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Chinese people wearing masks for protection against pollution walk at Ritan Park shrouded by heavy smog in Beijing, Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. Chinese cities are limiting the number of cars on roads and have temporarily shut down factories to cut down pollution during a national "red alert" for smog. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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A man wearing a mask for protection against pollution exercise at Ritan Park during a heavily polluted day in Beijing, Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. Chinese cities are limiting the number of cars on roads and have temporarily shut down factories to cut down pollution during a national "red alert" for smog. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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An Australian Army helicopter flies French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, right, over Sydney Harbour before his bilateral meeting with Australian Defense Minister Marise Payne on the Australian Navy ship HMAS Adelaide in Sydney, Monday, Dec.19, 2016. The Australian and French defense ministers say they are giving top priority to concealing design details of a new Australian submarine after data was leaked from French shipbuilder DCNS about a submarine built for India. (Jason Reed/Pool Photo via AP)
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An aerial view shows part of Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, which is one of Africa's richest ecosystems, with forests, grassland, a lake and a mountain. Much of its wildlife was wiped out during Mozambique's civil war, and projects to revive the area have been hampered by a renewal of conflict between the country's ruling party and the main opposition group. (AP Photo/Christopher Torchia)
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In this undated photo supplied by Gorongosa Restoration Project a Mount Gorongosa chameleon is photographed at Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique. The chameleon species, one of the smallest in Africa, is found only on the park's mountain, which has recently become a no-go zone for many civilians because of conflict between the government led by the ruling Frelimo party and the Renamo opposition group. (Photo-Piotr Naskrecki-Gorongosa Restoration Project via AP)
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Christopher Horner's appointment to the nine-member "landing team" at the Environmental Protection Agency suggests a hostile rather than smooth transition. (Competitive Enterprise Institute)
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Tarantulas are the heaviest, hairiest, scariest spiders on the planet. U.S. breeders of these spiders are fretting over a petition to list five species as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, fearing that the move would actually hurt the population. (Associated Press)
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Charles Hurt was one of the few national commentators to grasp early on the power and scope of President-elect Donald Trump's appeal.
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More than a thousand Alaskans took part in a polar plunge fundraiser at Goose Lake, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, in Anchorage, Alaska. The plunge was a benefit for Special Olympics Alaska, and has raised more than $2 million for the organization in the eight years it has been held. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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In this Dec. 8, 2016 photo, Jim Besha, head of Albany Engineering Corp., stands with his application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for an underground hydroelectric pumped storage project in an abandoned iron mine in the Adirondacks, in Mineville, N.Y. The plan is to circulate some of the millions of gallons of groundwater that have flooded the mine shafts over the years to power an array of about 100 hydroelectric turbines a half-mile underground. (AP Photo/Mary Esch)
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A woman adjusts her mask before walking outdoors in Beijing, China, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016. China's capital and other northern cities have banned half of all vehicles from city streets and ordered factories, schools and construction sites closed in response to a five-day smog red alert. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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A security guard wears a mask during duty in Beijing, China, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016. China's capital and other northern cities have banned half of all vehicles from city streets and ordered factories, schools and construction sites closed in response to a five-day smog red alert. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Electric bike riders wearing mask to protect themselves from exhaust gas wait at a traffic lights junction during a heavily polluted day in Beijing, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016. China's capital and other northern cities have banned half of all vehicles from city streets and ordered factories, schools and construction sites closed in response to a five-day smog red alert. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Unidentified men check pipes where Corpus Christi's city-owned water main connects with an asphalt plant where a suspected chemical leak led to a city-wide ban on tapwater use, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, in Corpus Christi, Texas. The ban was been gradually eased and city officials expect the results of EPA tests on Sunday to determine it can be fully lifted. (AP Photo/Frank Bajak)
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Unidentified men check pipes where Corpus Christi's city-owned water main connects with an asphalt plant where a suspected chemical leak led to a city-wide ban on tapwater use, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, in Corpus Christi, Texas. The ban was been gradually eased and city officials expect the results of EPA tests on Sunday to determine it can be fully lifted. (AP Photo/Frank Bajak)
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In this Dec. 6, 2016 photo, Lilian Matallana, a researcher at North Carolina State University, holds Fraser fir branches in her lab where she studies needle retention in Christmas trees, in Raleigh, N.C. Matallana is part of a multi-university study about Christmas trees and needle retention, which the National Christmas Tree Association said is a top complaint that consumers have about real Christmas trees. (AP Photo/Martha Waggoner)
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FILE - This June 1, 2016, file photo shows piles of wood chips sitting near the RockTenn paper mill in Tacoma, Wash. Though Washington voters rejected a tax on carbon emissions from fossil fuels, Gov. Jay Inslee is hoping to convince state lawmakers to support his own version of the tax as a way to pay for basic education, clean energy and other projects. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
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In this Dec. 14, 2016 file photo, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee talks to reporters about his proposed budget in Olympia, Wash. Inslee will try to convince lawmakers to do something voters wouldn’t last month, approve a new tax on carbon emissions from fossil fuels. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
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This image released by Aleppo 24, shows residents of eastern Aleppo arriving in western rural Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, as part of an evacuation deal. The evacuation of eastern Aleppo stalled Friday after an eruption of gunfire, as the Syrian government and rebels threw accusations at each other, raising fears that a peaceful surrender of the opposition enclave could fall apart with thousands of people believed to be still inside. (Aleppo 24 via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY, DEC. 17 AND THEREAFTER - In this Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 photograph, Kevin Scannel, a fishing guide at Devil's Thumb Ranch near Tabernash, Colo., looks over bugs taken from the Fraser River. Some conservationists and environmental groups are crying foul while others are willing to compromise as Denver Water looks to exercise its water rights on the Fraser River. (Nathaniel Minor/Colorado Public Radio via AP)
