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In this photo taken Sept. 23, 2013, a driver passes the small boat harbor in King Cove, Alaska. A federal judge in Alaska on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, dismissed a lawsuit brought over the U.S. Interior Department's refusal to allow for a road from King Cove to an all-weather airport at Cold Bay. The road has drawn opposition from environmental groups because it would run through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. (James Brooks(/Kodiak Daily Mirror via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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People kayak in the Animas River near Durango, Colo., in water colored with millions of gallons of mine waste into Cement Creek, which flows into the Animas River, on Aug. 6, 2015. (Jerry McBride/The Durango Herald via AP) **FILE**
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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will appear at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday alongside several Republican presidential hopefuls as part of the Stop the Iran Deal Rally. (Associated Press)
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In this Aug. 4, 2012 file photo, tourists walk to Exit Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park just outside Seward, Alaska. Global warming is carving measurable changes into Alaska, and President Obama is about to see it. Obama leaves Monday, Aug. 31 for a three-day visit to the 49th state in which he will speak at a State Department climate change conference and become the first president to visit the Alaskan Arctic. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen) — FILE
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Global warming is the biggest threat to America ... (Illustration by Michael Ramirez for Creators Syndicate)
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FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2015, file photo, Silverton, Colo., resident Melanie Bergolc walks along the banks of Cement Creek in Silverton, polluted by mine waste runoff. The focus on a toxic mine spill that fouled rivers in three states shifts to Congress the week of Sept. 7 as lawmakers kick off a series of hearings into how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency accidentally unleashed the deluge of poisoned water. (Jon Austria/The Daily Times via AP, File) MANDATORY CREDIT
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This Aug. 14, 2015, file photo, shows a dried-out mine wastewater sediment pond in the San Juan Mountains north of Silverton, Colo. The focus on the toxic mine spill that fouled rivers in three states shifts to Congress the week of Sept. 7 as lawmakers kick off a series of hearings into how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency accidentally unleashed the deluge of poisoned water.(AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)
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Days of yore: World Net Daily launched a national billboard campaign in 2009 to draw attention to the exact location of President Obama's birth place. (World Net Daily)
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Mayor Yukiei Matsumoto, right, claps with children of Naraha residents during an event in Naraha, Fukushima, northern Japan, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015. The Japanese town of Naraha on Saturday lifted a 2011 evacuation order that sent all its 7,400 residents away after the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant was crippled by a tsunami and spread contamination. Naraha was the first among seven municipalities forced to empty entirely due to radiation contamination following the massive earthquake and tsunami that sent the reactors into meltdown. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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FILE - In this June 12, 2014 file photo, Jon Bon Jovi attends the Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards in New York. Bon Jovi has joined forces with Paul McCartney, Sheryl Crow and Fergie to record a song about climate change. Sean Paul, Leona Lewis and Colbie Caillat also appear on “Love Song to the Earth,” which was released Friday, Sept. 4 on iTunes and Apple Music via Connect. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
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This photo taken April 23, 2015, shows the Colowyo Coal Mine near Craig, Colo. Federal regulators have recommended that the mine, which has been threatened with closure partly over its impacts on climate change, remain open for now. (Patrick Kelly/Craig Daily Press via AP)
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In this August 2015 photo, a bear is visible in a remote river during an eight-day float fishing trip east of Anchorage, Alaska. (Rich Landers/The Spokesman Review via AP)
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President Obama, accompanied by local fishermen, speaks to members of the media on Kanakanak Beach on Wednesday in Dillingham, Alaska. On an historic three-day trip to Alaska, Mr. Obama declared "we're not acting fast enough" to save the planet from rising sea levels, warmer temperatures and other climate-change consequences. (associated press)
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U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell speaks at an event at the Red Rock National Conservation area Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, near Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) ** FILE **
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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley delivers a speech on "Lessons from the New South" during a luncheon at at the National Press Club in Washington on Sept. 2, 2015. (Associated Press)
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Nine-month pregnant Aisha, from Ghana, holds the hand of her husband as she lies on a stretcher on the bridge of the Norwegian Siem Pilot ship, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015. The Siem Pilot is carrying to the Italian Port of Cagliari hundreds of migrants rescued in several operations in the Mediterranean sea. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Sea lions lay on rocks near Fox Island as President Barack Obama takes a boat tour to see the effects of global warming in Resurrection Cove, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, in Seward, Alaska. Obama is on a historic three-day trip to Alaska aimed at showing solidarity with a state often overlooked by Washington, while using its glorious but changing landscape as an urgent call to action on climate change. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
