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This Feb. 28, 2014 photo shows Detroit Bulk Storage headquarters in River Rouge, Mich. Photographed on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. A proposal to store petroleum coke along the Detroit River has drawn opposition from some area residents after problems at another southeastern Michigan storage site. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality plans a community meeting Wednesday, March 5 in Wyandotte on the proposal to use a 15-acre site in nearby River Rouge. Petcoke piles along the river in Detroit drew complaints last year and city officials ordered them removed. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Romain Blanquart) DETROIT NEWS OUT; NO SALES
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In this image provided by Josh Forst, flames and smoke shoot up after an explosion at a townhouse complex Tuesday, March 4, 2014, in Ewing, N.J. A gas line damaged by a contractor exploded "like a bomb" while utility crews worked to repair it Tuesday at the complex, injuring at least seven people while several homes were destroyed or damaged. (AP Photo/Josh Forst)
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Patrick Moore has disputed the environmental movement's doomsday scenario, depicting climate change over the past century as "minor warming" and arguing that "there is no scientific proof that human emissions of carbon dioxide are the dominant cause." (TEDx Vancouver)
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Greenpeace activists, including this one dressed in a tiger suit, rappel and hang banners in protest of Procter & Gamble outside of the company's headquarters, in downtown Cincinnati, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. The environmental organization says the 60-foot banners on P&G's two towers were in protest of the consumer products company's use of palm oil from a supplier that Greenpeace says is linked to tropical forest destruction in Indonesia. (AP Photo/The Cincinnati Enquirer Amanda Rossmann)
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Nine Greenpeace activists rappel and hang banners in protest of Procter & Gamble outside of the company's headquarters, in Cincinnati, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. The environmental organization says the 60-foot banners on P&G's two towers were in protest of the consumer products company's use of palm oil from a supplier that Greenpeace says is linked to tropical forest destruction in Indonesia. (AP Photo/The Cincinnati Enquirer Amanda Rossmann)
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FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2013, file photo, a fence closes off the ruins of an oceanfront home in Mantoloking N.J. that was damaged by Superstorm Sandy. The House is pressing ahead with legislation to roll back a recently enacted overhaul of the federal flood insurance program after homeowners in flood-prone areas complained about sharp premium increases. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)
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Traffic is stalled on ice-covered northbound Interstate 55 in West Memphis, Ark., Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Interstate 55 between West Memphis and the Missouri border was clogged with ice and stalled vehicles Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)
