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FILE - In this July 4, 2016 file photo, Sugar loaf mountain and Guanabara bay are seen behind the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rio organizers promised to clean up polluted Guanabara Bay in their winning bid in 2009. During the Olympics, officials used stop-gap measures to keep floating sofas, logs, and dead animals from crashing into boats during the sailing events. Since the Olympics, the bankrupt state of Rio de Janeiro has ceased major efforts to clean the bay, with the unwelcome stench usually drifting along the highway from the international airport. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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FILE--In this May 31, 2017, file photo, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, right, with U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska. Zinke called Alaska's two Republican senators, Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, to warn them of repercussions for the nation's largest state if they failed to toe the Trump administration line on health care, according to a published report. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, file)
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In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, Tyler Jarrell, 18, poses for a photo. Jarrell was killed in a thrill ride accident at the Ohio State Fair on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio. The Marine Corps and school officials said Jarrell enlisted last week and was going to begin basic training next summer after his high school graduation. (U.S. Marine Corps via AP)
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The Attempt to Ban Dog Walking in Bay Area Parks Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power" didn't come anywhere near the success of "An Inconvenient Truth" massive media attention, mostly fawning reviews and promotion from eco-conscious stars such as Paul McCartney, Bono and Pharrell Williams. (Associated Press/File)
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Vehicles line up at the a gas station on Thursday, July 27, 2017, on Ocracoke Island on North Carolina's Outer Banks, as visitors leave the island and residents fuel up. An estimated 10,000 tourists were ordered Thursday to evacuate the island after a construction company caused a power outage, leaving people stranded without air conditioning or places to eat. (C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer via AP)
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Ice is displayed at the Variety Store on Thursday, July 27, 2017, on Ocracoke Island on North Carolina's Outer Banks. An estimated 10,000 tourists were ordered Thursday to evacuate the island after a construction company caused a power outage, leaving people stranded without air conditioning or places to eat. (C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer via AP)
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Vehicles line up at the a gas station on Thursday, July 27, 2017, on Ocracoke Island on North Carolina's Outer Banks, as visitors leave the island and residents fuel up. An estimated 10,000 tourists were ordered Thursday to evacuate the island after a construction company caused a power outage, leaving people stranded without air conditioning or places to eat. (C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer via AP)
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CORRECTS THE KIND OF FLOWER - In this Tuesday, July 25, 2017 photo, a Wyethia mollis, also known as mule's ears, blooms in the Lower Carpenter Valley near Truckee, Calif. The wild Sierra Nevada meadow hidden from public view for more than a century is opening for tours after it was purchased by conservation groups. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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GE Transportation workers who are members of the U.E. Local 506 executive committee, enter the union offices in Lawrence Park Township, Erie County, Pa., Thursday, July 27, 2017. Plant officials announced Thursday, that after more than 100 years of production at the Erie-area plant, locomotive production, except for prototypes, would cease by the end of 2018. All locomotive production is being transferred to GE Transportation's Fort Worth, Texas plant. (Christopher Millette/Erie Times-News, via AP)
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Locomotives are shown in a rail yard at GE Transportation in Lawrence Park Township, Erie County, Pa., Thursday, July 27, 2017. Plant officials announced on Thursday that, after more than 100 years of production at the Erie-area plant, locomotive production, except for prototypes, would cease by the end of 2018. All locomotive production is being transferred to GE Transportation's Fort Worth, Texas plant. (Christopher Millette/Erie Times-News, via AP)
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This photo taken Sept. 15, 2011, shows General Electric Evolution Series locomotives being assembled in Building 10 at GE Transportation in Lawrence Park Township, Erie County, Pa. Plant officials announced Thursday, July 27, 2017, that, after more than 100 years of production at the Erie-area plant, locomotive production, except for prototypes, by the end of 2018. All locomotive production is being transferred to GE Transportation's Fort Worth, Texas plant. (Christopher Millette/Erie Times-News, via AP)
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File - In this Feb. 15, 2016, file photo, a stand-up paddleboarder glides across Lake Tahoe at sunset in California. An annual report on Lake Tahoe said the United States' largest alpine lake is still warming at 14 times the historic average. The finding is in the yearly report released Thursday, July 27, 2017, by the University of California at Davis on the state of Lake Tahoe, which straddles the California and Nevada borders. (Claire Cudahy/The Tahoe Tribune via AP, File)
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FILE - This April 12, 2012 file photo shows Lake Tahoe seen from Incline Village, Nev. An annual report on Lake Tahoe said the United States' largest alpine lake is still warming at 14 times the historic average. The finding is in the yearly report released Thursday, July 27, 2017, by the University of California at Davis on the state of Lake Tahoe, which straddles the California and Nevada borders. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner, File)
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In this Wednesday, July 26, 2017, photo, soybeans grow in a farm field near Indianola, Iowa. Drought conditions are getting worse in several states, and extreme heat and weeks with little rain have begun to stress corn, soybeans, wheat and livestock in some areas. The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursday, July 27, 2017, by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln says nearly 11 percent of the continental United States is in moderate drought or worse. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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In this Wednesday, July 26, 2017, photo, soybeans grow in a farm field near Indianola, Iowa. Drought conditions are getting worse in several states, and extreme heat and weeks with little rain have begun to stress corn, soybeans, wheat and livestock in some areas. The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursday, July 27 by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln says nearly 11 percent of the continental United States is in moderate drought or worse. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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In this Wednesday, July 26, 2017, photo, soybeans grow in a farm field near Indianola, Iowa. Drought conditions are getting worse in several states, and extreme heat and weeks with little rain have begun to stress corn, soybeans, wheat and livestock in some areas. The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursday, July 27, by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln says nearly 11 percent of the continental United States is in moderate drought or worse. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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In this image provided by NASA, taken Aug. 3, 2015, phytoplankton is seen off the coast of New York, top and New Jersey, left. A new study projects that global warming’s increased rains will mean more nitrogen flowing into U.S. waterways, which can then trigger more massive blooms of algae, floating green mats, and dead zones with almost no oxygen. This handout NASA satellite photo shows a large bloom of phytoplankton off the New York and New Jersey coast in August 2015. (NASA via AP)
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Herman Marshman stands outside the First Energy Bruce Mansfield coal fired power plant Friday, July 7, 2017, in Shippingport, Pa. Marshman ran for president of the International Brothers of Electrical Workers Local 272, with no union leadership experience. (Rebecca Droke/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
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Will Ford, a pop singer whose popularity peaked in 2001 is shown here in a still shot off of a music video for "I Wanna Be Bad." Miss Ford told Billboard in a July 2017 that 9/11 played a role in the "perfect storm" that blew away her once promising pop career. (YouTube)
