Environment

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The head of Iran's space agency, Mohsen Bahrami, speaks during a news conference at his office, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. Speaking to reporters at the start of World Space Week, Bahrami said his country is interested in cooperating with NASA. Iran has long harbored ambitions to launch satellites to monitor natural disasters in the earthquake-prone nation. The U.S. and its allies are concerned the same technology could be used to develop long-range missiles. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon waves before addressing members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke to the European Parliament ahead of a historic vote on the Paris climate accord. Final support from Europe will give the pact sufficient global support for it to enter into force around the world. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

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People stand on the coast watching the surf produced by Hurricane Matthew, on the outskirts of Kingston, Jamaica, Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. A hurricane warning is in effect for Jamaica, Haiti, and the Cuban provinces of Guantanamo, Santiago de Cuba, Holguin, Granma and Las Tunas - as well as the southeastern Bahamas. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

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In this photo taken Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, a recruit displays a camouflage technique at the Southern African Wildlife College on the edge of Kruger National Park in South Africa, where young men and women are trained to become field rangers and guides. As teams of poachers stalk rhinos and elephants in the park, wildlife officials are turning to nearby communities to help stop the slaughter by using local knowledge to deter poachers, not join them. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

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In this photo taken Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, recruits at the Southern African Wildlife College on the edge of Kruger National Park in South Africa explain conditions in the wild during their attempts to track poachers. As teams of poachers stalk rhinos and elephants in the park, wildlife officials are turning to nearby communities to help stop the slaughter by using local knowledge to deter poachers, not join them. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

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President Barack Obama talks with actor Leonardo DiCaprio and Dr. Katharine Hayhoe about climate change as part of the White House South by South Lawn event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington,Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Indiana Gov. Mike Pence "is the most conservative vice presidential nominee" in 50 years, according to the American Conservative Union. (Associated Press)

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In this February 2013 file photo, a Key deer forages for food in the National Key Deer Refuge in the Florida Keys. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz, File) **FILE**

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Farmer Tom Marston, of Pittsfield, N.H., listens during the Milk Producers Emergency Relief Fund Board meeting, Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, in Concord, N.H. The board is trying to see what can be done quickly as farmers struggle with low milk prices and drought conditions. Nineteen of the state's 120 dairies have closed in recent months. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

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FILE--This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows a side view of a recently emerged adult female western glacier stonefly from below Grinnell Glacier in Glacier National Park, Mont. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, proposed adding the western glacier stonefly and the meltwater lednian stonefly to the government's list of threatened species.(Joe Giersch/U.S. Geological Survey via AP, File)

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In this undated photo made available by Agha Khan Award for Architecture, people walk at the Friendship Centre in Gaibandha, Bangladesh which is one of the Agha khan award winning projects of 2016. The project is located in rural Gaibandha where agriculture is predominant, the project's roofscape merges with its environment. (AKTC via AP)

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. (Magali Girardin/Keystone via AP)

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People peep in the site of the new national stadium, which will host the opening and closing ceremonies and track and field of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, in Tokyo Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. An expert panel set up by Tokyo's newly elected governor says the price tag of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics could exceed $30 billion unless drastic cost-cutting measures are taken. That's more than a four-fold increase from the initial estimate at the time Tokyo was awarded the games in 2013. Officials say construction of the new stadium will begin in December and be completed by November 2019. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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In this Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016 photo, vacant areas of dirt sit at the entrance to the Miami Beach Botanical Garden, in Miami Beach, Fla. The garden was home to over 2,000 colorful bromeliads which were uprooted after the plants were identified as breeding grounds for mosquitoes with the Zika virus. City of Miami Beach officials ordered the city-owned garden to uproot the plants, and are encouraging residents to do the same in their own yards. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

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A woman shutters a window of her house before the arrival of Hurricane Matthew in Santiago, Cuba, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. Hurricane Mathew, one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history weakened a little on Saturday as it drenched coastal Colombia and roared across the Caribbean on a course that threatened Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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People arrive with their belongings at a shelter prior the arrival of the Hurricane Matthew in Santiago, Cuba, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. Hurricane Mathew, one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history weakened a little on Saturday as it drenched coastal Colombia and roared across the Caribbean on a course that threatened Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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Fishermen move their boats out of the water before the arrival of Hurricane Matthew in Arcahaie, Haiti. Sunday Oct. 2, 2016. A powerful Hurricane Matthew moved slowly Sunday across the Caribbean Sea on a track that authorities warned could trigger devastation in parts of Haiti. ( AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

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Illustration on the benefits of commercial space exploration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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