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A rig and supply vessel are viewed in the Gulf of Mexico off the cost of Louisiana, April 10, 2011. A sale of federal Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases that had been scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, was delayed Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, by a federal appeals court, pending court arguments that focus on protections for an endangered whale species. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Sale of federal oil and gas leases in Gulf of Mexico off again pending hearings on whale protections

By Kevin McGill - Associated Press

Kentucky Emergency Management Director Jeremy Slinker speaks to members of the media about the rescue operation underway for a worker trapped inside a collapsed coal preparation plant in Martin County, south of Inez, Ky., on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Officials said one worker died. (Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP)

Crews removing debris amid ongoing search for worker trapped after Kentucky coal plant collapse

By Leah Willingham and John Raby - Associated Press

Waves crash over the harbour wall in Newhaven, southern England, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Winds up to 180 kilometers per hour (108 mph) slammed France's Atlantic coast overnight as Storm Ciaran lashed countries around western Europe, uprooting trees, blowing out windows and leaving 1.2 million French households without electricity Thursday. Strong winds and rain also battered southern England and the Channel Islands, where gusts of more than 160 kph (100 mph) were reported. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Storm Ciaran whips Western Europe, blowing record winds in France and leaving millions without power

By Angela Charlton - Associated Press

This photo provided by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources shows an Army helicopter carrying water to douse a wildfire burning east of Mililani, Hawaii, on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. A wildfire that has burned forestlands in a remote mountainous area of Central Oahu has moved eastward and away from population centers as firefighters continued to battle the blaze. (Dan Dennison/Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources via AP)

Wildfire in mountainous Central Oahu moves away from towns as Hawaii firefighters continue battle

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An alligator floats in a pond along the third fairway during the final round of the Valspar Championship golf tournament Sunday, March 20, 2022, at Innisbrook in Palm Harbor, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Alligator off Florida coast wrangled and sent back to Everglades

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry announced criminal charges against Equitrans Midstream Corp. in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, after a house in Greene County in 2018, exploded from what she said was a gas leak coming from Equitrans' storage field. The attorney general says the company is charged with a felony and two misdemeanors in failure to properly maintain a storage well and in not having performed a stray gas investigation after the explosion. (Anya Litvakpapit/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

Company charged in 2018 blast that leveled home and hurt 3, including 4-year-old boy

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In this file photo from June 10, 2021, a flume of emissions flows from a stack at the Cheswick Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, in Springdale, Pa. Pennsylvania cannot enforce a regulation to make power plant owners pay for their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, a state court ruled Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, dealing another setback to the centerpiece of former Gov. Tom Wolf's plan to fight global warming. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Pennsylvania court permanently blocks effort to make power plants pay for greenhouse gas emissions

By Marc Levy - Associated Press

In this July 15, 2021 file photo the Ahr river floats past destroyed houses in Insul, Germany. Remains of a person missing since devastating floods in western Germany more than two years ago have been found near the mouth of the small Ahr river, which in the summer of 2021 turned into a raging torrent, police said Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, file)

Remains of a person missing since devastating floods in 2021 have been found in Germany

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A structure is engulfed in flames as a wildfire called the Highland Fire burns in Aguanga, Calif., Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. A wildfire fueled by gusty Santa Ana winds ripped through rural land southeast of Los Angeles on Monday, forcing thousands of people from their homes, fire authorities said. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Southern California wildfire prompts evacuation order for thousands as Santa Ana winds fuel flames

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This Nov. 16, 2015 photograph, an overview shows a section of the Mississippi Power Co. carbon capture plant in DeKalb, Miss., that has now been demolished. A former construction manager is suing to force Mississippi Power and parent Southern Co. to repay $382 million in federal aid given to the failed clean coal plant, saying the company lied repeatedly about the plant’s cost overruns and spiraling delays to subsidy payments coming. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Whistleblower says utility should repay $382 million in federal aid given to failed clean coal plant

By Jeff Amy - Associated Press

Then-Acting Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith speaks during a relinquishment of office ceremony for U.S. Marine Corps Gen. David Berger on Monday, July 10, 2023, at the Marine Barracks in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Marines’ top general hospitalized after ‘medical emergency’ on Sunday

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Firefighters and scuba divers search for bodies near sunken boats at a yacht club in Acapulco, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023, following Hurricane Otis. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

3 foreigners confirmed among 45 dead from Hurricane Otis in Mexico, as search for bodies continues

By Mark Stevenson - Associated Press

Sheep move across land at the home of Jay Begay Sr Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, in the community of Rocky Ridge, Ariz., on the Navajo Nation. Begay Sr. had brought the sheep out to graze in the afternoon before the sun set. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Navajo sheep herding at risk from climate change. Some young people push to maintain the tradition

By Melina Walling and John Locher - Associated Press

President Joe Biden greets people after speaking at the Cummins Power Generation Facility in Fridley, Minn., Monday, April 3, 2023. Biden is headed to a family farm in Minnesota on Wednesday, Nov. 1, as part of two weeks of visits to rural areas across the country by top members of his administration meant to highlight how steep increases in government spending can help improve peoples' lives. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Biden will visit a Minnesota family farm this week as top officials kick off stops in rural America

By Will Weissert - Associated Press

Alan Mazzotti walks through one of his pumpkin fields Oct. 26, 2023, in Hudson, Colo. For some pumpkin growers in states like Texas, New Mexico and Colorado, this year's pumpkin crop was a reminder of the water challenges hitting agriculture across the Southwest and West as human-caused climate change exacerbates drought and heat extremes. (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson)

How extreme weather in the U.S. may have affected the pumpkins you picked this year for Halloween

By Melina Walling and Brittany Peterson - Associated Press

Children play under the remaining sacred tree of the Odjou Ekoun Oro forest in the village of Houeyogbe, Benin, near Port Novo, on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. As the government grapples with preserving the forests while developing the country, Voodoo worshippers worry the loss of its spaces could have far reaching effects. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

In Benin, Voodoo’s birthplace, believers bemoan steady shrinkage of forests they revere as sacred

By Sam Mednick - Associated Press

Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, left, and Yasutoshi Nishimura, right, the Japanese minister in charge of trade and the economy, attend a G-7 Trade Ministers' Meeting in Osaka, western Japan, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. Trade and economy officials from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies strengthened their pledge Sunday to work together to ensure smooth supply chains for essentials like energy and food despite global uncertainties.(Kyodo News via AP)

G-7 nations back strong supply chains for energy and food despite global tensions

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

In this photo released by Office of the Governor of California, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on Oct. 25, 2023. Gavin Newsom's trip to China, with the stated goal of working together to fight climate change, resulted in a surprise meeting with leader Xi Jinping and was filled with warm words and friendliness not seen in years in the China- U.S. relationship. (Office of the Governor of California via AP, File)

California governor’s trip shows U.S.-China engagement is still possible on a state level

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

In this Nov. 24, 2020, file photo, a plane takes off behind the air traffic control tower at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu,File) **FILE**

Magnitude 3.7 earthquake strikes right under San Francisco International Airport

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 24, 2017, photo, a black bear eats a Kokanee salmon it caught in the Taylor Creek in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) **FILE**

Two bears injure their owner and temporarily escape from her Indiana home

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times