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State Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, from left, Gov. Jerry Brown and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-Paramount, walk through the Capitol to a news conference to discuss the passage of a pair of climate change bills, Monday, July 17, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Brown backed the measures, which will extend the state's cap-and-trade program and aims to improve local air quality. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Gov. Jerry Brown, center left, flanked by Republicans, Assembly Leader Chad Mayes, of Yucca Valley, left, Tom Berryhill, center right, of Twain Harte, and Devon Mathis, of Visalia, right, leaves a news conference after the Legislature approved a pair of climate change bills, Monday, July 17, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Brown was able to get Republican support for the measure, which will extend the state's cap-and-trade program. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, D-Bell Gardens, center, is flanked by fellow lawmakers from both sides of the aisle as she discusses the passage of her climate change bill, Monday, July 17, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Garcia's bill, AB617, which was backed by Gov. Jerry Brown, aims to improve local air quality. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Gov. Jerry Brown, center, receives applause from lawmakers from both sides of the aisle as goes to the podium to discuss the passage of a pair of climate change bills, at a news conference, Monday, July 17, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Democratic Assembly members Eduardo Garcia, of Coachella, second from left, and Cristina Garcia, of Bell Garden, second from right, hug after their climate change bills were approved by the Legislature, Monday, July 17, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Assemblyman Rocky Chavez, R-Oceanside, one of several Republicans to join Democrats in approving to extend a climate change initiative before the Legislature, speaks Monday, July 17, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. The Legislature approved AB398, backed by Gov. Jerry Brown, that extends the states cap-and-trade program. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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State Sen. Cathleen Galgiani, D-Stockton,top left, smiles at Sen. Tom Berryhill, R-Twain Harte, after he crossed party lines to provide the vote needed to pass AB-398, one of the two climate change bills before the legislature, Monday, July 17, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. The Senate approved both climate change bills, backed by Gov. Jerry Brown and sent them to the Assembly for a final vote. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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State Sen. Bob Wieckowski, D-Fremont, far left, holds a 1966 photo of smog over Los Angeles for Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, as he calls for passage of a climate change bill Monday, July 17, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. The Senate approved AB398, a bill to extend California's cap-and-trade bill, and sent it to the Assembly for a final vote. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Central Valley state Senators, Tom Berryhill, R-Twin Harte, from left, Cathleen Galgiani, D-Stockton, and Anthony Cannella, R-Ceres, huddle off the floor of the state Senate, Monday, July 17, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Berryhill crossed party lines to provide the vote needed to pass AB398, one of the two climate change bills backed by Gov. Jerry Brown. The bills were sent to the Assembly for a final vote. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Sen. President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, displays a list of various backers of a climate change bill, Monday, July 17, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. The Senate approved Assembly Bill 398, a bill to extend California's cap-and-trade bill, and sent it to the Assembly for a final vote. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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State Sen. John Moorlach, R-Costa Mesa, left, listens as lawmakers debate a climate change bill, Monday, July 17, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. The Senate approved Assembly Bill 398, a bill to extend California's cap-and-trade bill, and sent it to the Assembly for a final vote. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, D-Bell Gardens, right, is congratulated by Assemblywoman Eloise Reyes, D-Grand Terrace, after lawmakers approved Garcia's climate change bill, Monday, July 17, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Both house's of the Legislature approved the bill, AB617, that aims to reduce toxic air in the polluted neighborhoods around refineries and factories. The bill now goes to Gov. Jerry Brown who supported the measure. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Gov. Jerry Brown, center, flanked by lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, speaks of the passage of a pair of climate change measures, Monday, July 17, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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China Steel Dumping Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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This is an undated image made available by the World Wildlife Fund Finland of a Saimaa Ringed Seal as it rests on a rock in Lake Saimaa, Finland. Wildlife conservationists in Finland are giving endangered seals in Europe's fourth largest lake a spot of online fame _ they plan to stream encounters with some of the estimated 360 remaining seals in southeastern lake of Saimaa, in a bid to raise awareness of their plight. (Ismo Marttinen/WWF Finland via AP)
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The entrance sign to the Water Wheel recreation area points the the waters where victims were caught in a flash flood along the banks of the East Verde River Monday, July 17, 2017, in Payson, Ariz. The bodies of several children and adults have been found after Saturday's flash flooding poured over a popular swimming area in the Tonto National Forest. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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This March 18, 2017 photo shows an area of Ellison Creek, a popular area in Tonto National Forest near Payson, Ariz. On Saturday, July 15, 2017, a flash flood through the area swept nearly a dozen people to their deaths. The flood was the result of a thunderstorm that dumped heavy rainfall just upstream, unleashing 6-foot-high floodwaters, dark with ash from a summer wildfire. (AP Photo/Clarice Silber)
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Gila County Sheriff's Office Detective David Hornung updates the media at the First Crossing recreation area during the ongoing search and rescue operation for a victim in a flash flood along the banks of the East Verde River Monday, July 17, 2017, in Payson, Ariz. The bodies of several children and adults have been found after Saturday's flash flooding poured over a popular swimming area in the Tonto National Forest. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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This Saturday, July 15, 2017, image taken from video provided by Mindy Russell shows a rescue helicopter picking up people who survived a flash flood at a popular swimming hole that swept several people to their deaths in the Tonto National Forest near Payson, Ariz. The flooded area is at lower right. The flood was the result of a thunderstorm that dumped heavy rainfall just upstream, unleashing 6-foot-high floodwaters, dark with ash from a summer wildfire. (Mindy Russell via AP)
