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California Gov. Jerry Brown, center, discusses climate change at a news conference, Tuesday, June 13, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. During the event Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, third from left, signed a subnational climate change agreement that calls for the signatories to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from 80 percent to 95 percent, below 1990 levels. Also seen are Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, left, Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee, California Senate President Pro tem Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, fourth from left, along with several other California lawmakers are other dignitaries. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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California Gov. Jerry Brown, right, watches as Prime Minister of Fiji Frank Bainimarama signs a climate change accord Tuesday, June 13, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. The non-binding international agreement commits the signatories to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from 80 percent to 95 percent, below 1990 levels. Looking on are from left, Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva, D-Fullerton, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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After meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in May, Argentine President Mauricio Macri returned from Beijing with $17 billion worth of commitments to build nuclear reactors, railway lines and a power plant. (Associated Press)
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Dairy farmer Ransom Conant cuts an alfalfa and grass field in Richmond, Vt., Tuesday, June 13, 2017, which is late for the season. Following dry and drought conditions last summer, Northeast farmers are facing the opposite challenge this growing season: a rainy, cool spring that has delayed the planting of corn and other crops and the first cutting of hay for livestock feed. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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An alfalfa and grass field in Richmond, Vt., has gone to flower and seed on Tuesday, June 13, 2017, before it could be cut for hay due to the rainy spring. Following dry and drought conditions last summer, Northeast farmers are facing the opposite challenge this growing season: a rainy, cool spring that has delayed the planting of corn and other crops and the first cutting of hay for livestock feed. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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Dairy farmer Ransom Conant discusses the challenges of a wet spring as he prepares to cut an alfalfa and grass crop, in Richmond, Vt., on Tuesday, June 13, 2017, which is late for the season. Following dry and drought conditions last summer, Northeast farmers are facing the opposite challenge this growing season: a rainy, cool spring that has delayed the planting of corn and other crops and the first cutting of hay for livestock feed.. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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Dairy farmer Ransom Conant cuts an alfalfa and grass field in Richmond, Vt., on Tuesday, June 13, 2017, which is late for the season. Following dry and drought conditions last summer, Northeast farmers are facing the opposite challenge this growing season: a rainy, cool spring that has delayed the planting of corn and other crops and the first cutting of hay for livestock feed. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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Chicago Bears head coach John Fox talks to running back Jeremy Langford during the NFL football team's minicamp at Halas Hall, Tuesday, June 13, 2017, in Lake Forest, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Chicago Bears wide receiver Kevin White listens to head coach John Fox during the NFL football team's minicamp at Halas Hall, Tuesday, June 13, 2017, in Lake Forest, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky plays with a ball during the NFL football team's minicamp at Halas Hall, Tuesday, June 13, 2017, in Lake Forest, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Chicago Bears quarterback Mike Glennon, right, works with teammates during the NFL football team's minicamp at Halas Hall, Tuesday, June 13, 2017, in Lake Forest, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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This photo provided by Kirsten Smith shows a wildfire burning in Benson, Ariz., on June 10, 2017. Nearly 30 wildfires tore through dry and windy Arizona on Monday, June 12, 2017, drawing crews from across the Western United States to the state with the most blazes burning in the nation. Thousands of firefighters were battling 28 wildfires throughout the state, many of them ignited by lightning or people, as gusty winds and parched vegetation fueled the flames, said Tiffany Davila, a spokeswoman for the state forestry department. No one has been injured, and just one empty house has been destroyed. (Kirsten Smith via AP)
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Emergency personnel work in lower Manhattan after a carbon monoxide leak Tuesday, June 13, 2017, in New York. Authorities ultimately traced the problem Tuesday morning to a broken boiler pipe in the grocery store basement. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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CORRECTS TO CARBON MONOXIDE LEAK FROM BASEMENT FIRE - Emergency personnel work in lower Manhattan after a carbon monoxide leak Tuesday, June 13, 2017, in New York. Authorities ultimately traced the problem Tuesday morning to a broken boiler pipe in the grocery store basement. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Emergency personnel work in Lower Manhattan after a basement fire Tuesday, June 13, 2017, in New York. The FDNY said on Twitter that there were high carbon monoxide levels throughout the evacuated building. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, file photo, General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra speaks next to a autonomous Chevrolet Bolt electric car, in Detroit. General Motors says it has built 130 self-driving Chevrolet Bolt electric cars at a factory in suburban Detroit. The cars are equipped with GM's second-generation self-driving software and equipment. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
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Amy Lounsbury looks out the broken window of a home after a tornado damaged it on Monday, June 12, 2017, near Carpenter. Severe storms spawned tornadoes and dropped large hail in parts of eastern Wyoming, injuring at least one person. (Blaine McCartney/The Wyoming Tribune Eagle via AP)
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A truck sits in a field about 100 yards from the house it was at after a tornado passed through the area on Monday, June 12, 2017, near Carpenter. Severe storms spawned tornadoes and dropped large hail in parts of eastern Wyoming, injuring at least one person. (Blaine McCartney/The Wyoming Tribune Eagle via AP)
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Illustration on challenges to South Korea's economic prosperity by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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FILE-In this Oct. 3, 2016, file photo, Kyle Palmer, left, of Idaho waits as his son Lance Palmer of San Francisco, takes a photograph of the scene looking south from Beetle Rock at Giant Forest in Giant Sequoia National Park, Calif. President Donald Trump's call to review over two dozen national monuments established by three former presidents puts in limbo protections on large swaths of land home to ancient cliff dwellings, towering Sequoias, deep, canyons and oceans habitats where seals, whales and sea turtles roam. (Eric Paul Zamora/The Fresno Bee vi AP, File)
