Environment

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This is a 2013 photo of Everette Brown of the Philadelphia Eagles NFL football team. This image reflects the Philadelphia Eagles active roster as of Monday, April 15, 2013 when this image was taken. (AP Photo)

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In this May 22, 2014, photo, empty train cars, front, sit in a yard after having their loads of coal unloaded at Norfolk Southern's Lamberts Point coal terminal in Norfolk, Va. As the Obama administration weans the U.S. off dirty fuels blamed for global warming, energy companies have been sending more of America’s unwanted energy leftovers to other parts of the world. It’s a global shell game on fossil fuels that at the very least makes the U.S. appear to be making more progress on global warming than it actually is, because it shifts some of the pollution, and the burden for cleaning it up, onto another country’s balance sheet. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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National Edition News cover for July 28, 2014 - Energy Department eyes regional gas reserves for emergency use: New Jersey state troopers kept order as motorists and pedestrians waited in long lines to purchase gasoline in the paucity following Superstorm Sandy. The storm's fallout highlighted the need for increased domestic oil reserves. (associated press)

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Under Gov. Bobby Jindal's leadership on the economy, Louisiana's credit rating has greatly improved. (Associated Press)

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Rescue workers survey the wreckage of TransAsia Airways flight GE222, which crashed while attempting to land in stormy weather on the Taiwanese island of Penghu. Experts say the airline industry will stay healthy despite several recent tragedies. (Associated Press)

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Rescue workers survey the wreckage of TransAsia Airways flight GE222, which crashed while attempting to land in stormy weather on the Taiwanese island of Penghu. Experts say the airline industry will stay healthy despite several recent tragedies. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment board a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during a mission July 5, 2014, in Gereshk, Helmand province, Afghanistan. U.S. Marine Corps photo.