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A power connection is seen on a solar panel inside the Hanwha Qcells Solar plant, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023, in Dalton, Ga. The Korean company is opening what it says is the first solar panel factory to begin production in the U.S. since the passage of President Joe Biden’s signature climate legislation. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Biden unveils $128 million for environmental justice projects meant to address climate change impact

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Lydie Evrard, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Deputy Director General and head of the Department of Nuclear Safety answers a question during a press conference at the Foreign Press Center Japan Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

IAEA officials say Fukushima’s ongoing discharge of treated radioactive wastewater is going well

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Fire rages near the Taos County line as firefighters converge on northern New Mexico to battle the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire, May 13, 2022. Relatives of three people who died in 2022 in a flash flood the fire are suing the U.S. Forest Service. The wrongful death lawsuit filed on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, alleges the Forest Service was negligent in the management of the prescribed burn and also failed to close roads and prevent access to areas at risk for flooding that followed the fire. (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, File)

U.S. Forest Service sued over flooding deaths in the wake of New Mexico’s largest recorded wildfire

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A motorist drives near the pumps at a Chevron gas station in Oakland, Calif., on April 25, 2017. Chevron is buying Hess Corp. for $53 billion as the biggest U.S. oil companies use a recent windfall in profits to buy up smaller competitors, Chevron said in a press release Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Chevron buys Hess for $53 billion, 2nd buyout among major producers this month as oil prices surge

By Michelle Chapman - Associated Press

Luton Town's Jacob Brown and Nottingham Forest's Orel Mangala, right, battle for the ball during the English Premier League soccer match at The City Ground, Nottingham, England, Saturday Oct. 21, 2023. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP)

Luton fights back from 2-goal deficit to draw 2-2 at Nottingham Forest in Premier League

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Cows roam along a flooded road after Hurricane Ida past through Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, in Plaquemines Parish, La. Life in Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish is a mix of lots of frustration and a little adventure since Hurricane Ida, with cowboys wrangling loose cattle on a highway, residents navigating gator-infested floodwaters to get home and thousands waiting in long lines for gas and food.(AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Tractor-trailer rollover in Connecticut kills eight cattle, with six more euthanized

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Construction vehicles are parked at the site of Lynas' rare earths plant in Gebeng, eastern Malaysia, Thursday, April 19, 2012. Australian miner Lynas Rare Earths said Friday, Oct. 20, 2023, that it will temporarily shut down most of its operations in Malaysia for upgrading as it deals with a legal battle with the Malaysian government over its operating license. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin, File)

Australia’s Lynas to upgrade Malaysian rare earth refinery amid dispute over operating license

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In this June 29, 2020, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

States ask Supreme Court to halt feds’ ‘Good Neighbor’ emissions plans

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Beech trees with their fall color are shown on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023, in Marshfield, Vt. A disease that harms beech trees has been confirmed in Vermont for the first time in Vernon, in the southern part of the state. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

Invasive worm causes disease in Vermont beech trees

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Signage stands on the main gate to Camp Lejeune Marine Base outside Jacksonville, N.C., on April 29, 2022. A Marine was killed in a homicide at Camp Lejeune on Wednesday night, Oct. 18, 2023, and a second Marine was held on suspicion of being involved, the base said. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

Marine killed in homicide at Camp Lejeune; second Marine held for suspected involvement

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FILE - TC Energy's Keystone pipeline facility is seen in Hardisty, Alberta, on Nov. 6, 2015. Federal regulators on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeline owned by TC Energy in the Pacific Northwest over the protest of environmental groups and top West Coast officials. The pipeline project, known as GTN Xpress, belongs to TC Energy of Calgary, Canada — the same company behind the now-abandoned Keystone XL crude oil pipeline. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Feds OK natural gas pipeline expansion in Pacific Northwest over environmentalist protests

By Claire Rush - Associated Press

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm speaks at McKinstry Aug. 15, 2023, in Seattle. The Biden administration on Oct. 18 announced $3.5 billion for 58 projects across the country to strengthen electric grid resilience. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

U.S. announces $3.5B for projects nationwide to strengthen electric grid, bolster resilience

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

The underside of a blue helicopter in flight. File photo credit: Robert Blouin via Shutterstock.

Pilot safely lands news helicopter after seagull breaks through windshield and hits him in the face

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 3, 2019, file photo, a mobile phone customer looks at an earthquake warning application on an iPhone in Los Angeles. An earthquake early warning system operated by the U.S. Geological Survey has been activated in Oregon on the 10th anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. California already has the system. Washington state joins it in May, which will complete coverage of the West Coast of the contiguous United States. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Magnitude 4.1 earthquake rattles Sacramento, San Francisco areas

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Land-based wind turbines turn in Atlantic City, N.J. on July 20, 2023. On Oct. 2, 2023, New York based Attentive Energy said it plans to build a wind energy farm 42 miles off the coast of Seaside Heights, N.J., the farthest offshore of the seven wind projects publicly proposed for New Jersey and among the farthest offshore on the U.S. East Coast. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Coastal county and groups sue to overturn federal approval of New Jersey’s 1st offshore wind farm

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

FILE - Former mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg speaks during the Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. Bloomberg Philanthropies unveiled a $50 million initiative Wednesday, Oct. 18, to help cities address global issues, including climate change, by launching programs proven effective in other cities around the world.(Shannon Stapleton via AP, Pool, File)

Bloomberg Philanthropies launches $50 million fund to help cities tackle global issues

By Glenn Gamboa - Associated Press

UAW local 862 members strike outside of Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Ky. on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. The United Auto Workers union significantly escalated its walkout against Detroit's Three automakers, shutting down Ford's largest factory and threatening Jeep maker Stellantis. (Michael Clevenger/Courier Journal via AP)

Ford shakes up management team as UAW strike rolls on

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Executive Director of the International Energy Agency Fatih Birol speaks during a media conference on energy at EU headquarters in Brussels on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Stalled spending on electrical grids worldwide is slowing the rollout of renewable energy and could put efforts to limit climate change at risk if millions of miles of power lines aren't added or refurbished in the next few years. The International Energy Agency said in a report Tuesday that the capacity to connect to and transmit electricity isn't keeping pace with the rapid growth of clean energy technology like solar and wind power, electric cars and heat pumps. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Electrical grids aren’t keeping up with the green energy push. That could risk climate goals

By David McHugh - Associated Press

This image provided by Logee's Plants for Home & Garden shows a cluster of ripe cherries on a coffee (Coffea arabica) plant. The cherries contain seeds, or beans, which can be roasted or toasted for brewing into coffee. (Logee's Plants for Home & Garden / logees.com via AP)

How to grow your cup of coffee, indoors

By Jessica Damiano - Associated Press

An ivory-billed woodpecker specimen is on a display at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, Sept. 24, 2021. The federal government has been asked to consider at least two videos made in recent years as evidence that ivory-billed woodpeckers may still exist. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in July 2022, that it was looking for video or photos that all experts could agree showed the bird. (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)

Feds remove 21 now-extinct species from endangered list

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times