Environment

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A wildfire burns near Breckenridge, Colo., on Wednesday, July 5, 2017. The fire was reported midday Wednesday and is burning in the White River National Forest. (Hugh Carey/Summit Daily News via AP)

Flames rise above the trees as a wildfire burns near Breckenridge, Colo., on Wednesday, July 5, 2017. The fire was reported midday Wednesday and is burning in the White River National Forest. (Jack Queen/Summit Daily News via AP)

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A wildfire burns near Breckenridge, Colo., on Wednesday, July 5, 2017. The fire was reported midday Wednesday and is burning in the White River National Forest. (Hugh Carey/Summit Daily News via AP)

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A plane drops fire retardant in Breckenridge, Colo., Wednesday, July 5, 2017. A wildfire has scorched about 60 acres (24.3 hectares) and forced residents from their homes near the Colorado mountain town of Breckenridge. (Hugh Carey/Summit Daily News via AP)

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A Fly in the Climate Change Ointment Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2015, file photo, the Yellowstone River flows over the Intake Diversion Dam, a rock structure that captures water for agriculture, northeast of Glendive, Mont., near the North Dakota border. A judge again blocked Wednesday, July 5, 2017, a proposed $59 million irrigation dam because of the potential threat to an ancient fish species in Montana's Yellowstone River. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

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FILE - In this 2014 file photo, from left, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks employees Dave Fuller, Chris Wesolek, and Matt Rugg release a pallid sturgeon after taking blood samples from the fish in Montana. A judge on Wednesday, July 5, 2017, blocked a proposed $59 million irrigation dam because of the potential threat to the ancient fish species in the Yellowstone River. (James Woodcock/The Billings Gazette via AP, File)

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This September 2016 photo provided by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, shows diamondback terrapins about a month after they hatched, at the Mandeville, La., home of Rachael and Stephen Creech. The turtles are being returned Thursday, July 6, 2017, to the barrier island where their mother laid the eggs. (Keri Landry/Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries via AP)

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In this Monday, July 3, 2017 photo, Daryl Burlett, Director of Brandon Public Works, explains how the Neshobe River Flooded and washed away a half-mile portion of Newton Road in Rutland, Vt., during the rain on Saturday, July 1. According Burlett, rocks clogged the river up stream, causing it to divert its path across Newton Road. (Robert L. Layman/The Rutland Herald via AP)

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In this Monday, July 3, 2017 photo, the Neshobe River runs along a washed away portion of Newton Road in Rutland, Vt., during heavy rain on Saturday, July 1. According Daryl Burlett, Director of Brandon Public Works, rocks clogged the river up stream, causing it to divert its path across Newton Road. (Robert L. Layman/The Rutland Herald via AP)

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This July 2, 2017 photo shows pecan trees at the corner of Highway 28 and Watson Lane in Mesilla, N.M. New Mexico pecan crop prices set a new record-high in 2016, federal numbers released recently confirmed. (Robin Zielinski/Las Cruces Sun-News via AP)

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This July 2, 2017 photo shows pecan trees at the corner of Highway 28 and Watson Lane in Mesilla, N.M. New Mexico pecan crop prices set a new record-high in 2016, federal numbers released recently confirmed. (Robin Zielinski/Las Cruces Sun-News via AP)

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This July 2, 2017 photo shows pecan trees at the corner of Highway 28 and Watson Lane in Mesilla, N.M. New Mexico pecan crop prices set a new record-high in 2016, federal numbers released recently confirmed. (Robin Zielinski/Las Cruces Sun-News via AP)

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A Volvo XC 90 is shown at the Volvo Cars Showroom in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. (Jonas Ekströmer/TT via AP) ** FILE **

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In this June 22, 2017, photo, senior research specialist Kelly Oggenfuss checks for ticks on a chipmunk as part of a research project at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, in Millbrook, N.Y. The institute is conducting a separate study involving tick control methods across nearby neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Michael Hill)

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In this June 22, 2017, photo, senior research specialist Kelly Oggenfuss checks for ticks on a chipmunk as part of a research project at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, in Millbrook, N.Y. The institute is conducting a separate study involving tick control methods across nearby neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Michael Hill)

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Illustration on the Paris climate accord and virtue signaling by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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FILE – This Jan. 17, 2013 file photo shows a natural gas drilling site in the Susquehanna County township of New Milford, Pa. Natural gas producers drilled more than twice as many shale wells in the first half of 2017 compared to the same period last year. One big reason is that natural gas prices have recovered from 20-year lows, nearly doubling since last year. Three counties, Washington, Greene and Susquehanna, account for more than 60 percent of the wells drilled so far this year. ( (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

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FILE – In this Oct. 14, 2011, file photo, a drilling rig is set up to tap gas from the Marcellus Shale gas field, near a barn in the Susquehanna County township of Springville, Pa. Natural gas producers drilled more than twice as many shale wells in the first half of 2017 compared to the same period last year. One big reason is that natural gas prices have recovered from 20-year lows, nearly doubling since last year. Three counties, Washington, Greene and Susquehanna, account for more than 60 percent of the wells drilled so far this year. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)