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FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2008 file photo, natural gas is flared from an oil well near Parshall, N.D. The North Dakota Industrial Commission is holding a hearing in Bismarck on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, on its new natural gas flaring policy that's intended to cut back on the amount of natural gas burned off and wasted as a byproduct of natural gas production. The percentage of gas being flared in the state is pegged at a record 36 percent. (AP Photo/James MacPherson, File)
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Ron Ness, North Dakota Petroleum Council President, testifies in front of officials with the Oil and Gas Division of the North Dakota Mineral Resources Department at a hearing Tuesday, April 22, 2014, in Bismarck, N.D. The North Dakota Industrial Commission was holding the hearing on its new natural gas flaring policy. (AP Photo/The Bismarck Tribune, Mike McCleary)
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FILE - In this June 2007, file photo, a scientist holds a juvenile lobster while doing research on Orr's Island in Harpswell, Maine. A University of Maine survey of 11 locations in the Gulf of Maine indicates the number of young lobsters has declined by more than half from their 2007 levels, a significant statistic, since lobsters typically take about eight years to reach the legal harvesting size. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
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FILE - In this June 2007, file photo, a scientist holds a juvenile lobster while doing research on Orr's Island in Harpswell, Maine. A University of Maine survey of 11 locations in the Gulf of Maine indicates the number of young lobsters has declined by more than half from their 2007 levels, a significant statistic, since lobsters typically take about eight years to reach the legal harvesting size. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
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FILE - In this June 2007, file photo, a scientist releases a juvenile lobster while doing research on Orr's Island in Harpswell, Maine. A University of Maine survey of 11 locations in the Gulf of Maine indicates the number of young lobsters has declined by more than half from their 2007 levels, a significant statistic, since lobsters typically take about eight years to reach the legal harvesting size. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
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This April 18, 2014 photo provided by International Bird Rescue shows a California brown pelican which was found with its pouch slashed on April 16, 2014 near Bayshore Park in Long Beach, Calif. On Monday, April 22, 2014, International Bird Rescue said that authorities have offered a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who mutilated the sea bird. Jay Holcomb, director of the San Pedro-based organization, says it appears a knife or similar sharp instrument was used to cut its pouch. (AP Photo/International Bird Rescue)
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This April 18, 2014 photo provided by International Bird Rescue shows a California brown pelican which was found with its pouch slashed on April 16, 2014 near Bayshore Park in Long Beach, Calif. On Monday, April 22, 2014, International Bird Rescue said that authorities have offered a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who mutilated the sea bird. Jay Holcomb, director of the San Pedro-based organization, says it appears a knife or similar sharp instrument was used to cut its pouch. (AP Photo/International Bird Rescue)
