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In this Friday, Dec. 16, 2016 photo, Richard Higgins, whose family's well water has been contaminated by a suspected carcinogen from a Dartmouth dump site, looks down at one of many test wells installed to monitor the groundwater in Hanover, N.H. Dartmouth College said it has spent around $8.4 million cleaning up contamination where scientists dumped carcasses of lab animals in the 1960s and 1970s. (AP Photo/Michael Casey)
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In this March 23, 2015 file photo, MV-22 Ospreys are seen at the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station and the surrounding area from an observation deck at a park in Ginowan on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) ** FILE **
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FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2016, file photo, Democrat Hilary Franz, a candidate for Washington state Commissioner of Public Lands, poses in Cle Elum, Wash. The newly elected commissioner of public lands said her top priorities after taking office will be preparing public lands to deal with climate change and to find ways to strength local rural economies. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
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In this Oct. 27, 2016 photo, Rhonda "Honey" Phillips poses next to a Tesla Powerwall battery and inverter connected to a solar panel array in her yard in Middletown Springs, Vt. Phillips is one of the growing number of Green Mountain Power customers using the Tesla battery to store solar energy when her panels aren't collecting it. GMP has been working to link solar energy with battery storage on both a large and small scale. (AP Photo/Dave Gram)
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FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 15, 2016 file photo three of Deepwater Wind's turbines stand in the water off Block Island, R.I. The opening of the nation's first offshore wind farm was among the state's top stories in 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, DEC. 24-25 - In this Dec. 14, 2016 photo, a sign warns visitors, as disease is a major concern for the Spronk Brothers hog farm near Edgerton in southwest Minnesota. Starting January 1, they and other U.S. livestock producers will have to comply with new federal rules designed to reduce the use of antibiotics in farm animals. (Mark Steil/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
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In this Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, photo, the exhibition of an abstract-video installation called "Rain" by Venezuelan artist Magdalena Fernández is projected inside a former water reservoir dubbed the "Cistern" in Houston. Once eyed for demolition, the former water reservoir built in 1926 has now found new life as a public space that's also serving as an unusual canvas for art. The reservoir's rebirth is the latest example of efforts by cities around the country to reuse and repurpose abandoned and dilapidated pieces of infrastructure as public spaces. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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In this Dec. 16, 2016 photo, the exhibition of an abstract-video installation called "Rain" by Venezuelan artist Magdalena Fernández is projected inside a former water reservoir dubbed the "Cistern" Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, in Houston. Once eyed for demolition, the former water reservoir built in 1926 has now found new life as a public space that's also serving as an unusual canvas for art. The reservoir's rebirth is the latest example of efforts by cities around the country to reuse and repurpose abandoned and dilapidated pieces of infrastructure as public spaces. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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In this Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, photo, the exhibition of an abstract-video installation called "Rain" by Venezuelan artist Magdalena Fernandez is projected inside a former water reservoir dubbed the "Cistern" in Houston. Once eyed for demolition, the former water reservoir built in 1926 has now found new life as a public space that's also serving as an unusual canvas for art. The reservoir's rebirth is the latest example of efforts by cities around the country to reuse and repurpose abandoned and dilapidated pieces of infrastructure as public spaces. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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In this Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, photo, the exhibition of an abstract-video installation called "Rain" by Venezuelan artist Magdalena Fernández is projected inside a former water reservoir dubbed the "Cistern" in Houston. Once eyed for demolition, the former water reservoir built in 1926 has now found new life as a public space that's also serving as an unusual canvas for art. The reservoir's rebirth is the latest example of efforts by cities around the country to reuse and repurpose abandoned and dilapidated pieces of infrastructure as public spaces. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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A man walks along the ice covered pier at the South Haven Lighthouse on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016, in South Haven, Mich. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP)
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This Thursday Aug. 4, 2016 shows cliffs near Daalo in the Cal Madow mountains in Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia. The last wild frankincense forests on Earth are under threat as prices rise with the global appetite for essential oils. Overharvesting has trees dying off faster than they can replenish, putting the ancient resin trade at risk. (AP Photo/Jason Patinkin)
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In this Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016 photo, a woman sorts raw frankincense gum in Burao, Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia. The last wild frankincense forests on Earth are under threat as prices rise with the global appetite for essential oils. Overharvesting has trees dying off faster than they can replenish, putting the ancient resin trade at risk. (AP Photo/Jason Patinkin)
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In this Saturday Aug. 6, 2016, photo, women sort raw frankincense gum in Burao, Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia. These last wild frankincense forests on Earth are under threat as prices have shot up in recent years with the global appetite for essential oils, and overharvesting has led to the trees dying off faster than they can replenish, putting the ancient resin trade at risk. (AP Photo/Jason Patinkin)
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In this Saturday Aug. 6, 2016, photo, a man holds up two large tears of maydi, the large, most expensive chunks of frankincense resin, in Burao, Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia. These last wild frankincense forests on Earth are under threat as prices have shot up in recent years with the global appetite for essential oils, and overharvesting has led to the trees dying off faster than they can replenish, putting the ancient resin trade at risk.(AP Photo/Jason Patinkin)
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In this Thursday Aug. 4, 2016, photo, Mohamed Ahmed Ali wounds a frankincense tree near Mader Moge, Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia . These last wild frankincense forests on Earth are under threat as prices have shot up in recent years with the global appetite for essential oils, and overharvesting has led to the trees dying off faster than they can replenish, putting the ancient resin trade at risk. (AP Photo/Jason Patinkin)
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In this Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016 photo, a frankinsence tapper wears cloth wrapped on his feet to keep sticky resin from his skin and shoes near Gudmo, Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia. These last intact wild frankincense forests on Earth are under threat as prices have shot up in recent years with the global appetite for essential oils, and overharvesting has led to the trees dying off faster than they can replenish, putting the ancient resin trade at risk. (AP Photo/Jason Patinkin)
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In this Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016 photo, frankincense tapper Musse Ismail Hassan rests in a cave in a canyon near Gudmo, Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia. The last wild frankincense forests on Earth are under threat as prices rise with the global appetite for essential oils. Overharvesting has trees dying off faster than they can replenish, putting the ancient resin trade at risk. (AP Photo/Jason Patinkin)
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In this Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016 photo, a frankincense trader holds a handful of raw gum near Gudmo, Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia. These last intact wild frankincense forests on Earth are under threat as prices have shot up in recent years with the global appetite for essential oils, and overharvesting has led to the trees dying off faster than they can replenish, putting the ancient resin trade at risk. (AP Photo/Jason Patinkin)
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In this Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016 photo, frankincense tree tappers sit in a canyon with their scrapers and baskets near Gudmo, Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia. The last wild frankincense forests on Earth are under threat as prices rise with the global appetite for essential oils. Overharvesting has trees dying off faster than they can replenish, putting the ancient resin trade at risk. (AP Photo/Jason Patinkin)
