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The burned remains of the Royal Suite Lodge in Anchorage, Alaska, are shown Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, after an early morning fire. Officials said several were injured in the deadly fire. The fire's cause is under investigation. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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The burned remains of the Royal Suite Lodge in Anchorage, Alaska, are shown Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, after an early morning fire. Officials said several were injured in the deadly fire. The fire's cause is under investigation. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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FILE- In this Oct. 14, 2016, file photo, a rainbow arches over the Little Valley Fire, in Washoe Lake, Nev. An investigation into a prescribed burn that sparked a northern Nevada wildfire that destroyed 23 homes found several questionable practices on the part of the Nevada Division of Forestry, including understaffing despite an understanding that unstable weather conditions made for a potentially dangerous situation. (Andy Barron/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2016, file photo, a firefighter hoses down the area on Mount Rose Highway and Edmonton Drive in Reno, Nev. An investigation into a prescribed burn that sparked a northern Nevada wildfire that destroyed 23 homes found several questionable practices on the part of the Nevada Division of Forestry, including understaffing despite an understanding that unstable weather conditions made for a potentially dangerous situation.(Mike Higdon/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, File)
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Former Vice President Al Gore, the founder and chairman of The Climate Reality Project, opens the Climate & Health Meeting at The Carter Center in Atlanta on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. The conference, which was organized after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention canceled its own conference on climate change and health, brought together scientists, public health officials and health care providers. (AP Photo/Alex Sanz)
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Former Vice President Al Gore, the founder and chairman of The Climate Reality Project, opens the Climate & Health Meeting at The Carter Center in Atlanta on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Sanz) ** FILE **
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Former Vice President Al Gore, the founder and chairman of The Climate Reality Project, opens the Climate & Health Meeting at The Carter Center in Atlanta on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. The conference, which was organized after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention canceled its own conference on climate change and health, brought together scientists, public health officials and health care providers. (AP Photo/Alex Sanz)
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Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Jan. 18, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2017 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. The Republican-controlled Senate is poised to confirm Pruitt on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Santino Ramirez, 10, rides a scooter Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. Many Oroville residents returned home to pack an emergency bag, fill their cars with family valuables and leave. New storms forecast to hit Northern California this week will test quick repairs to the Oroville Dam. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Alexis Ramirez, center left, looks out the door of her home, which has been reinforced with sandbags, alongside her friend Kye Bruhn Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. Many Oroville residents returned home to pack an emergency bag, fill their cars with family valuables and leave. Authorities say the immediate danger has passed and allowed people living downstream of the Oroville Dam to go back home Tuesday after ordering an evacuation Sunday. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Chantel Ramirez packs as she readies to evacuate Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. Many Oroville residents returned home to pack an emergency bag, fill their cars with family valuables and leave. Authorities say the immediate danger has passed and allowed people living downstream of the Oroville Dam to go back home Tuesday after ordering an evacuation Sunday. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Matthew Prumm walks in his garden shortly before evacuating Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. Many Oroville residents returned home to pack an emergency bag, fill their cars with family valuables and leave. Authorities say the immediate danger has passed and allowed people living downstream of the Oroville Dam to go back home Tuesday after ordering an evacuation Sunday. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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In this Feb. 13, 2017, photo, rescue crews search the frigid waters of Conesus Lake in Livonia, N.Y., for two missing snowmobilers who are believed to have fallen through the ice. Not-so-frozen lakes have claimed the lives of several snowmobilers across the Northeast so far in a relatively mild winter. (Max Schulte/Democrat & Chronicle via AP)
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In this Feb. 13, 2017 photo, rescue crews use a hovercraft to search the frigid waters of Conesus Lake in Livonia, N.Y., for two missing snowmobilers who are believed to have fallen through the ice. Not-so-frozen lakes have claimed several snowmobilers across the Northeast so far in a relatively mild winter. (Max Schulte/Democrat & Chronicle via AP)
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Boeing employees leave work during a shift change on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in North Charleston, S.C. Thousands of production workers at Boeing's South Carolina plant are deciding whether they want to unionize, writing the next chapter in efforts to organize labor in large manufacturing plants across the South. The first round of voting began early Wednesday. (Wade Spees/The Post And Courier via AP)
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FILE - In this May 8, 2009 file photo, Lonesome George, the last giant terrestrial turtle of the Geochelone species abigdoni, is seen at Galapagos National Park in Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos, Ecuador. The turtle's embalmed and preserved body will be returned to the Galapagos Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, where it will be on permanent display to the public. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, File)
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In this Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 photo, Jessica Hofschulte poses on the farm she runs with her husband, Chad near near Zumbro Falls in southeast Minnesota. Hofschulte says the state's farmer- lender mediation program saved her family's farm. (Catharine Richert/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
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A helicopter carries sandbags in the direction of a damaged dam Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. The Oroville Reservoir is continuing to drain Wednesday as state water officials scrambled to reduce the lake's level ahead of impending storms. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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A trail runs along the Feather River as water gushes from the Oroville Dam's main spillway Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. The Oroville Reservoir is continuing to drain Wednesday as state water officials scrambled to reduce the lake's level ahead of impending storms. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
