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This still frame from video provided by KABC-TV shows a plume of thick smoke from a fire in a plastics recycling facility in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., in southeastern Los Angeles County, Monday, March 13, 2017. (KABC-TV via AP)
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FILE-- In this June 3, 2016, file image, from video provided by KGW-TV, smoke billows from a Union Pacific train that derailed near Mosier, Ore., in the scenic Columbia River Gorge. Oregon legislators are considering two environmentally related bills in their current session. One bill would direct the Environmental Quality Commission to adopt oil-spill prevention and emergency-response planning requirements to railroads that own or operate high hazard train routes. The other would prohibit the Legislature from funding new bulk coal or oil terminals. (KGW-TV via AP, File)
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Native Americans Cathy Sampson-Cruse, left, and Raymond Estrada appear at a news conference at the Oregon State Capitol, Monday, March 13, 2017, in Salem, Ore., in support of two bills. One bill would direct the Environmental Quality Commission to adopt oil-spill prevention and emergency-response planning requirements to railroads that own or operate high hazard train routes. The other would prohibit the Legislature from funding new bulk coal or oil terminals. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)
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People carry the coffin containing the remains of 14-year-old Ana Roselia Perez Junay, who died in a fire at a children's shelter, to the cemetery in Zaragoza, Guatemala, Sunday, March 12, 2017. The death toll in the March 8 fire rose to 40 on Sunday with the announcement that another girl has died of burns. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
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A Christian preacher prays next to the coffin of 14-year-old Ana Roselia Perez Junay, who died in a fire at a children's shelter, inside her mother's home in Zaragoza, Guatemala, Sunday, March 12, 2017. The death toll in the March 8 fire rose to 40 on Sunday with the announcement that another girl has died of burns. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
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People carry the coffin of 14-year-old Ana Roselia Perez Junay, who died in a fire at a children's shelter, at the cemetery in Zaragoza, Guatemala, Sunday, March 12, 2017. The death toll in the March 8 fire rose to 40 on Sunday with the announcement that another girl has died of burns. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
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People help Gloria Perez as she begins to faint during the burial of 14-year-old Ana Roselia Perez Junay who died in a fire at a children's shelter, at the cemetery in Zaragoza, Guatemala, Sunday, March 12, 2017. The death toll in the March 8 fire rose to 40 on Sunday with the announcement that another girl has died of burns. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
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A member of Advance Towing and Recovery stretches a line to a semi-truck that jackknifed in the southbound lane on Interstate 41 Monday, March 13, 2017, in Hartford, Wis. The southbound section of the interstate was shut down after multiple crashes were reported. (John Ehlke/West Bend Daily News via AP)
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A Wisconsin Sate Patrol officer checks on a person involved in a crash on Interstate 41 southbound Monday, March 13, 2017, in Hartford, Wis. The southbound section of the interstate was shut down after multiple crashes were reported. (John Ehlke/West Bend Daily News via AP)
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Sanitation department personnel prepare a sanitation truck with a plow and follow with wheel chains for snow removal Monday March 13, 2017, in New York. The National Weather Service issued a blizzard watch from late Monday night through Tuesday evening for New York City and parts of northern New Jersey and southern Connecticut, while winter storm warnings and watches were issued for the remainder of the Northeast. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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This satellite image taken around 3:12 p.m. EDT and released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shows clouds around the Northeast of the United States, Monday, March 13, 2017. A powerful nor'easter could bring blizzard conditions and more than a foot of snow from the mid-Atlantic to parts of the Northeast, and officials warn of potential beach erosion, possible coastal flooding and power outages from the late-season snowstorm. (NOAA via AP)
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Blackman-Leoni Department of Public Safety officers and other rescue personnel work at the scene of a crash involving a semi trailer under the Cooper Street bridge of Interstate 94 westbound on Monday, March 13, 2017, in Jackson, Mich. Most of Michigan is getting snow as utility crews work to restore electrical service to thousands of customers still without power following last week's high winds. (J. Scott Park/Jackson Citizen Patriot via AP)
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Travelers wait at Schoenefeld airport outside Berlin, Germany, Monday, March 13, 2017. Ground staff at Berlin's two airports went on strike Monday for the second time in four days, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights. (Ralf Hirschberger/dpa via AP)
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FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2006 file photo, firefighters battle a blaze onboard a UPS cargo plane at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia. The International Civil Aviation Organization, a U.N. agency that sets global aviation safety standards, decided last year to ban shipments of lithium ion batteries on international passenger flights and require that the batteries be no more than 30 percent charged on cargo flights. As a result, countries around the world have been adopting the new international safety standard for their domestic flights as well. The United States is a notable exception. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek, File)
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FILE - In this April 2014 file image frame grab from video, provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a test at the FAAs technical center in Atlantic City, N.J. The International Civil Aviation Organization, a U.N. agency that sets global aviation safety standards, decided last year to ban shipments of lithium ion batteries on international passenger flights and require that the batteries be no more than 30 percent charged on cargo flights. As a result, countries around the world have been adopting the new international safety standard for their domestic flights as well. The United States is a notable exception. (FAA via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 file photo, a DC-10 airplane tanker drops fire retardant to battle a wildfire in the San Gabriel Mountains in Azusa, Calif. AP Photographer Nick Ut will be retiring from the AP in March 2017 after 51 years of taking photographs from the front lines of the Vietnam War to the red carpets of Hollywood. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009 file photo, a Los Angeles firefighter looks under a fire truck stuck in a sinkhole in the Valley Village neighborhood of Los Angeles. Four firefighters escaped injury early Tuesday after their vehicle sunk into the hole caused by a burst water main in the San Fernando Valley, authorities said. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Illustration on new coal technology by Linas GArsys/The Washington Times
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FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2017, file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington. President Donald Trump and Republican leaders say drastic action is needed because “Obamacare” is a disaster, with soaring premiums and insurers headed for the exits. But while major parts of the 2010 health care law are clearly troubled, others are working fairly well. The risk is that the GOP’s “rescue mission” will inflict collateral damage on what’s working and create new problems. Or that promised solutions might disappoint. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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The HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington, in this Feb. 9, 2017, file photo. President Donald Trump and Republican leaders say drastic action is needed because “Obamacare” is a disaster, with soaring premiums and insurers headed for the exits. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
