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A tractor-trailer drives through high water in Franklin, Ind., Tuesday, July 11, 2017. Storms packing heavy rains and strong winds caused road flooding and scattered damage across central Indiana a day after at least two tornadoes hit northern Indiana. (Sarah Stier/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
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Kyle Morgan pumps water out of his front yard in Whiteland, Ind., Tuesday, July 11, 2017. Storms packing heavy rains and strong winds caused road flooding and scattered damage across central Indiana a day after at least two tornadoes hit northern Indiana. (Sarah Stier/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
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A man is reflected in the water as he walks along a pier in Alimos suburb, in Athens, Wednesday, July 12, 2017 . A summer heatwave has hit Greece, with temperatures reaching a high of 39 degrees Celsius (102 Fahrenheit) in Athens. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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This Nov. 10, 2016 aerial photo released by NASA, shows a rift in the Antarctic Peninsula's Larsen C ice shelf. A vast iceberg with twice the volume of Lake Erie has broken off from a key floating ice shelf in Antarctica, scientists said Wednesday July 12, 2017. The iceberg broke off from the Larsen C ice shelf, scientists at the University of Swansea in Britain said. The iceberg, which is likely to be named A68, is described as weighing 1 trillion tons (1.12 trillion U.S. tons).(John Sonntag/NASA via AP)
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FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2016, photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, officers and sailors of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy hold a welcome ceremony as a Russian naval ship arrives in port in Zhanjiang in southern China's Guangdong Province. China says its latest-generation warships have conducted live-firing drills in the Mediterranean Sea Monday, July 10, 2017, while en route to joint exercises with the Russian navy. (Zha Chunming/Xinhua via AP, File)
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In this June 6, 2017 photo, archeologist Doug Kosick leads a discussion on environmental history with a group of environmentalists during a field tour at McGaffey Lake about 20 miles southeast of Gallup, N.M. (Morgan Hornsby/Gallup Independent via AP)
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FILE - In this July 7, 2017, file photo, California Gov. Jerry Brown discusses a bill with Chris Ferguson, right, a principal program budget analyst in Sacramento, Calif. Brown and legislative leaders released a plan Monday to extend through 2030 California's cap-and-trade program, a key piece of the state's quest to fight climate change by drastically reducing emissions from greenhouse gases. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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FILE - In this May 25, 2017 aerial photo, storage tanks from the Standard Oil Refinery in El Segundo, Calif., are seen behind the El Porto neighborhood in Manhattan Beach, Calif. A plan to extend California's signature climate initiative for another decade looks beyond cutting greenhouse gas emissions and takes aim at toxic air in the polluted neighborhoods around refineries and factories. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
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FILE - This May 25, 2017 aerial photo shows the Standard Oil Refinery in El Segundo, Calif., with Los Angeles International Airport in the background and the El Porto neighborhood of Manhattan Beach, Calif., in the foreground. A plan to extend California's cap-and-trade program for another decade looks beyond cutting greenhouse gas emissions and takes aim at toxic air in the polluted neighborhoods around refineries and factories. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
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FILE - This May 25, 2017 file photo shows the Standard Oil Refinery in El Segundo, Calif., on the Pacific Ocean. A plan to extend California's cap-and-trade program for another decade looks beyond cutting greenhouse gas emissions and takes aim at toxic air in the polluted neighborhoods around refineries and factories. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
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ADVANCE FOR PUBLICATION MONDAY, JULY 17, 2017 AND THEREAFTER. In this Friday, June 30, 2017 photo, DNR Conservation Officer Brittany Hauser checks the license of Johnson Lee on the Mississippi River north of Red Wing, Minn. Lee, Mai Vang, Max Vang and Yoshi Yang, all from the Twin Cities area, were fishing on the Mississippi River. (John Weiss/The Rochester Post-Bulletin via AP)
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FILE - This Sept. 1, 2015 file photo shows volcanic gas rising from the lava lake in Kilauea's Halemaumau Crater in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Hawaii's Big Island. A 38-year-old man has died on Kilauea volcano. Park spokeswoman Jessica Ferracane said Monday, July 10, 2017 that the man was found on the caldera floor about 250 feet below Crater Rim Trail. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2017 file photo, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper delivers his annual State of the State in the state legislature in Denver. Hickenlooper announced Tuesday, July 11, 2017, that Colorado has joined a dozen others in endorsing the Paris global accord on climate change even though President Donald Trump is withdrawing the nation from the agreement. Hickenlooper said the state will also set goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation, adding charging stations for electric cars and making buildings more energy-efficient. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)
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James Barrett, a co-owner of Rainforest Farms, poses in his retail marijuana shop in Juneau, Alaska. Barrett hopes for greater clarity from Facebook when it comes to allowable cannabis-related posts, after the social media giant shut down pages set up by several businesses licensed to legally sell marijuana in Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
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Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry talks with employees during a visit to the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Pittsburgh site, Friday, July 7, 2017, in South Park Township, Pa., south of Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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This July, 10, 2017 photo taken by the North Dakota Highway Patrol show the Magpie Fire in the Little Missouri National Grassland of western North Dakota. The fire is 8 square miles. No homes or people are threatened, but the blaze did shut down two public campgrounds and a long stretch of a hiking, biking and horseback riding trail that draws thousands of people from around the U.S., Canada and Europe. (North Dakota Highway Patrol via AP)
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FILE - In this April 13, 2016, file photo, a man walks by a sign at an event to mark the start of construction for Faraday Future in North Las Vegas, Nev. Electric car maker Faraday Future said Monday, July 10, 2017 that it is deserting its plan to construct a $1 billion manufacturing plant in southern Nevada eight months after suspending the project and sinking at least $120 million into it. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
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FILE - In this April 13, 2016 file photo, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval looks at a model for a Faraday Future factory in North Las Vegas, Nev. Electric car maker Faraday Future said Monday, July 10, 2017 that it is deserting its plan to construct a $1 billion manufacturing plant in southern Nevada eight months after suspending the project and sinking at least $120 million into it. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2017, file photo, Faraday Future's FF 91 electric car is unveiled during a news conference at CES International in Las Vegas. Electric car maker Faraday Future said Monday, July 10, 2017 that it is deserting its plan to construct a $1 billion manufacturing plant in southern Nevada eight months after suspending the project and sinking at least $120 million into it. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)
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Chuck Wilsey returns to his home east of Oroville, Calif., after evacuation orders were lifted as the Wall fire threatened the Sierra foothill town Monday, July 10, 2017. When Wilsey was ordered to flee his ranch home over the weekend, he was ready. He started keeping his truck and camper loaded with supplies back in February, when some of the heaviest winter rains on record in Northern California nearly caused catastrophic flooding at the nation's tallest dam. "Fire and flood so close together," he marveled on Monday at a Red Cross shelter. "We just try to stay prepared." (APnPhoto/Don Thompson)
