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In this Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017 photo, a view of a lakeside area of Turkey's Black Sea region town of Ayvacik. At least four projects to lure visitors from the Gulf region and Arab nations are underway along Turkey's more traditional and conservative Black Sea coastline, where _ unlike Turkey's more popular Mediterranean and Aegean coasts _ residents and visitors opt for full body covering swimsuits and where bars selling alcohol are few and far between. (AP Photo/Neyran Elden)
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Shell Oil has come under fire after a blogger unearthed a 1991 video, "Climate of Concern," in which the company warned of possible consequences of climate change. (Associated Press)
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This Nov, 16, 2016 photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a Jaguar photographed by a motion-detection cameras in the Dos Cabezas Mountains in southern Arizona. Wildlife officials say they have evidence of a rare jaguar sighting in the United States. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a photo Thursday, March 2, from a trail camera that was taken in November and recently retrieved. (BLM/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP)
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People who want to ban hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in Maryland rally outside the statehouse and governor's residence in Annapolis, Maryland, on Thursday, March 2, 2017. Opponents of the process known as fracking, a method to extract gas or oil from underground shale rock, cite health and environmental concerns. A House committee is scheduled to vote on a bill to ban hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in Maryland. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
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FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2017, file photo, cars are partially submerged and covered in mud from receding floodwaters in San Jose, Calif. California billionaire Kieu Hoang donated $5 million to flood relief efforts on March 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
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Pink insulation remains trapped in the branches of the trees on the east side of Highway 165, north of Poseyville, Ind., Wednesday, March 1, 2017. (Denny Simmons/Evansville Courier & Press via AP)
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Louisville coach Rick Pitino, left, argues a call with an official during the second half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Wake Forest won 88-81. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Wake Forest's Keyshawn Woods (1) shoots over Louisville's Jaylen Johnson (10) and Donovan Mitchell (45) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Wake Forest won 88-81. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Louisville's Quentin Snider (4) drives past Wake Forest's John Collins (20) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Wake Forest won 88-81. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Wake Forest students, players and fans celebrates after an NCAA college basketball game against Louisville in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Wake Forest won 88-81. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Wake Forest students and players celebrate after the team's NCAA college basketball game against Louisville in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Wake Forest won 88-81. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Wake Forest's Konstantinos Mitoglou (44) celebrates after a basket against Louisville during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Wake Forest won 88-81. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Wake Forest's John Collins (20) and Bryant Crawford (13) celebrate during a timeout in the second half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against Louisville in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Wake Forest won 88-81. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Wake Forest's Mitchell Wilbekin (10) reacts to making a 3-point basket against Louisville during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Wake Forest won 88-81. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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In this Feb. 1, 2017 photo, environmental activist Maruja Inquilla, left, walks with Auroro Belisario Pacompia at a municipal waste treatment plant whose waters flow into Lake Titicaca, in Juliaca, in the Puno region of Peru. Inquillla is alerting neighboring villagers of the dangers lurking in their food and water. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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In this Feb. 1, 2017 photo, Maria Jose Campos Inquilla stands next to the trash-filled Torococha River near a municipal waste treatment plant that feeds into Lake Titicaca, in Juliaca, in the Puno region of Peru. In 2011, then-presidential candidate Ollanta Humala promised to resolve the contamination and construct water sewage processing plants. He won 79 percent of votes in the Lake Titicaca region but did not follow through. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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In this Feb. 2, 2017 photo, children play inside a church in Kapi Cruz Grande, a community on the shores of Lake Titicaca in the Puno region of Peru. Many living on the 4,000-meter (13,100-feet) high plain surrounding the lake contaminated with toxic levels of lead and mercury feel government leaders have neglected them. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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In this Feb. 3, 2017 photo, trash covers the shores of Lake Titicaca where environmental activist Maruja Inquilla talks to locals in Coata, in the Puno region of Peru. Inquillla is alerting neighboring villagers of the dangers lurking in their food and water. “If the frogs could talk they would say, ‘This is killing me,’” she said. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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In this Feb. 3, 2017 photo, the Avila family fishes on the Coata River, which flows into Lake Titicaca, in the Puno region of Peru. Untreated sewage water drains from two dozen nearby cities, and illegal gold mines high in the Andes dump up to 15 tons of mercury a year into the river leading to the lake. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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In this Feb. 4, 2017 photo, a child holds a bowl of hot food as the Avila family has lunch at their home in Coata, a small village on the shore of Lake Titicaca in the Puno region of Peru. Lake Titicaca was once worshipped by Incas who proclaimed its deep blue waters the birthplace of the sun, but today high levels of mercury, cadmium, zinc and copper are found in the fish locals consume, according to a 2014 government study. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
