Environment

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National Edition Opinion cover for May 2, 2014 - A remedy for the Russian virus (Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times)

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Former state Environmental Protection Secretary Katie McGinty, right, of Chester County, one of the candidates seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican incumbent Gov. Tom Corbett's bid for re-election, speaks during a free public forum hosted by Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster Pa., Thursday May. 1, 2014. State Treasurer Robert McCord of Montgomery County, stands in the background.(AP Photo/Intelligencer Journal,Chris Knight)

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Inmates from the Etowah County Detention Center's SAP program and the road crew help remove debris from a damaged home on Liberty Hill Road as recovery from the tornado damage begins in the Smith Institute community of Etowah County on Wednesday, April 30, 2014. (AP Photo/ Gadsden Times, Eric T. Wright)

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Brenda Brewster walks through debris from her daughter's home that was destroyed on Liberty Hill Road after an apparent tornado struck the Smith Institute community in Etowah County, Ala. Tuesday April 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Gadsden Times, Eric T. Wright)

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Ice swept onto the shore on Izaty's Resport in Lake Mille Lacs in Onamia, Minn., Thursday, May 1, 2014. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Elizabeth Flores)

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Ice swept onto the shore on Izaty's Resport as seen from Marlene Kruger's living room in Lake Mille Lacs in Onamia, Minn., Thursday, May 1, 2014. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Elizabeth Flores)

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Ice swept and damaged Randy Dykhoff's property along the shore north of Garrison, Minn., Thursday, May 1, 2014. Dykhoff, of Mound, was notified by the Sheriff's office of the damage that had occurred last Sunday. He said he carried several wheel barrow loads of ice through his kitchen. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Elizabeth Flores)

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Ice can still be seen after it swept onto the shore along Lake Mille Lacs in Garrison, Minn, Thursday, May 1, 2014. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Elizabeth Flores)