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Large Icebergs float away as the sun rises near Kulusuk, Greenland, Aug. 16, 2019. Norway has taken over the Arctic Council’s rotating presidency from Russia on Thursday, May 11, 2023 amid concerns that the work of the eight-country intergovernmental body on protecting the sensitive environment is at risk due to suspension of cooperation with Moscow over the Ukraine war. Research involving Russia ranging from climate work to mapping polar bears have been put on hold and scientists have lost access to important facilities in the Russian Arctic. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) **FILE**

Cruise ship with 206 people onboard runs aground in Greenland

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Harvesters collect wheat in the village of Zghurivka, Ukraine, on Aug. 9, 2022. Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki says his government will not lift its embargo on Ukraine grain imports on Thursday because it would hurt the interests of Polish farmers. In accordance with the European Union, the embargo was imposed in April, until Sept. 15 to prevent Ukraine's produce from glutting the Polish market. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Poland says it won’t lift its embargo on Ukraine grain because it would hurt its farmers

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Firefighters drain out water following heavy rainstorms in Hong Kong, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. Rain pouring onto Hong Kong and southern China overnight flooded city streets and some subway stations, halting transportation and forcing schools to close Friday. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

7 people have died in storms in southern China and 70 crocodiles are reported to be on the loose

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The Lavender pit mine, where a copper operation stopped in 1974, sits outside Bisbee, Ariz., on May 12, 2019. National conservation groups, tribes and others in Nevada are up in arms over a pro-mining bill Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., introduced this week. It would insulate mining companies from a U.S. appeals court ruling that blocked a copper mine in Arizona and is now part of a legal battle over a big lithium mine near the Nevada-Oregon line. Allies on most other conservation issues, environmentalists are accusing Cortez Masto of becoming a puppet for the mining industry. (AP Photo/Anita Snow, File)

Biden plan would overhaul 151-year-old mining law, make companies pay royalties for copper and gold

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Libyan government, a car sits partly suspended in trees after being carried by floodwaters in Derna, Libya, on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. Mediterranean storm Daniel caused devastating floods in Libya that broke dams and swept away entire neighborhoods and wrecked homes in multiple coastal towns in the east of the North African nation. As many as 2,000 people were feared dead one of the country's leaders said. (Libyan government handout via AP)

Rescuers retrieve hundreds of bodies in eastern Libya as 10,000 reported missing in deadly floods

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows flooding areas near the town of Palamas, Thessaly region, central Greece, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. The number of confirmed deaths from recent flooding in central Greece rose to 15 after the bodies of four people previously considered missing were found on Sunday, authorities said. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

European Union to rush more than $2 billion to disaster-hit Greece, using untapped funds

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In this April 2, 2003 file photo, boxes of Marshmallow Peeps are lined up at the Just Born factory in Bethlehem, Pa. The Bethlehem, Pa.,-based Just Born confections company said its production facilities there and in Philadelphia closed Wednesday, March 25, 2020, through April 7. The company says it had already produced and shipped the Easter supply of its signature marshmallow confection to outlets.(AP Photo/Rick Smith, File)

California lawmakers OK bills banning certain chemicals in foods and drinks

By Adam Beam and Sophie Austin - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the SunZia transmission line project in Corona, N.M. on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. Haaland said the Bureau of Land Management consistently sought collaboration to develop the best possible route for the line. (Jon Austria/The Albuquerque Journal via AP) **FILE**

Watch ‘Top of the Times’: Biden cancels oil, gas drilling leases in Alaskan Arctic wildlife refuge

Streets a flooded after storm Danial in Marj, Libya, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. The head of one of Libya’s rival governments says that 2,000 people are feared dead in flooding that swept through the eastern parts of the north African nation. (Libya Almasar TV via AP)

2,000 people are feared dead in flooding in eastern Libya after weekend storm, prime minister says

