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FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2017, file photo, construction crews clear rocks away from Oroville Dam's crippled spillway in Oroville, Calif. A team of experts is warning of a "very significant risk" if the main spillway of the California dam is not operational again by the next rainy season. The warning is contained in a report obtained Wednesday, March 22 by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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FILE- In this Feb. 28, 2017 file photo, officials inspect Oroville Dam's crippled spillway in Oroville, Calif. A team of experts is warning of a "very significant risk" if the main spillway of the California dam is not operational again by the next rainy season. The warning is contained in a report obtained Wednesday, March 22 by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2017, file photo water gushes from the Oroville Dam's main spillway in Oroville, Calif. A team of experts is warning of a "very significant risk" if the main spillway of the California dam is not operational again by the next rainy season. The warning is contained in a report obtained Wednesday, March 22 by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
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This March 17, 2017 photo provided by the National Park Service shows an egg mass from the California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii), found in a stream in the Santa Monica Mountains near Los Angeles. The discovery involving the rare frog has researchers hopping for joy. The NPS says the egg masses from the frog are evidence that the endangered species is reproducing. (National Park Service via AP)
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This March 20, 2017 photo from the National Park Service shows a California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii), found in the Santa Monica Mountains near Los Angeles. The discovery involving the rare frog has researchers hopping for joy. The NPS says egg masses from the frog were found last week in a stream in the mountains adjacent to the Los Angeles metropolitan area. It's evidence that the endangered species is reproducing. (National Park Service via AP)
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Brazil's Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi, right, accompanied by a sanitary inspection agent, collect meat products for testing, in a supermarket in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. South Africa is partially suspending imports of Brazilian meat, the latest country to do so in the wake of an inspection scandal. Brazilian investigators charge that health inspectors in the South American country were bribed to overlook the sale of expired meats and chemicals and other products were added to meat to improve its appearance and smell. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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Esteban Gonzalez stands near a 3D energy production and use model as construction continues on the new Weiss Energy Hall at the Houston Museum of Natural Science on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, in Houston. The exhibit is scheduled to open in November. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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In this Tuesday, March 21, 2017 photograph, a U.S. Navy helicopter flies over an Iranian offshore oil rig as the USS George H.W. Bush travels through the Strait of Hormuz. The arrival of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf marks the first such deployment under new U.S. President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
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In this image provided by the National Snow and Ice Data Center and NASA, shows how low sea ice levels were in the Arctic this winter, alarming climate scientists. During the winter, Arctic sea ice grew to 5.57 million square miles (14.42 million square kilometers) at its peak, but that’s the smallest amount of winter sea ice in 38 years of record keeping, beating the record set in 2015 and tied last year. Sea ice in March of this year was smaller than last year by an area about the size of the state of Maine. (National Snow and Ice Data Center and NASA via AP)
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Image courtesy of Chad and Dana Connelly.
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In this Tuesday, March 21, 2017 photo provided by Wildlife Alliance, the body of a dead wild elephant lies down near Cardamom National Park of Kampong Speu province in western of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. A park ranger in Cambodia said an endangered wild elephant has died after an electrical pole fell and sent a powerful current surging through the animal. (Wildlife Alliance via AP)
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In this Tuesday, March 21, 2017 photo provided by Wildlife Alliance, Cambodian soldiers stand next to a dead wild elephant in the jungle near Cardamom National Park of Kampong Speu province in western of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. A park ranger in Cambodia said an endangered wild elephant has died after an electrical pole fell and sent a powerful current surging through the animal. (Wildlife Alliance via AP)
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In this Tuesday, March 21, 2017 photo provided by Wildlife Alliance, Cambodian soldiers stand next to a dead wild elephant in the jungle near Cardamom National Park of Kampong Speu province in western of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. A park ranger in Cambodia said an endangered wild elephant has died after an electrical pole fell and sent a powerful current surging through the animal. (Wildlife Alliance via AP)
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Energy Industry Red Tape Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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FILE- In this Feb. 24, 2015 file photo, workers lay cement to build a concrete structure at the under-construction coal-fired power plant, partially financed by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, in Kudgi, India. Led by cutbacks in China and India, construction of new coal-fired power plants is falling worldwide, improving chances climate goals can be met despite earlier pessimism, three environmental groups said Wednesday, March 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2015 file photo, boilers are installed at a coal-fired power plant, partially financed by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, under construction in Kudgi, India. Led by cutbacks in China and India, construction of new coal-fired power plants is falling worldwide, improving chances climate goals can be met despite earlier pessimism, three environmental groups said Wednesday, March 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2015 file photo, a worker covers his face to avoid rising dust at a coal-fired power plant, partially financed by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, under construction in Kudgi, India. Led by cutbacks in China and India, construction of new coal-fired power plants is falling worldwide, improving chances climate goals can be met despite earlier pessimism, three environmental groups said Wednesday, March 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)
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FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2009 file photo, a Chinese boy cycles past cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant in Dadong, Shanxi province, China. Led by cutbacks in China and India, construction of new coal-fired power plants is falling worldwide, improving chances climate goals can be met despite earlier pessimism, three environmental groups said Wednesday, March 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2009, file photo, coal trucks leave the coal-fired Hunter Power Plant just south of Castle Dale, Utah after making a delivery. Utah's Sen. Mike Lee and Rep. Jason Chaffetz are trying to repeal a federal plan to reduce haze at eastern Utah national parks from nearby coal-powered plants, including Hunter. The proposal from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would require two coal-powered plants in Utah to cut emissions by installing more pollution controls. (Al Hartmann/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File) (Associated Press)
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has agreed with President Trump's intention to return the agency to its "core mission" of ensuring clean air and clean water. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
