Environment

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Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe is among the Democrats who would privately pressure utilities whose jurisdictions crossed state lines into Republican-controlled states, whose governors are vehemently opposed to Mr. Obama's environmental agenda. (Associated Press)

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Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear is working with President Obama as part of a "core group" on climate policy. Publicy, he opposes many environmental regulations. (Associated Press)

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An employee puts products on a shelf at a Moscow's farmers' food store "LavkaLavka" in Moscow on Aug. 4, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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President Barack Obama, accompanied by Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, steps off Air Force One after arriving at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, in Anchorage, Alaska. President Barack Obama opens 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)

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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE Question: What country has the third-most satellites in orbit?

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Category: GEOGRAPHY Question: How many U.S states border the Gulf of Mexico?

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Category: GEOGRAPHY Question: What's the largest Japanese island?

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American CurrentSee cover for August 1, 2015 (Specials - 300)

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This NOAA satellite image taken Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, at 01:00 AM EDT, shows a frontal boundary draped across the Rockies through the southwestern United States, producing showers and thunderstorms. There are two powerful hurricanes currently moving through the Pacific Ocean. In the central Pacific, east of Hawaii, is Hurricane Ignacio, which currently has sustained winds of 115 mph. Hurricane Jimena is to the southeast of Ignacio in the eastern Pacific which maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. (NOAA/Weather Underground via AP)

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With melting glaciers and rising seas as his backdrop, President Obama will visit Alaska this week to press for action to combat climate change in a state whose economy and jobs depend heavily on the oil business. (Associated Press)

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This recent but undated photo provided by the Orange County, Calif., Sheriff's Department shows a walkway flanked with gravel-covered areas that had previously been grass at the Theo Lacey jail in Orange, Calif. Inmates at Orange County’s largest jail will get low-flow toilets and shower valves with timers as part of a wide-ranging effort to save water amid the state’s four-year drought. The Orange County Register reported Saturday that the conservation plan at the jail also includes tearing up 3,000 square feet of grass and replacing it with decomposed granite.(Orange County Sheriff's Department via AP)