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In this May 3, 2017 photo, staffers of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District check equipment in Clovis, Calif., at one of several stations used to monitor the air quality. The vast San Joaquin Valley in California, the country's most fertile farming region, is engulfed by some of the nation's dirtiest air. The poor air quality is the byproduct of booming farms, oil production near Bakersfield, two major highways, a web of rail lines and the valley's bowl-shaped geography. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
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In this May 3, 2017 photo, equipment operated by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District checks air quality in Clovis, Calif., at one of several stations used by the district. The vast San Joaquin Valley in California, the country's most fertile farming region, is engulfed by some of the nation's dirtiest air. The poor air quality is the byproduct of booming farms, oil production near Bakersfield, two major highways, a web of rail lines and the valley's bowl-shaped geography. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
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In this April 4, 2017 photo, Natalie Sua helps two of her children, Javier, left, and Ezekiel who suffer with asthma, do their homework at their home in Fresno, Calif. Both sons use inhalers to combat asthma, made worse by air pollution in the San Joaquin Valley. On the worst days, Sua keeps her children inside, when they would rather be rough-housing on their backyard trampoline, but the risks are too high. Hundreds of people each year in the San Joaquin Valley die premature deaths from poor air quality. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
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In this June 23, 2017 photo, cars and trucks roll along a section of Highway 99 during rush hour that's being worked on for the high speed rail in Fresno, Calif. California's vast San Joaquin Valley, the country's most fertile farming region, is engulfed by some of the nation's dirtiest air. On hot, windless days, a brown haze hangs overhead, sending wheezing people with tight chests to emergency rooms, and hundreds each year to an early grave. To combat the problem, California's biggest air district has spent more than $40 billion in the last quarter century to enforce hundreds of pollution rules and has driven down the number of unhealthy days by 80 percent, according to an Associated Press analysis. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)
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In this June 23, 2017 photo, cars and trucks roll along a section of Blackstone Ave. during rush hour in Fresno, Calif. California's vast San Joaquin Valley, the country's most fertile farming region, is engulfed by some of the nation's dirtiest air. On hot, windless days, a brown haze hangs overhead, sending wheezing people with tight chests to emergency rooms, and hundreds each year to an early grave. To combat the problem, California's biggest air district has spent more than $40 billion in the last quarter century to enforce hundreds of pollution rules and has driven down the number of unhealthy days by 80 percent, according to an Associated Press analysis. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)
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In this June 8, 2017 photo, oil derricks are busy pumping as the moon rises near the La Paloma Generating Station in McKittrick, Calif. California’s vast San Joaquin Valley, the country’s most productive farming region, is engulfed by some of the nation’s dirtiest skies, forcing the state’s largest air district to spend more than $40 billion in the past quarter-century to enforce hundreds of stringent pollution rules. Its bad air is the byproduct of booming farms, oil production, two major highways, a web of rail lines - and the valley’s bowl-shaped geography. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)
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In this April 3, 2017 photo, dairy cows stand in a pen in Fresno County, Calif. California's vast San Joaquin Valley, the country's most fertile farming region, is engulfed by some of the nation's dirtiest air. Its bad air is the byproduct of booming farms, oil production, two major highways, a web of rail lines - and the valley’s bowl-shaped geography. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
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In this photo April 4, 2017 photo, Javier Sua demonstrates how he uses an inhaler at his home in Fresno, Calif. He uses it to combat asthma, made worse by air pollution in the San Joaquin Valley. On some days, his mother keeps him inside, when he would rather be rough-housing on the backyard trampoline, but the risks are too high. Hundreds of people each year in the San Joaquin Valley die premature deaths from poor air quality. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
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Hector Garnica worked at the Horny Toad, a restaurant in Cave Creek, Ariz., on and off for eight years. Garnica remains missing Wednesday, July 19, 2017, while his wife and three children were some of nine family members confirmed dead when a flash flood ravaged a river in Tonto National Forest. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)
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In this June 27, 2017 photo, birds skim the channels of Xochimilco in Mexico City. Xochimilco, on the far southern edge of Mexico City, is best-known as the “Mexican Venice” for its canals and brightly colored boats is designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage site. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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In this July 13, 2017, a farmer moves his harvest of squash flowers through the channels of Xochimilco in Mexico City. Xochimilco is designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage site. (AP Photo / Marco Ugarte)
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In this July 13, 2017 photo, a farmer takes advantage of a motorized boat to move faster along the channels of Xochimilco to his floating farm known as a "chinampa" in Mexico City. Xochimilco, on the far southern edge of Mexico City, has been a breadbasket for the Valley of Mexico since before the Aztec Empire, when farmers first created the “floating” islands bound to the shallow canal beds through layers of sediment and willow roots. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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In this July 13, 2017 photo, men remove mud from a shallow channel so that tourist boats will be able to move through the channel, in Xochimilco, Mexico City. Some of Mexico City’s most in-demand restaurants are increasingly incorporating produce grown at the famed aquatic gardens of Xochimilco (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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In this July 13, 2017 photo, a farmer's machete and hat sit on a floating farm known as a "chinampa" in Xochimilco, Mexico City. The World Heritage status and Xochimilco itself are threatened by the pollution and encroaching urbanization that plague the rest of the sprawling metropolis. (AP Photo / Marco Ugarte)
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In this July 13, 2017 photo, a farmer paddles his canoe to his floating farm known as a "chinampa," in Xochimilco, Mexico City. Xochimilco is designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage site. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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In this July 13, 2017 photo, chefs and restaurant employees walk through a vegetable garden on a floating farm known as a "chinampa" in Xochimilco, Mexico City. Xochimilco has also been a breadbasket for the Valley of Mexico since before the Aztec Empire, when farmers first created the “floating” islands bound to the shallow canal beds through layers of sediment and willow roots. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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Flames rise behind a vacant house as a firefighter works to halt the Detwiler wildfire near Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. As wildfires rage throughout the western U.S., one California blaze in the rugged mountains outside of Yosemite National Park forced thousands of nearby residents to flee their homes. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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A chimney stands at a burned residence on Yaqui Gulch Road as a wildfire burns near Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. The fire has forced thousands of people from homes in and around a half-dozen small communities, officials said. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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An air tanker drops retardant while battling a wildfire near Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. The fire has forced thousands of people from homes in and around a half-dozen small communities, officials said. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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An air tanker drops retardant while battling a wildfire fire near Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. According to fire officials, the blaze has scorched more than thousands of acres and destroyed multiple structures. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
