Environment

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Marijuana plants grow at LifeLine Labs in Cottage Grove, Minn. (Associated Press)

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Ban guns! Ban Muslims! (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)

Newly released dashcam footage appears to contradict a claim by North Carolina state rep. Cecil Brockman, a black Democrat, after he accused state troopers of racism following a recent traffic stop. (WBTV)

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Government meteorologists monitor from a satellite image of Typhoon Melor fat the weather bureau center in suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines as it hits the eastern Philippines Monday, Dec. 14, 2015. Thousands of residents evacuated as the typhoon slammed into the eastern Philippines, where flood- and landslide-prone communities are bracing for destructive winds, heavy rains and coastal floods of up to 4 meters (13 feet), officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to the press following the COP21 United Nations conference on climate change in Le Bourget, France, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

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An activist hold a poster during a demonstration near the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, Saturday, Dec.12, 2015 during the COP21, the United Nations Climate Change Conference. As organizers of the Paris climate talks presented what they hope is a final draft of the accord, protesters from environmental and human rights groups gather to call attention to populations threatened by rising seas and increasing droughts and floods. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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National Edition News cover for December 13, 2015 - COP21: Nearly 200 nations adopt 1st global climate change pact: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, right, watches French President Francois Hiollande hugging United Nations climate chief Christiana Figueres after the final conference of the COP21, the United Nations conference on climate change, in Le Bourget, north of Paris, Saturday, Dec.12, 2015. Nearly 200 nations adopted the first global pact to fight climate change on Saturday, calling on the world to collectively cut and then eliminate greenhouse gas pollution but imposing no sanctions on countries that don’t. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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French President Francois Hollande, right, and French Foreign Minister and president of the COP21 Laurent Fabius react after the final conference at the COP21, the United Nations conference on climate change, in Le Bourget, north of Paris, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. Governments have adopted a global agreement that for the first time asks all countries to reduce or rein in their greenhouse gas emissions. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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Tim Constantine reports on Hillary Clinton's fundraising efforts and actor Leonardo DiCaprio's comments on global warming.

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Vehicles make their way westbound on Interstate 80 across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge as a new series of rain storms bear down on the Bay Area Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, as seen from Treasure Island in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

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National Edition Opinion cover for December 11, 2015 - Why we must lift the oil export ban (Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times)

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Illustration on lifting the oil export ban by Linas Garsya/The Washington Times

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont has made climate change one of the top issues of his campaign, as have the other Democratic candidates. (Associated Press)

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A Columbia County Sheriff drives through a low point on the road while others line up to go through, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, in Portland, Or. Torrential rains pummeled parts of the Pacific Northwest for another night, causing mudslides and flooding roads, leaving an Oregon woman dead after a tree fell onto her house and sweeping seven people into a Washington river, where they were rescued. (Kristyna Wentz-Graff/The Oregonian via AP)

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Johnson Creek swells near flood stage in Portland, Ore., as the Pacific Northwest was soaked by another night of heavy rain, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. The Oregon Department of Transportation says landslides and high water have closed parts of many state highways. (AP Photo/Steve Dipaola)

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An activist waves a placard calling for the ban of fracking during a Feb. 24, 2015, news conference outside the Colorado Convention Center in Denver as the Oil and Gas Task Force meets inside the facility to put the final touches on recommendations for Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper to consider in the settlement of disputes over oil and gas well development. (Associated Press) **FILE**