Environment

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FILE--In this file photo taken June 13, 2017, the Plutonium Uranium Extraction Plant, right, stands adjacent to a dirt-covered rail tunnel, left, containing radioactive waste, amidst desert plants on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. The U.S. Department of Energy says there is a high risk that a second tunnel filled with radioactive waste might collapse on the Hanford site. This section of tunnel partially collapsed at the site, forcing some 3,000 workers to seek shelter for a few hours. (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios, file)

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FILE - In this June 13, 2017, file photo, demolition work continues on the Plutonium Finishing Plant on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. The U.S. Department of Energy says there is a high risk that a second tunnel filled with radioactive waste might collapse on the Hanford site. A tunnel partially collapsed at the site on May 9, 2017, forcing some 3,000 workers to seek shelter for a few hours. (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios, File)

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FILE - In this May 9, 2017, file photo, signs are posted by the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Richland, Wash. The U.S. Department of Energy says there is a high risk that a second tunnel filled with radioactive waste might collapse on the Hanford site. This section of tunnel partially collapsed at the site, forcing some 3,000 workers to seek shelter for a few hours. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes, File)

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FILE - This May 9, 2017, file photo, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy, shows a 20-foot by 20-foot hole in the roof of a storage tunnel at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. The U.S. Department of Energy says there is a high risk that a second tunnel filled with radioactive waste might collapse on the Hanford site. This section of tunnel partially collapsed at the site, forcing some 3,000 workers to seek shelter for a few hours. (U.S. Department of Energy via AP, File)

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Pastor Brad Atkins of First Baptist Church of Powdersville, South Carolina.

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FILE - This July 6, 2011, file photo shows a grizzly bear roaming near Beaver Lake in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. At least three different legal challenges were launched Friday, June 30, 2017, against the U.S. government's decision to lift protections for grizzly bears in the Yellowstone National Park area that have been in place for more than 40 years. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart, File)

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Researchers and forensic experts produced this 3-D image of an Irishman who lived 500 years ago, based on a skull found at a burial site. (Rubicon Heritage)

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A straw-colored fruit bat hangs at the Organization for Bat Conservation in Pontiac, Mich. on June 12, 2017. The organization recently moved into a new, larger location for its new Bat Zone. (Robin Buckson/Detroit News via AP)

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Digital media specialist Amanda Greco stands in front of the female bat habitats at the new space for the Organization for Bat Conservation in Pontiac, Mich. on June 12, 2017. The organization recently moved into a new, larger location for its new Bat Zone. (Robin Buckson/Detroit News via AP)

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Lord Nelson, left, and Autumn, great horned owls who live at the Organization for Bat Conservation in Pontiac, Mich., sit in their enclosure. (Robin Buckson/Detroit News via AP)

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Donated blood from a butcher in Durand, Mich., is stored for the common vampire bats at the Organization for Bat Conservation in Pontiac, Mich. on June 12, 2017. The organization recently moved into a new, larger location for its new Bat Zone. (Robin Buckson/Detroit News via AP)

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An Indian Flying Fox bat hangs at the Organization for Bat Conservation in Pontiac, Mich. on June 12, 2017. The organization recently moved into a new, larger location for its new Bat Zone. (Robin Buckson/Detroit News via AP)

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A woman crosses a flooded street in heavy rain during a thunderstorm in Moscow, Russia, Friday, June 30, 2017. A massive thunderstorm in the Moscow region has killed at least one and injured several people. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin)

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In this undated photo, Bill George, who lost his legs to frostbite sits in a hotel room with Lisa Lee, right, a case manager for Northern Nevada HOPES, in Reno, Nev. George was likely hours away from death when Lee found him under a bridge. (Andy Barron/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP)

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Tsunehisa Katsumata, right, former chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), arrives at Tokyo District Court for a trial in Tokyo Friday, June 30, 2017. Three former executives of TEPCO, including Katsumata, are going on trial for alleged negligence in the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. The trial is the first to consider whether the utility can be held criminally responsible. (Shigeyuki Inakuma/Kyodo News via AP)

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In this Friday, June 16, 2017 photo, fireworks for sale are seen on display in an Iowa Fireworks Company tent, in Adel, Iowa. Decades after a devastating fire caused by a dropped sparkler led Iowa to ban fireworks, the explosives are now legal in the state. But fireworks retailers and people eager to set off the explosives are finding that many local officials remain keenly aware of that fire so many years ago. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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In this Thursday, June 15, 2017 photo, a no smoking sign is seen in an Iowa Fireworks Company tent, in Adel, Iowa. Decades after a devastating fire caused by a dropped sparkler led Iowa to ban fireworks, the explosives are now legal in the state. But fireworks retailers and people eager to set off the explosives are finding that many local officials remain keenly aware of that fire so many years ago. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Firefighters set back fires as they work to put out a brush fire in San Clemente, Calif., Thursday, June 29, 2017. U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein says California's wildfire season could be more severe than last year, with nearly 30,000 acres already burned. (Ken Steinhardt/The Orange County Register via AP)

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Firefighters keep an eye on the burning hillsides after setting back fires in San Clemente, Calif., Thursday, June 29, 2017. U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein says California's wildfire season could be more severe than last year, with nearly 30,000 acres already burned. (Ken Steinhardt/The Orange County Register via AP)

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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey listens to a briefing on a northern Arizona wildfire at a command center set up at Bradshaw Mountain Middle School on Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Dewey, Ariz. Crews made considerable progress Thursday fighting an Arizona forest fire that shut down youth summer camps, forced thousands from their homes and came dangerously close to consuming a town. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)