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Environment ministers, European Union representatives and outreach partners pose for a family photo at the opening of a two-day G7 summit on the environment, in Bologna, Italy, Sunday, June 11, 2017. Front row from left; German Federal Minister for the Environment Barbara Hendricks, United States Environment Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, Canada's Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, Italian Environment Minister Gian Luca Galletti, France's Environment expert Virginie Dumoulin, Britain's Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs minister Therese Coffey, Japanese Environment Minister Koichi Yamamoto. Back row from left; Maldives Environment Minister Thoriq Ibrahim, European Commissioner for Cimate, Miguel Arias Canete, Chile Environment Minister Marcelo Mena Carrasco, unidentified, Rwanda's Minister of Natural Resources Vincent Biruta and European Union Commissioner for the Environment Karmenu Vella (Giorgio Benvenuti/ANSA via AP)
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“The Last Ship: The Complete Third Season,” “Beavis and Butthead: The Complete Collection” and “The Good Wife: The Complete Original Series” are some last-minute TV gift ideas for dads.
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FILE - In this June 1, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump arrives in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, to speak about the US role in the Paris climate change accord. Trump's recent decision to pull the United States from the international climate deal reached in Paris was but the latest in a rapid-fire series of moves that would weaken or dismantle federal initiatives to reduce carbon emissions, which scientists say are heating the planet to levels that could have disastrous consequences. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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The U.S. is in line with most of the world in terms of where it puts its money. It provided $6 billion annually for fossil fuels and $1.3 billion for renewable energy, according to a study. (Associated Press/File)
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FILE - In this June 1, 2017 file photo, a wind turbine, part of the Lost Creek Wind Farm, is silhouetted against the setting sun near King City, Mo. President Donald Trump's recent decision to pull the United States from the international climate deal reached in Paris was but the latest in a rapid-fire series of moves that would weaken or dismantle federal initiatives to reduce carbon emissions, which scientists say are heating the planet to levels that could have disastrous consequences. . (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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In this June 1, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump listens as EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks about the U.S. role in the Paris climate change accord in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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FILE - In this June 1, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt after speaking about the US role in the Paris climate change accord in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Trump's recent decision to pull the United States from the international climate deal reached in Paris was but the latest in a rapid-fire series of moves that would weaken or dismantle federal initiatives to reduce carbon emissions, which scientists say are heating the planet to levels that could have disastrous consequences. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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FILE – This April 12, 2005, file photo shows the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in North Perry, Ohio. Testimony submitted to Ohio lawmakers largely opposes a proposed special fee on FirstEnergy Corp.'s customers in the state, The Plain Dealer reported Thursday, June 8, 2017, though the Akron-based utility says the money is needed to secure the future of Ohio's two aging nuclear plants, the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station and the Perry Nuclear Power Plant. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)
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FILE – In this April 12, 2005, file photo, operator Kevin Holko monitors the control room during a scheduled refueling shutdown at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in North Perry, Ohio. Testimony submitted to Ohio lawmakers largely opposes a proposed special fee on FirstEnergy Corp.'s customers in the state, The Plain Dealer reported Thursday, June 8, 2017, though the Akron-based utility says the money is needed to secure the future of Ohio's two aging nuclear plants, the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station and the Perry Nuclear Power Plant. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)
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FILE – In this Tuesday, April 4, 2017, file photo, plumes of steam drift from the cooling tower of FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio. Testimony submitted to Ohio lawmakers largely opposes a proposed special fee on FirstEnergy Corp.'s customers in the state, The Plain Dealer reported Thursday, June 8, 2017, though the Akron-based utility says the money is needed to secure the future of Ohio's two aging nuclear plants, the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station and the Perry Nuclear Power Plant. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane, File)
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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. CDT.- A herd of goats has been brought in to eat non-native plants at Calhoun Park in Ames Monday, May 15, 2017. (Zach Boyden Holmes/The Des Moines Register via AP )
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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. CDT.-A herd of goats has been brought in to eat non-native plants at Calhoun Park in Ames, Iowa, Monday, May 15, 2017. (Zach Boyden Holmes/The Des Moines Register via AP)
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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. CDT.- A herd of goats has been brought in to eat non-native plants at Calhoun Park in Ames, Iowa, Monday, May 15, 2017. (Zach Boyden-Holmes /The Des Moines Register via AP )
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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. CDT.-A herd of goats has been brought in to eat non-native plants at Calhoun Park in Ames Monday, May 15, 2017. (Zach Boyden-Holmes /The Des Moines Register via AP)
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This May 30, 2017 photo shows a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep ewe nursing her 19-hour-old lamb atop an escarpment in the Cheyenne Buttes near Fort Robinson State Park, Neb. Eighteen times in recent weeks, a team of wildlife biologists dashed into the hills and canyons of northwest Nebraska in a race-the-clock campaign to capture newborn Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep to help the species survive an ongoing pneumonia scourge. (David Hendee/The World-Herald via AP)
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In this May 30, 2017 photo, Todd Nordeen, from left, Erin Wood and Dane Horowski search for Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep lambs in the Cheyenne Buttes near Fort Robinson State Park, Neb. Eighteen times in recent weeks, a team of wildlife biologists dashed into the hills and canyons of northwest Nebraska in a race-the-clock campaign to capture newborn Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep to help the species survive an ongoing pneumonia scourge (David Hendee/The World-Herald via AP)
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In this May 29, 2017 photo, a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep ewe and her 16-hour-old lamb move around an escarpment in the Cheyenne Buttes near Fort Robinson State Park, Neb. Eighteen times in recent weeks, a team of wildlife biologists dashed into the hills and canyons of northwest Nebraska in a race-the-clock campaign to capture newborn Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep to help the species survive an ongoing pneumonia scourge. (David Hendee/The World-Herald via AP)
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A visitor walks around the installation (Polyethene tarpaulin and cotton thread) by Mata Aho Collective during the press preview of the documenta 14, the world's most significant exhibition of contemporary art, in Kassel, Germany, Friday, June 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
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In this May 17, 2017 photo, a gas pump sits out front of a gas station at Peddler'z Village in Columbia Falls, Mont. Mike Craner opened Peddler’z Village to the public five years ago. The village has a wide range of collectibles but is heavy on old gas pumps, signs and all things related to the old glory days of the automobile industry. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)/The Daily Inter Lake via AP)
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This photo provided by Teton County shows flooding that has closed Cattleman's Bridge on Spring Gulch Road over the Gros Ventre River north of Jackson, Wyo., seen Friday, June 9, 2017. Authorities said the current level and speed of the river has structurally compromised the structure, and it is currently unsafe for passage. High runoff has flooded many streams and rivers in central and western Wyoming. (Teton County via AP)
