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The Costs of "Renewable" Energy Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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FILE - This Oct. 19, 2016, file photo shows the Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River in Washington state. A little-known federal program that avoids publicity to protect from looters the thousands of Native American sites it's tasked with managing has been caught up in a big net. The Federal Columbia River System Cultural Resources Program, which tracks some 4,000 historic sites that also include homesteads and missions, is now contributing information as authorities prepare a court-ordered environmental impact statement concerning struggling salmon and the operation of 14 federal dams in the Columbia River Basin. (Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review via AP, File)
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Miami guard Bruce Brown (11) works between North Carolina State guards Markell Johnson (11) and Terry Henderson (3) during an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, in Coral Gables, Fla. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald via AP)
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FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2016, file photo, an abandoned boat sits in the remains of a dried out pond in Dawson, Ala. More than 18.5 million people in four states Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee are now living in drought areas, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, which tracks conditions across the nation. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2016, file photo, Lake Purdy which has receded several feet due to drought, leaves dry, cracked ground where lake water should use to be, in Birmingham, Ala. The choking drought ravaged agriculture, dried out creeks and led to the spread of wildfires fueled by parched conditions across the state. The lack of rain caused farmers to face difficult decisions about stocks and livestock. Even with year-end rains, much of the state remained classified as suffering an extreme or exceptional drought. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2016 aerial file photo, a boat motors between flooded homes after heavy rains inundating the region Saturday, , in Hammond, La. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says more than 1,000 people in south Louisiana have been rescued from homes, vehicles and even clinging to trees as a slow-moving storm hammers the state with flooding. (AP Photo/Max Becherer, File)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2016 aerial file photo over Robert, La., Army National Guard vehicles drive on flooded U.S. Route 190 in Robert, La., after heavy rains inundated the region. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says more than 1,000 people in south Louisiana have been rescued from homes, vehicles and even clinging to trees as a slow-moving storm hammers the state with flooding. (AP Photo/Max Becherer, File)
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In this Dec. 26, 2016 photo, drivers wait in line to fill up their gas tanks in Charcas, in Mexico's San Luis Potosi state. Ahead of a price deregulation that takes effect Jan. 1, gasoline shortages in many parts of Mexico have forced customers to contend with hours-long lines. Officials say it’s time for Mexicans to pay market prices for gasoline and longtime subsidies are not sustainable. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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Los Angles Clippers coach Doc Rivers yells at the officials before being ejected during the first half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Houston Rockets on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, in Houston. (AP Photo/George Bridges)
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In this Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016 photo, Bond Starker poses for a photograph featuring square-shaped samples of the different trees his company harvests in Philomath, Ore. The lineup includes Oregon White Oak, Golden Chinquapin, Ponderosa Pine, Western Red Cedar, Cotton Wood, Big Leaf Maple, Pacific Madrone, Western Hemlock, Red Alder, Alaska Cedar, Douglas Fir, and Pacific Yew. Starker is retiring as CEO of Starker Forests, the Philomath-based timber company founded by his grandfather more than 80 years ago. (Godofredo Vasquez/Albany Democrat-Herald via AP)
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Los Angles Clippers guard Austin Rivers (25) is escorted off the court after being ejected during the first half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Houston Rockets on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, in Houston. (AP Photo/George Bridges)
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Los Angles Clippers guard Austin Rivers (25) is escorted off the court after being ejected during the firt half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Houston Rockets on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, in Houston. (AP Photo/George Bridges)
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Brian Murray of Lucas Tree Experts hauls away giant tree branches cut by Don Libby as they clean up limbs and debris causing downed wires along Wood Road Friday, Dec. 30, 2016 in Gorham, Maine. Nearby residents are without power as a result of the heavy wet snow that fell overnight. (Jill Brady/Portland Press Herald via AP)
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Justin Voight of On Target Utility works to restore power to a home along Main St. in Cumberland, Maine, Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. The most powerful nor'easter in nearly two years brought heavy snow, powerful winds and even thunder and lightning to northern New England, leaving tens of thousands of people in the dark Friday and burying some towns under 2 feet of snow. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald via AP)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 file photo, people stand on a hill as smoke and flames rise from amidst tents, after fires were started in the makeshift migrant camp known as "the jungle" near Calais, northern France. Firefighters have doused several dozen fires set by migrants as they left the camp where they had been living. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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FILE – In this April 4, 2015, file photo, Kenny Hetrick, owner of Tiger Ridge Exotics, holds stuffed toy animals as he speaks to visitors at an Easter egg hunt fundraiser in Stony Ridge, Ohio. Hetrick, who is fighting the state for the return of his tigers and other exotic animals, will be allowed to see some of the animals. A state appeals court said the owner and his veterinarian will be allowed to examine the animals that were sent to a South Dakota sanctuary and later removed from there because of neglect. (AP Photo/Mike Householder, File)
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White House Land Mines Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Devastating regulations and market shifts to more economical energy sources have reduced the number of coal miners in the U.S. to about 54,000, according to the latest Labor Department figures. (Associated Press)
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Protesters demonstrate against the new Bears Ear National Monument in Montecello, Utah, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. President Barack Obama expanded his environmental legacy in the final days of his presidency with national monument designations on lands in Utah and Nevada that have become flashpoints over use of public land in the U.S. West. The Bears Ears National Monument in Utah will cover over 1 million acres in the Four Corners region, the White House announced Wednesday. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Lee Miller, Port Carbon, Pa., cuts through the snow on Coal Street in Port Carbon, Pa., on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. (Jacqueline Dormer/Republican-Herald via AP)
