Environment

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Douglas County Sheriff's Deputy Jon Dorland and K-9 Grim attend a grape harvest at Reustle Prayer Rock Vineyards in Roseburg, Ore. on Thursday Sept. 15, 2016. Proceeds from the harvest are set to be donated to local K-9 law enforcement programs. (AP Photos/The News-Review, Michael Sullivan)/The News-Review via AP)

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FILE-In this May 9, 2016 file photo, a young lobster os held by a marine biologist on Friendship Long Island, Maine. Baby lobsters might not be able to survive in the ocean's waters if the ocean continues to warm at the expected rate, according to a study performed by scientists affiliated with the University of Maine Darling Marine Center and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty,files)

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This video image provided by Skagit County Department of Emergency Management shows a suspect wanted by the authorities regarding a shooting at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Wash., Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. Authorities in Washington State say several people have been killed during a shooting at a mall north of Seattle and that at least one suspect remains at large. (Skagit County Department of Emergency Management via AP)

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In this Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016 photo provided by Land of Enchantment Wildlife Foundation, two orphan bear cubs play together in New Mexico. Dr. Kathleen Ramsay, owner of the Cottonwood Veterinary Clinic and a longtime wildlife rehabilitator, has been caring for the cubs, named Valley Girl and Cowboy, for the last three months at an undisclosed location, where she is preparing them for release back into the wild in late October or November, when the height of hunting season has passed. (Land of Enchantment Wildlife Foundation via The AP)

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In this Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, photo, a British soldier walks by a Typhoon aircraft before take off for a mission in Iraq, at RAF Akrotiri, near the southern coastal city of Limassol, in Cyprus. British Tornado and Typhoon aircraft stationed at a U.K. air base in Cyprus are pounding Islamic State targets ahead of a major offensive by Iraqi security forces next month to recapture the key northern city of Mosul from IS militants, a senior Royal Air Force officer says. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, Pool) **FILE**

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This image released by Broad Green Pictures / Amazon Studios shows director Jocelyn Moorhouse, left, and Kate Winslet on the set of the film, "The Dressmaker." (Broad Green Pictures / Amazon Studios via AP)

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A structure is damaged caused from a tornado in Washington Terrace City, Utah, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. Other storms in the area that produced winds in excess of 70 mph caused damage to trees and other property near the city of Layton. That's about 15 miles south of Washington Terrace. (Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

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Brian May, guitarist of British rock group Queen, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Tokyo, Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service shows a bull trout in the Little Lost River in Idaho. On Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, an environmental group filed a lawsuit contending two federal agencies are violating the Endangered Species Act by failing to analyze how roads and motorized trails could be harming threatened bull trout in the Payette National Forest in west-central Idaho. (Bart Gamett/U.S. Forest Service via AP,File)

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Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush dedicates Galveston's new wastewater treatment plant Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. Officials dedicated an $85 million wastewater treatment plant in Galveston as the largest Hurricane Ike recovery project since the storm hit in 2008. (Jennifer Reynolds/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)

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Cynthia Diaz, superintendent for the wastewater treatment plant in Galveston, gives Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush a tour of the facility Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, following the dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony. Officials dedicated an $85 million wastewater treatment plant in Galveston as the largest Hurricane Ike recovery project since the storm hit in 2008. (Jennifer Reynolds/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)

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Josh Matthews keeps watch of the machinery as a well is drilled at a home, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, in Hampton Falls, N.H. Many private wells have gone dry amid this summer's prolonged drought and dry weather in the Northeastern U.S.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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A tiny Dungeness crab larvae swims next to air bubbles in a lab container at the NOAA Fisheries' Northwest Fisheries Science Center, in Mukilteo, Wash., on July 26, 2016. Millions pounds of Dungeness crab are pulled from Pacific Northwest waters each year. But as marine waters continue to absorb more atmospheric carbon dioxide, federal scientists are worried that the changing ocean chemistry may put Northwest Dungeness crabs at risk. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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In this August 2015 photo provided by The Xerces Society, a rusty patched bumble bee collects pollen from a flower in Madison, Wis. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, formally recommended this bumble bee for endangered status after reviewing reports from the Portland, Ore.-based Xerces Society that show the species has disappeared from about 90 percent of its historic range in the past 20 years. (Rich Hatfield/The Xerces Society via AP)

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Neb. Gov. Pete Ricketts, left, and former Gov. Kay Orr unveil the state road projects that have been designated as major priorities over the next few years at a news conference in Lincoln, Neb., Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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FILE - In this June 21, 2007 file photo, a U.S. Marine Corps AV-8 Harrier fighter jet from VX-9 Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake is seen on a training flight from the cockpit of an F-16 based at the California Air National Guard's 144th Fighter Wing over California. A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8 Harrier fighter jet, the same type shown in this photo, crashed Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, into the ocean off the coast of southwestern Okinawa in Japan, but the pilot ejected safely from the aircraft and was rescued. The U.S. military in Camp Butler in Okinawa said the cause of the crash is still under investigation. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

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FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, file photo, Haitian national Carole Manigat, left, holds her daughter Hadassa Carole Albert as she waits for her turn to fill out temporary protective status papers at Notre Dame d'Haiti Catholic Church in the Little Haiti neighborhood in Miami. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, that it was widening efforts to deport Haitians, a response to thousands of immigrants from the Caribbean nation who have overwhelmed California border crossings with Mexico in recent months. The move lifts special protections that shielded Haitians from deportation after their nation’s 2010 earthquake. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

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In this Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, photo, a restored section of the Great Wall is seen in Suizhong County in northeastern China's Liaoning Province. Chinese officials are being pilloried over the smoothing-over of a crumbling but much-loved 700-year-old section of the Great Wall of China - a UNESCO World Heritage Site - in the name of restoration. (Chinatopix via AP)

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In this Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, file photo, a villager walks across a restored section of the Great Wall in Suizhong County in northeastern China's Liaoning Province. (Chinatopix via AP) ** FILE **

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FILE - In this Dec. 29, 2015, file photo, the boat docks are seen at the Great Salt Lake at Antelope Island, in Utah, December 29, 2015. More than 100 boats are sitting high and dry in a parking lot on the southern shore of Utah's Great Salt Lake, unable to sail the shallow, drought-stricken sea nearby. The massive lake, key to the Utah's economy and identity, is skirting record low levels after years of below-average participation and record heat. (Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)