Environment

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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)

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China's Type 093B SSN nuclear attack submarine is one of its most secretive projects. (Republic of China Navy)

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Sen. Marco Rubio has declared he is running for re-election in Florida and has ramped up a new state campaign. (Image from Sen. Marco Rubio)

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In this photo provided by Solar Impulse 2, the solar-powered plane pilot Bertrand Piccard takes a selfie prior to landing in Seville in Spain on Thursday June 23, 2016. (Jean Revillard/Solar Impulse 2 via AP)

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Rep. Duncan Hunter, a former Marine Corps officer who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, has been leading the charge in Congress to restructure the common ground system. (Associated Press)

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Golfer Rory McIlroy will not compete at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, citing Zika concerns. (Associated Press)

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Rio de Janierio Olympic officials are pressing on with preps for the Summer Games, saying that the Southern Hemisphere's winter months will allow time for instituting measures to head off Zika virus concerns. (Associated Press)

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Director Barbara Faust and Horticulturalist James Gagliardi reveal a newly designed sign for the Pollinator Garden . Formerly called the Butterfly Habitat Garden, the 400-foot-long path includes more than 250 species of colorful and fragrant plants, flowers and trees. (Photographs by Emily Kim/The Washington Times)

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U.S. House candidate Rick Tyler is facing backlash for a campaign billboard in Tennessee telling voters to "Make America White Again." (WRCB)

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International Olympic Committee, IOC, President Thomas Bach, from Germany, speaks during a press conference after the Olympic Summit IOC in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday. Olympic leaders met to consider further measures to crack down on doping ahead of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in the wake of the ban on Russian track and field athletes. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

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Illustration on the need for Syrian safe zones by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Temporary structures go up outside the Wells Fargo Center ahead of the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Officials said Tuesday they're where they need to be in terms of fundraising and security. (Associated Press)

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In this photo taken, March 17, 2016, people rally in front of the San Luis Obispo County government building in support of Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and environmental groups said Tuesday, June 21, 2016, that they've reached an agreement that will close the Diablo Canyon plant, California's last nuclear power plant, by 2025. (David Middlecamp/The Tribune (of San Luis Obispo) via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

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In an EU referendum campaign stunt, a flotilla of boats supporting "Leave" float on the River Thames outside the Houses of Parliament on June 15 as opposing "In" banners are draped over Westminster Bridge in London. (Associated Press)

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Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore addresses participants during a three-day climate change training and workshop in suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, on how best to address the effects of global climate change on March 14, 2016. Gore, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, has chosen the Philippines as the venue for his Climate Reality Project workshop which hopes to offer solutions to the global concerns on climate change. (Associated Press) **FILE**