Environment

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop, Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at Alumisource, a metals recycling facility in Monessen, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

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Three crew members were missing and one was hurt Tuesday, June 28, 2016, after a head-on train collision in Panhandle, Texas, that caused several box cars to erupt in flames and led authorities to evacuate residents in the area. (Sean Steffen/Amarillo Globe-News via AP) ** FILE **

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Eco-Terrorism Damage Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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FILE - In this May 8, 2015 file photo, lab technicians work at the Brazilian Doping Control Laboratory, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Just weeks before the Olympic Games open in Rio, the city's accredited anti-doping laboratory has been stopped from conducting tests. The World Anti-Doping Agency said Friday, June 24, 2016, it has suspended the lab's accreditation due to "non-conformity with the International Standard for Laboratories." (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

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Washington Nationals' Max Scherzer pitchers to a Milwaukee Brewers batter during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, June 24, 2016, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Tom Lynn)

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Large columns of smoke from the Erskine Fire Thursday, June 23, 2016 near Lake Isabella, Calif. could be seen from as far away as Bakersfield, Calif. The wild land fire burned over 2,000 acres and many homes in the area. (Casey Christie/The Bakersfield Californian via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES; ONLINE OUT; TV OUT

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One of the most impressive collections in the National Arboretum is neither plant nor animal but mineral — 22 Corinthian pillars that originally formed part of the east portico of the U.S. Capitol Building. (Emily Kim/The Washington Times) **FILE**

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The DRC government has made agriculture a priority sector for agro-industry investment. (Photo:Jean Tigana)

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Hundreds of endangered gorillas live in Virunga National Park. (Photo: Shutterstock)

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DRC National Parks boast a wide variety of unique wildlife. (Photo: Jean Tigana)

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The modest amount of oil currently extracted by the DRC is offshore in the Atlantic seabed. (Photo: Shutterstock)

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The government aims to use agriculture to boost employment among youth. (Photos:Jean Tigana)

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With investment, the DRC could be a major exporter of food and agriculture products. (Photos:Jean Tigana)

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In this Aug. 14, 2015, file photo, water flows through a series of sediment retention ponds built to reduce heavy metal and chemical contaminants from the Gold King Mine wastewater accident, in the spillway downstream from the mine, outside Silverton, Colo. New Mexico is suing the state of Colorado, saying its neighbor to the north should be held responsible for the contamination caused by the 2015 Gold King Mine spill as well as decades of toxic drainage from mines near the headwaters of the Animas River. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)