Environment

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"The President checks out a thunderstorm brewing outside." (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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"The President checks out a thunderstorm brewing outside." (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

A man drives a motorbike vending cart on a road flooded by an overflowing lake on Ko Samui, Thailand Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. Heavy rains battering parts of Thailand are causing localized flooding on the resort island during a peak tourist season. (AP Photo/Adam Schreck)

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A woman looks at an overflowing lake on Ko Samui, Thailand Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. Heavy rains battering parts of Thailand are causing localized flooding on the resort island during a peak tourist season. (AP Photo/Adam Schreck)

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Tourists wear flotation devices and moped riders pause before crossing a flooded roadway on Ko Samui, Thailand Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. Heavy rains battering parts of Thailand are causing localized flooding on the resort island during a peak tourist season. (AP Photo/Adam Schreck)

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Georgia guard J.J. Frazier (30) puts up a shot against South Carolina during an NCAA basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, in Athens, Ga. (John Roark/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)

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Georgia forward Pape Diatta (5) puts up a shot against South Carolina guard Duane Notice (10) during an NCAA basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, in Athens, Ga. (John Roark/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)

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South Carolina guard Sindarius Thornwell (00) puts up a shot against Georgia guard Juwan Parker (3) during an NCAA basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, in Athens, Ga. (John Roark/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)

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FILE- This Aug. 29, 2003, file photo shows one of two beluga whales that washed ashore on a beach south of Anchorage, Alaska. The Cook Inlet beluga whale population was listed as endangered in 2008, and a federal recovery plan released Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, calls for a reduction in threats of highest concern, including noise and cumulative factors that may be keeping the population from growing. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

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A woman walks in the rain in downtown Reno, Nevada on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, across a bridge above the rising waters of the Truckee River. A flash flood was in effect in Reno 40 miles downstream from Lake Tahoe, where a winter storm warning continued and another foot of snow in the Sierra was expected. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

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FILE - This Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, people gather near the downtown Rio Grande emergency shelter, in Salt Lake City. Residents living near the sites of four 150-bed homeless shelters in Salt Lake City say they feel left out of the planning process. About 150 people showed up to speak against planned homeless shelters at a City Council meeting, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. The four planned shelters would replace the downtown facility. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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FILE - This Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, people gather near the downtown Rio Grande emergency shelter, in Salt Lake City. Residents living near the sites of four 150-bed homeless shelters in Salt Lake City say they feel left out of the planning process. About 150 people showed up to speak against planned homeless shelters at a City Council meeting, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. The four planned shelters would replace the downtown facility. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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FILE - This Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, a person pushes a cart near the downtown Rio Grande emergency shelter, in Salt Lake City. Residents living near the sites of four 150-bed homeless shelters in Salt Lake City say they feel left out of the planning process. About 150 people showed up to speak against planned homeless shelters at a City Council meeting, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. The four planned shelters would replace the downtown facility. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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This Sept. 4, 2011, file photo shows the main plant facility at the Navajo Generating Station, as seen from Lake Powell in Page, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2016, file photo, water flows through an irrigation canal to crops near Lemoore, Calif. The Obama administration is pushing for progress on a California water project before it leaves office. U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell issued an executive order Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, directing federal wildlife officials to release a preliminary environmental opinion on Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed water tunnels by Jan. 17. The order means the project could clears one preliminary hurdle before Obama leaves office Jan. 20. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)