible Sunday tornado that swept through Durant, Miss., on Monday, May 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Larry Bird speaks after resigning from his position as Indiana Pacers president of basketball operations during a news conference Monday, May 1, 2017, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

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Kevin Pritchard speaks during a news conference Monday, May 1, 2017, in Indianapolis. Larry Bird resigned from his position as Indiana Pacers NBA basketball team president of basketball operations. Pritchard is assuming Bird's position. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

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Kevin Pritchard, left, walks to the podium as Larry Bird leaves after speaking during a news conference Monday, May 1, 2017, in Indianapolis. Bird resigned from his position as Indiana Pacers president of basketball operations. Pritchard is assuming Bird's position. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

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