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Jenji Kohan, the creator of "Orange is the New Black," talks about her "teen Jesus" project with The Hollywood Reporter, June 5, 2017. (YouTube, The Hollywood Reporter) ** FILE **
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, JUNE 11 - In this Wednesday, May 24, 2017 photo, Thomas Adams, left, curator of Paleontology and Geology at the Witte Museum, searches for fossil remains in deposits from the Hensel formation, laid during the Early Cretaceous period, from roadcuts along IH-10 just outside of Junction, Texas. Adams was working alongside a team led by UTSA professor Marina Suarez, who was there to collect soil samples in order to learn more about the climate of the period by analyzing the ratio of carbon isotopes in the rocks. (Marvin Pfeiffer/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, JUNE 11 - In this Wednesday, May 24, 2017 photo, UTSA professor Marina Suarez, right, and Dan Lehrmann, professor of Geosciences at Trinity University, inspect soil samples from the Hensel formation, deposited during the Early Cretaceous period, from a roadcut along IH-10 just outside of Junction, Texas. Suarez was leading a team to collect soil samples in order to learn more about the climate of the period by analyzing the ratio of carbon isotopes in the rocks. (Marvin Pfeiffer/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)
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FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2016, file photo, Michael Hickey poses near Hoosick Falls municipal well 7 between two baseball fields in Hoosick Falls, N.Y. No higher incidences of certain types of cancer linked to the toxic chemical PFOA were found in the upstate New York village whose water supplies were contaminated by the chemical, state health officials said in a report released Wednesday, June 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2016 file photo, the Hoosic River runs through the village of Hoosick Falls, N.Y. No higher incidences of certain types of cancer linked to the toxic chemical PFOA were found in the upstate New York village whose water supplies were contaminated by the chemical, state health officials said in a report released Wednesday, June 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
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Solar energy for home and business use is a competitive, obtainable product. (Associated Press/File)
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This undated product image provided by Solaria Corp. shows a home with solar panels installed. Small business owners who install solar panels or help customers use clean energy don’t seem fazed by President Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord, saying they expect demand for their services will still keep growing. “It’s an economic decision people are making, although it also makes environmental sense,” says Suvi Sharma, CEO of Solaria, a Fremont, Calif.-based company that designs and sells solar energy panel systems. (Ed Matney/Solaria Corp. via AP)
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In this Tuesday, June 6, 2017, photo, Solaria CEO Suvi Sharma stands beside a PowerXT solar panel at company headquarters in Fremont, Calif. Small business owners who install solar panels or help customers use clean energy don’t seem fazed by President Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord, saying they expect demand for their services will still keep growing. “It’s an economic decision people are making, although it also makes environmental sense,” says Sharma, whose company designs and sells solar energy panel systems. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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In this Tuesday, June 6, 2017, photo, Solaria CEO Suvi Sharma stands beside a PowerXT solar panel at company headquarters in Fremont, Calif. Small business owners who install solar panels or help customers use clean energy don’t seem fazed by President Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord, saying they expect demand for their services will still keep growing. “It’s an economic decision people are making, although it also makes environmental sense,” says Sharma, whose company designs and sells solar energy panel systems. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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Huge waves slam into the promenade during heavy storms in the Sea Point neighborhood of Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday, June 7, 2017. South African media are reporting that several people have been killed in a storm that swept into the area around Cape Town. The region has been suffering a severe drought. News24 says four people were killed in a fire caused by lightning and another person died when a house collapsed. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)
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Huge waves slam into the promenade during heavy storms in the Sea Point neighborhood of Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday, June 7, 2017. South African media are reporting that several people have been killed in a storm that swept into the area around Cape Town. The region has been suffering a severe drought. News24 says four people were killed in a fire caused by lightning and another person died when a house collapsed. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)
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Huge waves slam into the promenade during heavy storms in the Sea Point neighborhood of Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday, June 7, 2017. South African media are reporting that several people have been killed in a storm that swept into the area around Cape Town. The region has been suffering a severe drought. News24 says four people were killed in a fire caused by lightning and another person died when a house collapsed. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)
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A car is washed over by a huge wave that slammed into the promenade during heavy storms in the Sea Point neighborhood of Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday, June 7, 2017. South African media are reporting that several people have been killed in a storm that swept into the area around Cape Town. The region has been suffering a severe drought. News24 says four people were killed in a fire caused by lightning and another person died when a house collapsed. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)
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FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2014, file photo, rail cars are filled with coal and sprayed with a topper agent to suppress dust at Cloud Peak Energy's Antelope Mine north of Douglas, Wyo. President Donald Trump says withdrawing from a global climate change agreement will boost the U.S. economy but existing market forces have had far more of an effect on the fossil fuel industries than climate regulations. For at least three years now, the coal industry has been reeling from growing competition from natural gas, wind and solar power. (Ryan Dorgan/The Casper Star-Tribune via AP, File)
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FILE - In this April 4, 2013, file photo, a dragline excavator moves rocks above a coal seam at the Spring Creek Mine in Decker, Mont. President Donald Trump says withdrawing from a global climate change agreement will boost the U.S. economy but existing market forces have had far more of an effect on the fossil fuel industries than climate regulations. For at least three years now, the coal industry has been reeling from growing competition from natural gas, wind and solar power. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
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FILE - In this July 1, 2013, file photo, smoke rises from the Colstrip Steam Electric Station, a coal burning power plant in Colstrip, Mont. President Donald Trump says withdrawing from a global climate change agreement will boost the U.S. economy but existing market forces have had far more of an effect on the fossil fuel industries than climate regulations. For at least three years now, the coal industry has been reeling from growing competition from natural gas, wind and solar power. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
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This May 16, 2017, photo shows a pair of new design boat shoe/sandal hybrid that Shane Pisko, founder of Cape Dory Rigging shoes, has created, as seen in Runnemede, N.J. (Jose F. Moreno/Camden Courier-Post via AP)
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In this May 16, 2017, photo, Shane Pisko, founder of Cape Dory Rigging shoes, shows his new design boat shoe/sandal hybrid he has created, as he poses for a photo in Runnemede, N.J. (Jose F. Moreno/Camden Courier-Post via AP)
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In this Tuesday, June 7, 2017 photo, Masato Kato, senior principal scientist in Fast Reactor Fuel Technology Development Department of Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), bows during a press conference in Mito, north of Tokyo. The JAEA said five workers at a nuclear facility that handles plutonium have been exposed to high levels of radiation after a bag containing highly radioactive material broke during equipment inspection. The state-run agency said the incident occurred Tuesday at its Oarai Research & Development Center, a facility for nuclear fuel study that uses highly toxic plutonium. (Kyodo News via AP)
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Southern Maryland Blue Crabs pitcher Daryl Thompson, a native of La Plata, Maryland, pitches against the Long Island Ducks on April 23, 2017. (Photo by Bert Hindman/Memories Photography)
