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In this 2016 photo released by Thailand's Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation/Freeland, a curious male tiger walks in the jungle in eastern Thailand. Thailand's Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Freeland, an organization fighting human and animal trafficking, and Panthera, a wild cat conservation organization, announced Tuesday, March 28, 2017 that their investigations had photographic evidence of new tiger cubs in eastern Thailand's jungle, signaling the existence of the world's second breeding population of endangered Indochinese tigers. (Thailand's Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation/Freeland via AP)
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In this image made from video, tree debris lies on the street as wind gusts in Bowen, eastern Australia, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. A powerful cyclone lashed islands, damaged roofs and cut power on Tuesday as it edged toward Australia's tropical northeast coast, officials said.(AuBC via AP)
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In this image made from video, wind gusts outside shops in Bowen, eastern Australia, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. A powerful cyclone lashed islands, damaged roofs and cut power on Tuesday as it edged toward Australia's tropical northeast coast, officials said.(AuBC via AP)
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While most of the study leaked Tuesday seems to reiterate what a host of other climate change research has said, it makes the case that global warming is getting worse and that significant action must be taken. (Associated Press/File)
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This Nov. 11, 2012, photo shows surfers on a broad, sandy beach near the NRG El Segundo power plant in El Segundo, Calif. A new study predicts that with limited human intervention, 31 percent to 67 percent of Southern California beaches could completely erode back to coastal infrastructure or sea cliffs by the year 2100, with sea-level rises of 3.3 feet (1 meter) to 6.5 feet (2 meters). The study released Monday, March 27, 2017, used a new computer model to predict shoreline effects caused by sea level rise and changes in storm patterns due to climate change. (AP Photo/John Antczak)
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In this Dec. 20, 2015, photo, waves roll up to and under homes perched over a sandy beach in Malibu, Calif. A new study predicts that with limited human intervention, 31 percent to 67 percent of Southern California beaches could completely erode back to coastal infrastructure or sea cliffs by the year 2100, with sea-level rises of 3.3 feet (1 meter) to 6.5 feet (2 meters). The study released Monday, March 27, 2017, used a new computer model to predict shoreline effects caused by sea level rise and changes in storm patterns due to climate change. (AP Photo/John Antczak)
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In this Sunday, March 26, 2017, photo, waves roll onto boulders at the foot of a sea cliff near Royal Palms Beach in the San Pedro area of Los Angeles. A new study predicts that with limited human intervention, 31 percent to 67 percent of Southern California beaches could completely erode back to coastal infrastructure or sea cliffs by the year 2100, with sea-level rises of 3.3 feet (1 meter) to 6.5 feet (2 meters). The study released Monday, March 27, 2017, used a new computer model to predict shoreline effects caused by sea level rise and changes in storm patterns due to climate change. (AP Photo/John Antczak)
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In this Sunday, March 26, 2017, photo, Royal Palms Beach in the San Pedro area of Los Angeles is protected by boulders placed there to forestall erosion. A new study predicts that with limited human intervention, 31 percent to 67 percent of Southern California beaches could completely erode back to coastal infrastructure or sea cliffs by the year 2100, with sea-level rises of 3.3 feet (1 meter) to 6.5 feet (2 meters). The study released Monday, March 27, 2017, used a new computer model to predict shoreline effects caused by sea level rise and changes in storm patterns due to climate change. (AP Photo/John Antczak)
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Haiti's President Jovenel Moise, right, arrives with Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, center, for a meeting at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, March 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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Chile's President Michelle Bachelet is followed by Haiti's President Jovenel Moise as she arrives to the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, March 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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Haiti's President Jovenel Moise, right, talks with Chile's President Michelle Bachelet as she leaves the National Palace after their meeting in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, March 27, 2017. ( AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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Haiti's President Jovenel Moise, front right, escorts Chile's President Michelle Bachelet after their meeting at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, March 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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In this March 21, 2016 file photo, the Flint Water Plant water tower is seen in Flint, Mich. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on March 27, 2017, that a $100 million grant to address drinking water issues in the city was approved after a formal application from Michigan state officials. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
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FILE - In this March 6, 2017 file photo, North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, left, center, talks about his state's "bathroom bill," at the Capitol in Austin, Texas. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. right, looks on. Forest is a strong supporter of the bill. He has accused news organizations of creating a false picture of economic upheaval. The Associated Press has determined that North Carolina's law limiting LGBT protections will cost the state more than $3 billion in lost business over a dozen years. (Deborah Cannon, Austin American-Statesman, File) /Austin American-Statesman via AP)
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In this March 19, 2017 photo, people attend Sunday worship at the William Carey Baptist Church in Havana, Cuba. Churches are working on projects that once would have been forbidden to them, including efforts on HIV-AIDS prevention, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, medicine distribution, training of farm workers and disaster relief.(AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)
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Humane Society International's Director of Companion Animals and Engagement Kelly O'Meara holds a dog named Walter, who was rescued from a South Korean dog meat farm, as he greets another rescued dog aboard an animal transport vehicle near Kennedy Airport Sunday, March 26, 2017, in the Queens borough of New York. The Humane Society International is responsible for saving 46 dogs that would otherwise have been slaughtered. Humane Society officials said the dogs that arrived in New York late Saturday night had awaited death in dirty, dark cages, and were fed barely enough to survive at a farm in Goyang, South Korea. (Humane Society International/Andrew Kelly via AP)
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A dog rescued from a South Korean dog meat farm gets some affection from David Manko, a volunteer for the Pittsburgh Aviation Animal Rescue Team aboard their animal transport vehicle near Kennedy Airport Sunday, March 26, 2017, in the Queens borough of New York. The Humane Society International is responsible for saving 46 dogs that would otherwise have been slaughtered. Humane Society officials said the dogs that arrived in New York late Saturday night had awaited death in dirty, dark cages, and were fed barely enough to survive at a farm in Goyang, South Korea. (Humane Society International/Andrew Kelly via AP)
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A crate holding two puppies rescued from a South Korean dog meat farm are loaded onto an animal transport vehicle near Kennedy Airport by Animal Haven Director of Operations Mantat Wong, left, and volunteer Nicole Smith Sunday, March 26, 2017, in the Queens borough of New York. The Humane Society International is responsible for saving 46 dogs that would otherwise have been slaughtered. Humane Society officials said the dogs that arrived in New York late Saturday night had awaited death in dirty, dark cages, and were fed barely enough to survive at a farm in Goyang, South Korea. (Humane Society International/Andrew Kelly via AP)
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A crate holding two puppies rescued from a South Korean dog meat farm are loaded onto an animal transport vehicle near Kennedy Airport by Animal Haven Director of Operations Mantat Wong, left, and volunteer Nicole Smith Sunday, March 26, 2017, in the Queens borough of New York. The Humane Society International is responsible for saving 46 dogs that would otherwise have been slaughtered. Humane Society officials said the dogs that arrived in New York late Saturday night had awaited death in dirty, dark cages, and were fed barely enough to survive at a farm in Goyang, South Korea. (Andrew Kelly/Humane Society International via AP)
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FILE – This August 1986 file photo shows Commonwealth Edison's nuclear power plant, closed by parent company Exelon Corp. in 1998, in Zion, Ill. As costs of running aging nuclear reactors increase, some small, mostly rural towns that are home to the nation's nuclear plants are bracing for what's to come, as towns where nuclear plants were shuttered deal with higher property taxes, cuts in services and less school funding. (AP Photo/Charles Bennett, File)
