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FILE - A long row of double-stacked shipping contrainers provide a new wall between the United States and Mexico in the remote section area of San Rafael Valley, Ariz., Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. Two federal lawsuits filed over former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s decision last year to place thousands of shipping containers along the U.S.-Mexico border have been dismissed after the state said it would pay the U.S. Forest Service $2.1 million to repair environmental damage. The Sept. 15, 2023, dismissal of the cases in U.S. District Court ends the fight over the double-stacked containers that were placed as a makeshift border wall. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

The fight over Arizona’s shipping container border wall ends with dismissal of federal lawsuits

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Dominican Republic security forces stand guard on a border bridge between Dajabón, Dominican Republic, and Haiti, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. The president of the Dominican Republic announced Thursday that he would close all borders with neighboring Haiti starting Friday in response to the construction of a supposed canal on Haitian soil that targets waters from the Massacre River, which runs along the border shared by both countries. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernández)

Haiti’s government to oversee canal project that prompted Dominican Republic to close all borders

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The remnants of an oceanfront building on Nov. 15, 2012, in Sea Bright, N.J., that was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy. New Jersey, like places around the world, is setting ambitious goals to deal with climate change, but it wrestling with how much to actually require of businesses and individuals to fulfill those goals. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Governments and individuals debate: Are mandates needed to reach climate change targets?

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to the media, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

McConnell slams Biden Climate Corps as ‘taxpayer-funded pipeline’ to turn activists into bureaucrats

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

FILE - A condenser sits on the roof during the installation of a heat pump on Jan. 20, 2023, in Denver. A bipartisan coalition of about 25 governors and the Biden administration are set to announce a pledge Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, to quadruple the number of heat pumps in U.S. homes by 2030. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Governors, Biden administration push to quadruple efficient heating, AC units by 2030

By Isabella O'Malley - Associated Press

FILE - Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey delivers her inaugural address in the House Chamber at the Statehouse moments after being sworn into office during inauguration ceremonies on Jan. 5, 2023, in Boston. Healey signed an executive order Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, that she says will make Massachusetts the first state to ban the purchase of single-use plastic bottles by state agencies. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

In a first, Massachusetts to ban purchase of single-use plastic bottles by state agencies

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The bodies of two South Africa Navy personal lay covered after being recovered from the sea at Kommetjie, ear Cape own, South Africa, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said that two SA Navy divers were dead and five were rescued at sea just off the coast of Kommetjie. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)

3 South Africa navy personnel die after swept off a submarine deck. 4 soldiers killed in road crash

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

This Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a potential tropical cyclone forming off the southeastern coast of the United States in the Atlantic Ocean. (NOAA via AP)

Tropical storm warning issued for East Coast ahead of potential cyclone

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Associate Director, Spencer Chretien with Project 2025 presidential transition project joins Eden Gordon Hill to discuss the next conservative Republican administration and their strategy to assemble the staff for the next conservative President.

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Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg speaks during a news conference on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Little Havana, a neighborhood in Miami. Florida authorities on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 closed a criminal investigation into fund-raising efforts by Bloomberg to pay off the outstanding fines of thousands of the state's felons seeking to reclaim their voting rights, finding no violations of election law. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, file)

Mike Bloomberg: Shift from oil must be ‘practical,’ praises UAE’s oil leader hosting climate summit

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech during a press conference on the net zero target, at the Downing Street Briefing Room, in central London, Wednesday Sept. 20, 2023. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is preparing to water down some of Britain's environmental commitments, saying the country must fight climate change without penalizing workers and consumers. (Justin Tallis/Pool via AP)

‘Unacceptable costs’: U.K. leader Rishi Sunak delays ban on new gas and diesel cars by 5 years

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition's fall banquet, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Bryon Houlgrave)

DeSantis claims he’ll achieve $2 gas as president, vows to reverse Biden climate agenda

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrives to the SDG Summit at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

U.N. chief warns of ‘gates of hell’ in climate summit, but carbon polluting nations stay silent

By Seth Borenstein - Associated Press

Illustration on the British electric vehicle (EV) imperative by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

What happens if transition to EVs doesn’t curb global warming?

By Cal Thomas

An electric vehicle charging station stands in Asbury Park, N.J., March 21, 2022. Government pushes to move buildings and vehicles away from burning fossil fuels to help address climate change are generating pushback in New Jersey and around the nation, with opponents worried about the cost of switching. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Watch ‘Top of the Times’: Energy Secretary Granholm proves the U.S. is not ready for EVs

A man reacts as he sits on the Lahaina historic banyan tree damaged by a wildfire on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

150-year-old banyan tree damaged in the Lahaina fire now sprouting leaves

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

FILE - People look for survivors after flooding in Derna, Libya, Sept. 13, 2023. The devastating storm that dumped torrential rains along the Libyan coast this month was up to 50 times more likely to occur and 50% more intense because of human-caused climate change, according to an analysis released Tuesday, Sept. 19. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad, File)

Communication outage hits flood-stricken city in Libya, further complicating search efforts

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Climate activists rally in front of the White House at Lafayette Square to demand that President Joe Biden declare a climate emergency and move the country rapidly away from fossil fuels, July 4, 2023, in Washington. After being thwarted by Congress, Biden will use his executive authority to create a New Deal-style American Climate Corps that will serve as a major green jobs training program. (AP Photo/Yuri Gripas, File)

Biden greenlights government-funded jobs, training for young people to fight climate change

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Climate activists rally in front of the White House at Lafayette Square to demand that President Joe Biden declare a climate emergency and move the country rapidly away from fossil fuels, July 4, 2023, in Washington. After being thwarted by Congress, Biden will use his executive authority to create a New Deal-style American Climate Corps that will serve as a major green jobs training program. (AP Photo/Yuri Gripas, File)

Biden uses executive power to create a New Deal-style American Climate Corps

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

Indigenous people march for the resignation of the Attorney General Consuelo Porras in Guatemala City, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. President-elect Bernardo Arévalo has called people to protest efforts to derail his presidency before he can take office and for the attorney general's resignation due to its office's investigations related to the registration of Arévalo’s Seed Movement party, and alleged fraud in the election. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Supporters of Guatemala’s president-elect block highways and roads to protest prosecution

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