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FILE - This July 1, 2013 file photo shows smoke rises from the Colstrip Steam Electric Station, a coal burning power plant in in Colstrip, Mont. The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed the Obama administration an important victory in its effort to reduce power plant pollution that contributes to unhealthy air in neighboring states. In a 6-2 decision, the court upheld a rule adopted by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2011 to limit emissions from plants in more than two-dozen Midwestern and Southern states. The pollution drifts into the air above states along the East Coast, and the EPA has long struggled to devise a way to control it. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
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A worker removes items from the heavily damaged fire station in Kimberly, Ala., on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. An apparent tornado slammed into the town late Monday, causing destruction but no serious injuries. Four firefighters rode out the storm inside the station. A dangerous storm system that spawned a chain of deadly tornadoes over three days flattened homes and businesses, forced frightened residents in more than half a dozen states to take cover and left tens of thousands in the dark Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
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A pine tree toppled by an apparent tornado frames two men as they secure a tarp to the roof of a damaged house in Kimberly, Ala., on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. A severe storm caused damaged but no serious injuries in the community north of Birmingham late Monday. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
