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A visitor looks at damaged headstones at Mount Carmel Cemetery Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Philadelphia. Scores of volunteers are expected to help in an organized effort to clean up and restore the Jewish cemetery where vandals damaged hundreds of headstones. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
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Firefighters sort through the debris after a deadly crash involving a tour bus on State Route 58 near Kramer, Calif., Monday Feb. 27, 2017. A tour bus crossed into oncoming traffic and hit two cars head-on, in a deadly crash that injured over a dozen, according to the California Highway Patrol. (James Quigg/The Daily Press via AP)
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Miami Hurricanes guard Bruce Brown reacts after a play during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Duke in Coral Gables, Fla., on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. (David Santiago /El Nuevo Herald via AP)
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An injured person lies on a stretcher on the top of a float as she is being rescued during the performing of the Unidos da Tijuca samba school for the Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Part of a float has collapsed during Rio de Janeiro's world famous Carnival parade, injuring several people, according to doctors at the scene. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2015 file photo, a worker monitors coal being carried along conveyor ramps at a coal mine near Ordos in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. According to official data released Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, China's consumption of coal fell in 2016 for a third year in a row as the world's top polluter has emerged as a leader in efforts to tackle climate change. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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This undated illustration provided by Bright Green Group of Companies, Inc. depicting Bright Green's planned construction on the Acoma Indian Reservation. On a patch of tribal land in western New Mexico, a Delaware-based company plans to build a $160 million state-of-the-art greenhouse for researching and growing medicinal plants, including marijuana. (Bright Green Group of Companies, Inc. via AP)
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This undated illustration provided by Bright Green Group of Companies, Inc. depicts Bright Green's planned construction on the Acoma Indian Reservation. On a patch of tribal land in western New Mexico, a Delaware-based company plans to build a $160 million state-of-the-art greenhouse for researching and growing medicinal plants, including marijuana. (Bright Green Group of Companies, Inc. via AP)
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FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2015 file photo, the Poudre River winds through a scenic canyon outside Fort Collins, Colo. Global warming could melt mountain snows more slowly, researchers said Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, a peculiar finding that might be bad news for the American West and other regions that depend on snow for water. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks in Washington, in this Feb. 21, 2017, file photo. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, file photo, Michael Slager, right, walks from the Charleston County Courthouse under the protection of the Charleston County Sheriff's Department after a mistrial was declared for his trial in Charleston, S.C. Slager, a former South Carolina police officer charged with killing an unarmed black man running from a traffic stop, says he needs a public defender. (AP Photo/Mic Smith, File)
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A stream flows in Absecon, N.J., Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. The US Geological Survey released a study Monday showing that pollution levels have declined or remained constant in most New Jersey streams over the last 40 years, even as levels of salt increased due to runoff from roads and highways. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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A stream flows in Absecon, N.J., Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. The US Geological Survey released a study Monday showing that pollution levels have declined or remained constant in most New Jersey streams over the last 40 years, even as levels of salt increased due to runoff from roads and highways. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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A stream flows in Absecon, N.J., Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. The US Geological Survey released a study Monday showing that pollution levels have declined or remained constant in most New Jersey streams over the last 40 years, even as levels of salt increased due to runoff from roads and highways. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2014, file photo, water flowing through a stream in Lakehurst, N.J., part of the ecologically sensitive Pinelands region. On Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, the US Geological Survey released a study showing that pollution levels have declined or remained constant in most New Jersey streams over the last 40 years, even as levels of salt increased due to runoff from roads and highways. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)
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FILE - In this May 6, 2009 file photo, a home is threatened by a wall of flames near Santa Barbara, Calif. People are causing five out of every six wildfires in the United States and tripling the length of America’s wildfire season, a study of 20 years of fires finds. Even as climate change worsens the nation’s wildfire season, making it longer and easier to burn more acres, a new study says the human ignition factor plays an even bigger role on top of that. While fire experts have long blamed people more than lightning, this study digs into the details of how and where the people problem is and how it interacts with global warming to make matters worse. (AP Photo/Keith D. Cullom, File)
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Frank Galonis looks over a damaged vehicle on his property Sunday, Feb. 26 2017, during cleanup operations around his home after a confirmed tornado touched down in Pittston Township, Pa. The National Weather Service says a tornado touched down in northeastern Pennsylvania as storms swept through the region over the weekend, but other damage in central Pennsylvania was due to straight-line winds. (Dave Scherbenco/The Citizens' Voice via AP)
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Robert Galonis pauses before he begins to chainsaw away debris from a relative's house after a tornado touched down in the area in Pittston Township, Pa., Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017. The National Weather Service said a tornado touched down in northeastern Pennsylvania as storms swept through the region over the weekend, but other damage in central Pennsylvania was due to straight-line winds. (Dave Scherbenco/The Citizens' Voice via AP)
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In a Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017 photo, firefighters assist in clearing trees that were blown down along the 100 block of Mountain Spring Road in Clay Township, Lancaster, Pa., during a storm. (Blaine Shahan/LNP via AP)
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In a Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017 photo, large trees are uprooted in the 500 block of Hopeland Road in Clay Township, Lancaster, Pa., during a storm. The National Weather Service says a tornado touched down in northeastern Pennsylvania as storms swept through the region over the weekend, but other damage in central Pennsylvania was due to straight-line winds. (Blaine Shahan/LNP via AP)
