Environment

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Cynthia Diaz, superintendent for the wastewater treatment plant in Galveston, gives Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush a tour of the facility Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, following the dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony. Officials dedicated an $85 million wastewater treatment plant in Galveston as the largest Hurricane Ike recovery project since the storm hit in 2008. (Jennifer Reynolds/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)

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Josh Matthews keeps watch of the machinery as a well is drilled at a home, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, in Hampton Falls, N.H. Many private wells have gone dry amid this summer's prolonged drought and dry weather in the Northeastern U.S.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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A tiny Dungeness crab larvae swims next to air bubbles in a lab container at the NOAA Fisheries' Northwest Fisheries Science Center, in Mukilteo, Wash., on July 26, 2016. Millions pounds of Dungeness crab are pulled from Pacific Northwest waters each year. But as marine waters continue to absorb more atmospheric carbon dioxide, federal scientists are worried that the changing ocean chemistry may put Northwest Dungeness crabs at risk. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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In this August 2015 photo provided by The Xerces Society, a rusty patched bumble bee collects pollen from a flower in Madison, Wis. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, formally recommended this bumble bee for endangered status after reviewing reports from the Portland, Ore.-based Xerces Society that show the species has disappeared from about 90 percent of its historic range in the past 20 years. (Rich Hatfield/The Xerces Society via AP)

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Neb. Gov. Pete Ricketts, left, and former Gov. Kay Orr unveil the state road projects that have been designated as major priorities over the next few years at a news conference in Lincoln, Neb., Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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FILE - In this June 21, 2007 file photo, a U.S. Marine Corps AV-8 Harrier fighter jet from VX-9 Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake is seen on a training flight from the cockpit of an F-16 based at the California Air National Guard's 144th Fighter Wing over California. A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8 Harrier fighter jet, the same type shown in this photo, crashed Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, into the ocean off the coast of southwestern Okinawa in Japan, but the pilot ejected safely from the aircraft and was rescued. The U.S. military in Camp Butler in Okinawa said the cause of the crash is still under investigation. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

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FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, file photo, Haitian national Carole Manigat, left, holds her daughter Hadassa Carole Albert as she waits for her turn to fill out temporary protective status papers at Notre Dame d'Haiti Catholic Church in the Little Haiti neighborhood in Miami. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, that it was widening efforts to deport Haitians, a response to thousands of immigrants from the Caribbean nation who have overwhelmed California border crossings with Mexico in recent months. The move lifts special protections that shielded Haitians from deportation after their nation’s 2010 earthquake. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

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In this Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, photo, a restored section of the Great Wall is seen in Suizhong County in northeastern China's Liaoning Province. Chinese officials are being pilloried over the smoothing-over of a crumbling but much-loved 700-year-old section of the Great Wall of China - a UNESCO World Heritage Site - in the name of restoration. (Chinatopix via AP)

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In this Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, file photo, a villager walks across a restored section of the Great Wall in Suizhong County in northeastern China's Liaoning Province. (Chinatopix via AP) ** FILE **

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FILE - In this Dec. 29, 2015, file photo, the boat docks are seen at the Great Salt Lake at Antelope Island, in Utah, December 29, 2015. More than 100 boats are sitting high and dry in a parking lot on the southern shore of Utah's Great Salt Lake, unable to sail the shallow, drought-stricken sea nearby. The massive lake, key to the Utah's economy and identity, is skirting record low levels after years of below-average participation and record heat. (Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)

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Rachael Yamagata. (Laura Crosta)

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In this April 20, 2013 photo, male greater sage grouse perform their mating ritual for a female grouse outside Walden, Colo. U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell is in Colorado on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, to tout efforts to save the greater sage grouse across the West one year after the federal government decided not to invoke the Endangered Species Act to protect the rare bird. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, file)

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A Victorinox Swiss Army knife. (Wikipedia)

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In this Feb. 20, 1962 file photo, an elder warrior with a stone axe over his shoulder stands over the Baliem Valley in the central mountain range of Papua New Guinea. New research published Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016 suggests that the genetic ancestry of people living outside Africa can be traced almost completely to a single exodus of humans from that continent long ago. But some native islanders of Papua New Guinea may also carry a tiny legacy from an earlier exit. (AP Photo)

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Speculation is swirling that Hillary Clinton receiving over $1 million in donations from the oil-and-gas sector may be a ploy by the energy industry to get in good standing with her if she wins the presidential election. (Associated Press)

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An urban landscape work by Ron Hess Original Art. (Facebook)

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FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015 file photo, students ride on a boat on their way to school while haze from wildfires blanket the Musi River in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia. Indonesian forest fires that choked a swath of Southeast Asia with a smoky haze for weeks in 2015 may have caused more than 100,000 premature deaths, according to new research that will add to pressure on Indonesia's government to tackle the annual crisis. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)