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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)
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FILE – This June 14, 2011, file photo shows the reactor building at the Crystal River Nuclear Plant, which was shut down in 2009 before a troubled maintenance project and Duke Energy Corp. decided to decommission in 2013, during a tour for reporters in Crystal River, Fla. 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. (Will Vragovic/Tampa Bay Times via AP, Pool, File)
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In this March 20, 2017, photo, boats wrapped and stored for winter sit near the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station along Lake Erie in Oak Harbor, Ohio. FirstEnergy Corp. will decide by next year whether to close or sell its plant in Pennsylvania and two in Ohio, including Davis-Besse, unless the states change regulations to make them more competitive. (AP Photo/John Seewer)
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Amazon Flex driver James Fowler is pictured outside the car he drives for Amazon Flex with an empty Amazon bag in Vancouver, Wash., Monday, March 13, 2017. He earns $18 to $25 per hour working through the service, delivering packages and other goods. (Ariane Kunze/The Columbian via AP)
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Paula Timms of Caraway climbs up to the roof of her mother-in-law's house to help with repairs Saturday after Friday night's storm in Jonesboro, Ark., March 25, 2017. An uprooted tree took also knocked out the power to the house. Storms demolished mobile homes in Arkansas and a church in Louisiana as a menacing weather system threatened several states across the South and Midwest, authorities said. (Staci Vandagriff /The Jonesboro Sun via AP)
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Coty Cox, an employee of Craighead Electric Cooperative, finishes replacing one of the downed power lines along Lacy Drive in Jonesboro, Ark., Saturday, March 25, 2017. Storms demolished mobile homes in Arkansas and a church in Louisiana as a menacing weather system threatened several states across the South and Midwest, authorities said. (Staci Vandagriff/The Jonesboro Sun via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR THE WEEKEND OF MARCH 25-26 AND THEREAFTER - In a Friday, March 17, 2017 photo, filmmaker Ian Hinkle poses for a photo in Port Townsend, Wash. Hinkle, a former resident of Port Townsend, returned to show his 2014 documentary "Reaching Blue" about the effects of climate change on the Salish Sea. (Cydney McFarland/Peninsula Daily News via AP)
