Environment

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Tim Tebow will sign with the Philadelphia Eagles, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this June 15, 2010 file photo by Gerald Herbert, a member of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's staff wearing a glove reaches into the thick oil on the surface of the northern regions of Barataria Bay in Plaquemines Parish, La. With the well still gushing, BP and the various government agencies involved were jousting over just how much oil was leaking and how much had reached shore. Journalists routinely ran into resistance from cleanup contractors telling them to stay away from oiled areas, and were taken on BP-organized tours that showed relatively little damage, Herbert recalled. "The parish and the state authorities were doing their best to get journalists out there on the coast to see how things were being affected," he said. By mid-June, Herbert had been documenting the disaster for nearly two months. The oil-soaked coastline smelled powerfully like tar or asphalt in the Louisiana heat. Rather than get tired of the assignment, Herbert _ a New Orleans native _ felt compelled to keep showing the spill's ongoing effects. "The more you did this, the more disgusted you were. It got to be more and more depressing as time went on." (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

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In this Tuesday March 31, 2015 photo, almond grower Bob Weimer inspects a low-flow water emitter used to irrigate the trees of his almond orchard near Atwater, Calif. As California cities and towns move to mandatory water cutbacks in the fourth year of extreme drought, the state’s $6.5 billion almond crop has claimed the spotlight as “the poster child of all things bad in water” in the country’s top agriculture state. At 1 gallon per almond, California’s almond crop is now consuming about 10 percent of all the water that Californians are using in the drought. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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A house is reflected in a puddle of water from an irrigated front yard in San Diego. State regulators on Saturday, April 18, 2015 announced a revised plan to reduce water use in drought-stricken California that offers easier conservation targets for major cities, including Los Angeles, while demanding greater cutbacks from others. The new water reduction targets released by the State Water Resources Control Board responds to criticisms from cities that said earlier targets were unrealistic and unfair. Recognizing that some communities are farther along than others in conservation, the water board released a draft plan last week that requires varying levels of cutbacks for cities to ensure enough water if dry conditions persist. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

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A tree spirit helps bring his world back to life in the video game Ori and the Blind Forest from Microsoft Studios and Moon Studios.

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President Barack Obama listened as Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi speaks during their news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 17, 2015. The leaders discussed Europe's economy, a pending trade pact between the U.S. and Europe, climate change and energy security.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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President Barack Obama meets with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 17, 2015. The leaders are expected to discuss Europe's economy, a pending trade pact between the U.S. and Europe, climate change and energy security.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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"The average New Yorker throws out nearly 15 pounds of waste a week, adding up to millions upon millions of tons a year," New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said. "To be a truly sustainable city, we need to tackle this challenge head on." (Associated Press)

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In this April 13, 2014, file photo taken from the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P-3K2-Orion aircraft, co-pilot Squadron Leader Brett McKenzie looks out of a window while searching for debris from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, in the Indian Ocean off the coast of western Australia. (Greg Wood/Pool Photo via AP)

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National Edition News cover for April 16, 2015 - Energy lobby says bat protection a ploy to halt resource extraction: FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources shows a northern long-eared bat. The federal government is declaring the northern long-eared bat, one of North America’s most widely distributed bats a threatened species because of the spread of the deadly fungal disease, white-nose syndrome. The syndrome was first was first discovered among bats in a cave near Albany, New York, in 2006. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the northern long-eared bat meets the criteria for a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. (AP Photo/Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, File)

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The government declaring the northern long-eared bat a threatened species runs afoul of energy lobbies concerned that protecting its habitat will disturb resource development. (Associated Press)

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An American volunteer carries a South Vietnamese infant from a Saigon orphanage to the airport en route to the United States for adoption. More than 3,000 young Vietnamese children who were rescued during Operation Babylift in April 1975. (Associated Press)

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A Marine Corps helicopter sits in the sand where it made an emergency landing Wednesday, April 15, 2015 in Solana Beach, Calif. The CH-53E Super Stallion landed on the shore of this northern San Diego County town shortly after 11:30 a.m. after a low oil-pressure indicator light went on in the cockpit, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar said in a statement. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi) ** FILE **

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, Virginia Republican, on Tuesday confronted ICE Director Sarah Saldana over her agency's record. (Associated Press)

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Oases: Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown is instituting statewide mandatory water reductions on residents. Republicans are striking back, saying such draconian policies will not save the Golden State from its drought. (Associated Press)

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Oases: Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown is instituting statewide mandatory water reductions on residents. Republicans are striking back, saying such draconian policies will not save the Golden State from its drought. (Associated Press)

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Rudy Mussi uses pumps to draws water from a slough to irrigate his farm land in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Environmentalists blame agriculture for hogging the state's slim water reserves, but the California Department of Water Resources shows 48 percent is used for environmental purposes like protecting endangered species. (Associated Press)