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A sign for a new Vermont program is displayed on a farm in Williston, Vt., Thursday, July 13, 2017. The voluntary pilot program certifies the state's most environmentally friendly farms through soil testing and other monitoring. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, file photo, an undersized lobster is flipped back into the ocean, off Kennebunkport, Maine. New England's 2017 summer lobster season is off to a slow start, but consumers are still paying a little bit less for the critters than they were a year ago. Lobster fishermen and distributors said the annual summer boom in lobster catch is yet to arrive. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
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In this photo provided by the Manitoba Government, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter drinks while helping build homes for Habitat for Humanity in Winnipeg, Manitoba on Thursday, July 13, 2017. Carter was treated for dehydration while volunteering with Habitat for Humanity. (Stacia Franz/Manitoba Government via AP)
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In this photo provided by the Manitoba Government, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter helps build homes for Habitat for Humanity in Winnipeg, Manitoba on Thursday, July 13, 2017. Carter was treated for dehydration while volunteering with Habitat for Humanity. (Stacia Franz/Manitoba Government via AP)
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U.S President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania arrive at Orly airport, south of Paris, Thursday July 13, 2017. Trump and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, are looking to set aside differences on trade and climate change and find common ground as they meet ahead of Bastille Day celebrations in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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U.S President Donald Trump and FirstLady Melania arrive at Orly airport, south of Paris, Thursday July 13, 2017. Trump and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, are looking to set aside differences on trade and climate change and find common ground as they meet ahead of Bastille Day celebrations in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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U.S President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania arrive at Orly airport, south of Paris, Thursday July 13, 2017. Trump and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, are looking to set aside differences on trade and climate change and find common ground as they meet ahead of Bastille Day celebrations in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2014 file photo, a sample glass of Lake Erie water is photographed near the City of Toledo water intake crib on Lake Erie, off the shore of Curtice, Ohio. Scientists are predicting a "significant" algae bloom will form this summer on western Lake Erie, a continuing health hazard in a region where algae toxins forced a temporary tap water shutdown in 2014. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2014, file photo, an algae bloom covers Lake Erie near the City of Toledo water intake crib off the shore of Curtice, Ohio. Scientists are predicting a "significant" algae bloom will form this summer on western Lake Erie, a continuing health hazard in a region where algae toxins forced a temporary tap water shutdown in 2014. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)
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Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announces a list of infrastructure projects that will get funding in next five years under Indiana's Next Level Roads initiative, a 20-year program to improve Indiana's roads and bridges, during a press conference in Indianapolis, Thursday, July 13, 2017. Joining the for the announcement are Sen. Michael Crider, left, R-Greenfield, Indiana Department of Transportation Commissioner Joe McGuinness, left center, and Speaker of the House Brian Bosma. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announces a list of infrastructure projects that will get funding in next five years under Indiana's Next Level Roads initiative, a 20-year program to improve Indiana's roads and bridges, during a press conference in Indianapolis, Thursday, July 13, 2017. Joining the for the announcement are Indiana Department of Transportation Commissioner Joe McGuinness, left, and Speaker of the House Brian Bosma. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announces a list of infrastructure projects that will get funding in next five years under Indiana's Next Level Roads initiative, a 20-year program to improve Indiana's roads and bridges, during a press conference in Indianapolis, Thursday, July 13, 2017. Joining the for the announcement are Indiana Department of Transportation Commissioner Joe McGuinness, left, and Speaker of the House Brian Bosma. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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In this photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, a Skycrane makes a water drop on hot spots near Hot Spring Canyon and Highway 154 in the Whittier fire area near Santa Barbara, Calif., Wednesday, July 12, 2017. In Southern California, thousands of people remained out of their homes as a pair of fires raged at different ends of Santa Barbara County. The fires broke out amid a blistering weekend heat wave that toppled temperature records. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)
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Indian tourists take a boat ride in the river Ganges in Allahabad, India, Thursday, July 13, 2017. India's main environmental agency has banned the dumping of any kind of waste within 500 meters (yards) of the most polluted parts of the Ganges, a river considered sacred by devout Hindus. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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An Indian man jumps over the polythene bags and garbage littered on the banks of the river Ganges in Allahabad, India, Thursday, July 13, 2017. India's main environmental agency has banned the dumping of any kind of waste within 500 meters (yards) of the most polluted parts of the Ganges, a river considered sacred by devout Hindus. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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FILE - In this May 31, 2017 file photo, California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks during an interview in Sacramento, Calif. Brown announced yet another plan Wednesday, July 12, 2017, to keep the United States on track to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the international Paris climate agreement. This time, he's teaming up with former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to launch "America's Pledge," an initiative to compile all of the climate change-fighting commitments of states, cities, businesses and universities in one place where they can be easily tracked and shared. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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In this July 1, 2017, photo, plants are on display during the first day of recreational marijuana sales at The Source dispensary in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
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FILE - This Sept. 27, 2011, file photo shows a gopher frog at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans. The nonprofit Pacific Legal Foundation wants the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a declaration that Louisiana timberland is critical habitat for an endangered frog found only in Mississippi. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says a network of ponds so shallow they dry up in the summer makes the 1,500-acre tract the only potential breeding ground outside Mississippi for dusky gopher frogs. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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California Gov. Jerry Brown is racing to convince lawmakers to extend the state's cap-and-trade program which puts a price on carbon emitted by polluters, including oil refineries like the Valero Benicia Refinery seen Wednesday, July 12, 2017, in Benicia, Calif. The program has been closely watched around the world as a market-based way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but it expires in 2020. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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A truck drives into the Valero Benicia Refinery, Wednesday, July 12, 2017, in Benicia, Calif. California Gov. Jerry Brown is racing to convince lawmakers to extend the state's cap-and-trade program which puts a price on carbon emitted by polluters, including oil refineries. The program has been closely watched around the world as a market-based way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but it expires in 2020. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
