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A child watches a Hawaiian monk seal called Hoailona at the Waikiki Aquarium in Honolulu on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. Federal wildlife biologists say the population of endangered Hawaiian monk seals has grown 3 percent a year for the past three years to 1,400. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)
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FILE -This August 2016 file photo provided by the National Marine Fisheries Service shows a prematurely weaned Hawaiian monk seal pup being restrained by a veterinarian so he may be fed a mashed fish formula aboard the research vessel Oscar Elton Sette in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Federal wildlife biologists say the population of endangered Hawaiian monk seals has grown 3 percent a year for the past three years. (National Marine Fisheries Service via AP)
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FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2014, file photo, rail cars are filled with coal and sprayed with a topper agent to suppress dust at Cloud Peak Energy's Antelope Mine north of Douglas, Wyo. Six of the country's major energy-producing states have slipped into recession after a sharp decline in production and exploration over the last 18 months caused their tax revenue to plummet, according to a financial analysis released Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. (Ryan Dorgan/Casper Star-Tribune via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2016, file photo, ice forms on pipelines built near the Colville-Delta 5 field, or as it's more commonly known, CD5, drilling site on Alaska's North Slope in Nuiqsut, Alaska. Six of the country's major energy-producing states have slipped into recession after a sharp decline in production and exploration over the last 18 months caused their tax revenue to plummet, according to a financial analysis released Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File0
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FILE 0 This Feb. 9, 2016, file photo, shows a million-pound drilling rig looming in the distance at the CD5 drilling site on Alaska's North Slope in Nuiqsut, Alaska. Six of the country's major energy-producing states have slipped into recession after a sharp decline in production and exploration over the last 18 months caused their tax revenue to plummet, according to a financial analysis released Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)
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ADDS DATE - Debris lies scattered on a lawn on Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, next to a house destroyed by severe weather over the weekend in Cook County, Ga. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency in several counties, including Cook, that have suffered deaths, injuries and severe damage from weekend storms and expanded it Monday to include additional counties in southern Georgia. (AP Photo/Brendan Farrington)
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ADDS DATE - Mobile homes lie Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, destroyed by severe weather in Cook County, Ga. Gov. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency in several counties, including Cook, that have suffered deaths, injuries and severe damage from weekend storms and expanded it Monday to include additional counties in southern Georgia. (AP Photo/Brendan Farrington)
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In an Oct. 22, 2015 photo, David A. Roden, owner of Mountain View Estates, speaks about a tornado shelter that he built for his mobile home park residents in Rossville, Ga. Experts have long warned that people in mobile homes face a greater risk of death from tornadoes, yet laws requiring storm shelters in trailer parks or public spaces such as schools are few and far between. Roden believes he is the first park owner in the southeast to offer residents a storm shelter. (Dan Henry/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP) /Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)
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An Oct. 22, 2015 photo shows a tornado shelter built by David A. Roden, owner of Mountain View Estates in Chattanooga, for his mobile home park residents in Rossville, Ga. Experts have long warned that people in mobile homes face a greater risk of death from tornadoes, yet laws requiring storm shelters in trailer parks or public spaces such as schools are few and far between. Roden believes he is the first park owner in the southeast to offer residents a storm shelter. (Dan Henry/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP) /Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)
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In an Oct. 22, 2015 photo, David A. Roden, owner of Mountain View Estates, speaks about a tornado shelter that he built for his mobile home park residents in Rossville, Ga. Experts have long warned that people in mobile homes face a greater risk of death from tornadoes, yet laws requiring storm shelters in trailer parks or public spaces such as schools are few and far between. Roden believes he is the first park owner in the southeast to offer residents a storm shelter. (Dan Henry/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)
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In an Oct. 22, 2015 photo, David A. Roden, owner of Mountain View Estates, speaks about a tornado shelter that he built for his mobile home park residents in Rossville, Ga. Experts have long warned that people in mobile homes face a greater risk of death from tornadoes, yet laws requiring storm shelters in trailer parks or public spaces such as schools are few and far between. Roden believes he is the first park owner in the southeast to offer residents a storm shelter. (Dan Henry/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP) /Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)
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FILE - This Feb. 5, 2016, file photo, shows the Flint River in Flint, Mich. Michigan environmental officials announced Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, that Flint's water system no longer has levels of lead exceeding the federal limit. The finding by the Department of Environmental Quality is good news for a city whose 100,000 residents have grappled with the man-made water crisis since 2014. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
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FILE - In this March 21, 2016 file photo, the Flint Water Plant water tower is seen in Flint, Mich. Michigan environmental officials announced Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, that Flint's water system no longer has levels of lead exceeding the federal limit. The finding by the Department of Environmental Quality is good news for a city whose 100,000 residents have grappled with the man-made water crisis since 2014. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2017, file photo, California Gov. Jerry Brown discusses his 2017-2018 state budget plan he released at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Brown is coming off a blockbuster year of liberal wins on climate change, minimum wage, gun control and two of his pet projects, sentencing reform and high-speed rail. But he delivers his State of the State address Tuesday, Jan. 24 in a time of uncertainty for California and to a Legislature that's in a defensive posture after the election of President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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George Orwell's "1984" landed on Amazon's bestseller list shortly after President Donald Trump was sworn into office. (Cover, "1984," Signet Classics)
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In this Jan. 13, 2017 photo, Michigan tourist Michelle Brinker reads a park sign, including warnings in the case of finding spent ordnance, near Ferro Port lighthouse at Verdiales Key point on the south coast of Vieques island, Puerto Rico. The Naval Training Range shut down in 2001 and since then the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has designated much of it as a Superfund site believed to contain contaminants including mercury, lead and napalm. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
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This Jan. 13, 2017 photo, shows the ocean view from the Ferro Port lighthouse, at Verdiales Key point on the south coast of Vieques island, Puerto Rico. Vieques, off the east coast of Puerto Rico, boasts gorgeous beaches, turquoise waters and a stunning bioluminescent bay. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
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This Jan. 13, 2017 photo a no access warning sign stands at Verdiales Key point on the south coast of Vieques island, Puerto Rico. Tons of unexploded bombs, rockets and other munitions still lie scattered across the eastern half of the island and the surrounding seabed. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
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Opponents of a natural gas pipeline proposed to run through the federally protected New Jersey Pinelands region hold signs against it during a public hearing on the proposal in Pemberton N.J. on Tuesday Jan. 24, 2017. Environmentalists fear the pipeline could harm the fragile forest region, but business groups say it would increase energy reliability. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
