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In this Sunday, July 7, 2013 photo, the downtown core is in ruins as firefighters water smoldering rubble in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, after a train derailed, igniting tanker cars carrying crude oil. Lac-Megantic still struggles to recover as it marks the disaster's one-year anniversary. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz) (AP)

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Protesters demonstrate in solidarity with members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe in North Dakota over the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Philadelphia, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) (AP)

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FILE - In this July 21, 2011, file photo, an iceberg floats in the sea near Qeqertarsuaq, Disko Island, Greenland. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File) (AP)

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