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FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2012, file photo, a fisherman lays out his gillnet in Young's Bay off the Columbia River in Astoria, Ore. The Trump administration on Monday, June 12, 2017, threw out a new rule intended to limit the numbers of endangered whales and sea turtles getting caught in fishing nets off the West Coast, even though the fishing industry had proposed the measure. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)
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File - In this Dec. 20, 2016, file photo, whales are seen off the coast of Long Beach, Calif., from the La Espada whale watching ship from Harbor Breeze Cruises. The Trump administration on Monday, June 12, 2017, threw out a new rule intended to limit the numbers of endangered whales and sea turtles getting caught in fishing nets off the West Coast, even though the fishing industry had proposed the measure. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
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In this photo taken May 25, 2017, the swift water rescue team at Yosemite National Park, Calif., prepare for training in the frigid and swift water of the Merced River. The record Sierra Nevada snowpack has officials on high alert as the weather warms and the frigid snowmelt surges down California rivers. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
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This photo taken May 25, 2017 shows Moose Mutlow, leader of the Swift Water Rescue Program at Yosemite National Park, Calif. Officials fear a surge in drownings following record snowfall this winter as the weather heats up in California and other U.S. western states. Mutlow said people need to be extremely cautious at rivers this year. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
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In this photo taken May 25, 2017, the swift water rescue team at Yosemite National Park, Calif., perform training in the frigid and swift water of the Merced River. The record Sierra Nevada snowpack has officials on high alert as the weather warms and the frigid snowmelt surges down California rivers. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt attends a Cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump, Monday, June 12, 2017, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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MTA Interim Executive Director Veronique Hakim speaks during a news conference at Metropolitan Transportation Authority headquarters, in New York, Monday, June 12, 2017. The Metropolitan Authority Transportation said it needs to cut service by about 20 percent into and out of Penn Station starting next month. New Jersey Transit and Amtrak customers also will be affected by service changes. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Investigators work through the debris and charred vehicles after an explosion at a home in Marengo, Ill., Sunday, June 11, 2017. Authorities said Sunday the northern Illinois explosion destroyed two homes and damaged more than 50 others. Marengo Fire Chief Bob Bradbury said officials don't believe anyone was in the two homes at the time of the explosion. (H. Rick Bamman/Northwest Herald via AP)
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Investigators work through the debris and charred vehicles after an explosion at a home in Marengo, Ill., Sunday, June 11, 2017. Authorities said Sunday the northern Illinois explosion destroyed two homes and damaged more than 50 others. Marengo Fire Chief Bob Bradbury says officials don't believe anyone was in the two homes at the time of the explosion. (H. Rick Bamman/Northwest Herald via AP)
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FILE -- In this Monday, June 5, 2017 file photo, provided by Doha News, shoppers stock up on supplies at a supermarket in Doha, Qatar after Saudi Arabia closed its land border with Qatar, through which the tiny Gulf nation imports most of its food. Qatar said Monday, June 12, 2017, that it had begun shipping cargo through Oman to bypass Gulf countries that have cut off sea and land routes to the tiny, energy-rich nation, the latest move by Doha to show it can survive a diplomatic dispute with its neighbors. (Doha News via AP, File)
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Canada's Environment Minister Catherine McKenna attends the opening of a two-day G7 summit on the environment, in Bologna, Italy, Sunday, June 11, 2017. (Giorgio Benvenuti/ANSA via AP)
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United States Environment Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt attends the opening of a two-day G7 summit on the environment, in Bologna, Italy, Sunday, June 11, 2017. (Giorgio Benvenuti/ANSA via AP)
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United States Environment Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, right, attends the opening of a two-day G7 summit on the environment, in Bologna, Italy, Sunday, June 11, 2017. (Giorgio Benvenuti/ANSA via AP)
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Environment ministers, European Union representatives and outreach partners pose for a family photo at the opening of a two-day G7 summit on the environment, in Bologna, Italy, Sunday, June 11, 2017. Front row from left; German Federal Minister for the Environment Barbara Hendricks, United States Environment Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, Canada's Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, Italian Environment Minister Gian Luca Galletti, France's Environment expert Virginie Dumoulin, Britain's Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs minister Therese Coffey, Japanese Environment Minister Koichi Yamamoto. Back row from left; Maldives Environment Minister Thoriq Ibrahim, European Commissioner for Cimate, Miguel Arias Canete, Chile Environment Minister Marcelo Mena Carrasco, unidentified, Rwanda's Minister of Natural Resources Vincent Biruta and European Union Commissioner for the Environment Karmenu Vella (Giorgio Benvenuti/ANSA via AP)
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FILE - In this June 1, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump arrives in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, to speak about the US role in the Paris climate change accord. Trump's recent decision to pull the United States from the international climate deal reached in Paris was but the latest in a rapid-fire series of moves that would weaken or dismantle federal initiatives to reduce carbon emissions, which scientists say are heating the planet to levels that could have disastrous consequences. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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The U.S. is in line with most of the world in terms of where it puts its money. It provided $6 billion annually for fossil fuels and $1.3 billion for renewable energy, according to a study. (Associated Press/File)
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FILE - In this June 1, 2017 file photo, a wind turbine, part of the Lost Creek Wind Farm, is silhouetted against the setting sun near King City, Mo. President Donald Trump's recent decision to pull the United States from the international climate deal reached in Paris was but the latest in a rapid-fire series of moves that would weaken or dismantle federal initiatives to reduce carbon emissions, which scientists say are heating the planet to levels that could have disastrous consequences. . (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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In this June 1, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump listens as EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks about the U.S. role in the Paris climate change accord in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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FILE - In this June 1, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt after speaking about the US role in the Paris climate change accord in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Trump's recent decision to pull the United States from the international climate deal reached in Paris was but the latest in a rapid-fire series of moves that would weaken or dismantle federal initiatives to reduce carbon emissions, which scientists say are heating the planet to levels that could have disastrous consequences. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