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

A man waves to friends as he walks through the wreckage caused by the earthquake, in Amizmiz, near Marrakech, Morocco, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. An aftershock rattled Moroccans on Sunday as they mourned victims of the nation’s strongest earthquake in more than a century and sought to rescue survivors while soldiers and aid workers raced to reach ruined mountain villages. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Moroccans with shovels and bulldozers dig through rubble but hope for survivors dwindles after quake

By Sam Metz and Mosa'ab Elshamy - Associated Press

This satellite image provided by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Lee, right, in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, at 4:50 p.m. EDT. Lee is rewriting old rules of meteorology, leaving experts astonished at how rapidly it grew into a goliath Category 5 hurricane. (NOAA via AP)

Hurricane Lee generates big swells along northern Caribbean while it churns through open waters

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French President Emmanuel Macron pays homage to Bangladesh's independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Sept.11, 2023. (AP Photo/Yeasin Kabir Joy)

France, Bangladesh sign deal to provide loans, satellite technology during Macron’s visit to Dhaka

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

A sign reading "No CO2, no eminent domain" stands along a rural road east of Bismarck, N.D., on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. The sign is in opposition to Summit Carbon Solutions' proposed $5.5 billion, 2,000-mile pipeline network to carry carbon dioxide emissions from dozens of ethanol plants in five states to central North Dakota for permanent storage deep underground. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)

South Dakota panel denies application for CO2 pipeline; Summit to refile for permit

By Jack Dura - Associated Press

A man pushes a stroller near the AES power plant in Redondo Beach, Calif., on Sept. 7, 2022. Major corporations from oil and gas companies to retail giants may have to disclose their direct greenhouse gas emissions as well as those that come from activities like employee business travel under legislation being considered by California lawmakers. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

California lawmakers approve nation’s most sweeping emissions disclosure rules for big business

By Sophie Austin - Associated Press

People shelter in tents after their homes were damaged by the earthquake, in the town of Amizmiz, near Marrakech, Morocco, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. Towns and villages throughout Morocco's Atlas Mountains are mourning the dead and seeking aid after a record earthquake wreaked destruction throughout the region last week. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Dozens of remote Moroccan villages struggle in aftermath of devastating earthquake

By Sam Metz and Mosa'ab Elshamy - Associated Press

A group of plaintiffs and supporters, demanding revocation of TEPCO's treated water discharge plan, head to the Fukushima District Court to file a lawsuit, in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. Fishermen and residents of Fukushima and five other prefectures along Japan's northeastern coast filed a lawsuit Friday demanding a halt to the ongoing release of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. The banner reads "Lawsuit to halt the release of ALPS treated radioactive wastewater." (Kyodo News via AP)

Fukushima nuclear plant’s operator says the first round of wastewater release is complete

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

The five turbines of America's first offshore wind farm, owned by the Danish company, Orsted, stand off the coast of Block Island, R.I., on Oct. 17, 2022. As the U.S. races to build offshore wind power projects that will transform coastlines from Maine to South Carolina, much remains unknown about how the facilities could affect the environment. And that has some people concerned, particularly those who depend on the sea for their livelihoods. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Hurricane Lee raises questions about risks to offshore wind projects

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Mohammed Elhmatif and his sons, Rayan, right, and Ali, stand amidst the rubble of their home which was damaged by the earthquake, in Ijjoukak village, near Marrakech, Morocco, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco, sending people racing from their beds into the streets and toppling buildings in mountainous villages and ancient cities not built to withstand such force. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

A magnitude 3.9 aftershock rattles Morocco as rescuers seek survivors in ancient cities and towns

By Sam Metz and Mosa'ab Elshamy - Associated Press

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green speaks to the media, in Honolulu, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

Most of West Maui will welcome back visitors next month under a new wildfire emergency proclamation

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African heads of state gather for a group photograph at the 35th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Feb. 5, 2022. The G20 group of the world's leading economies is welcoming the African Union as a permanent member, a powerful acknowledgement of the continent of more than 1.3 billion people as its countries seek a more important role on the global stage. (AP Photo, File)

The African Union is joining the G20, a powerful acknowledgement of a continent of 1 billion people

By Cara Anna - Associated Press