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President Joe Biden signs a proclamation designating the Baaj Nwaavjo I'Tah Kukveni National Monument at the Red Butte Airfield Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, in Tusayan, Ariz. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Nuclear power emerges as most reliable clean energy; reactors helping Biden reach emissions goals

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Chicago Transit Authority assistant chief bus equipment engineer Richard Lin talks about an electric bus plug-in station in the West Side garage Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, in Chicago. The Transportation Department is awarding almost $1.7 billion in grants for buying zero and low emission buses, with the money going to transit projects in 46 states and territories. The grants will enable transit agencies and state and local governments to buy 1,700 U.S.-built buses, nearly half of which will have zero carbon emissions. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)

Electric bus maker once touted by Biden files for bankruptcy

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

An aircraft drops water over a fire in Apesia, a semi-mountainous village near Limassol, southwestern Cyprus, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. Greece on Monday dispatched two Canadair fire-fighting aircraft after a call for assistance from fellow European Union member Cyprus to help fight a blaze that has scorched miles of mountainous terrain. (AP Photo/Philippos Christou)

Multinational force fights stubborn wildfire in Cyprus, including Lebanon, Greece and Jordan

By Menelaos Hadjicostis - Associated Press

Sheep graze near wind turbines at the Trust Power's Tararua Windfarm near Palmerston North, New Zdealand, May 18, 2004. New Zealand's government said Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, it will partner with U.S. investment giant BlackRock in an aim to become one of the first nations in the world to have its electricity grid run entirely from renewable energy. (Dean Purcell/New Zealand Herald via AP)

New Zealand is partnering with BlackRock in aim to reach 100% renewable electricity

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks during an event celebrating the 2022 World Series champion Houston Astros baseball team, in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Biden polling underwater on climate change ahead of speech touting Inflation Reduction Act

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

The Grand Canyon National Park is covered in the morning sunlight as seen from a helicopter near Tusayan, Ariz., Oct. 5, 2013. A visit from President Joe Biden to Arizona this week is creating buzz that longtime advocates for banning mining on land around the Grand Canyon could be getting their wish. Biden’s first stop Tuesday will be near the Grand Canyon, where he’s expected to announce plans for a new national monument to preserve more than 1,562 square miles. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

Tribes hope Biden’s Arizona visit means long-sought Grand Canyon monument designation

By Terry Tang - Associated Press

An Indigenous Wari' boy swims in the Komi Memem River, named Laje in non-Indigenous maps, at Wari' community in Guajara-Mirim, Rondonia state, Brazil, Thursday, July 13, 2023. The Amazon city of Guajara-Mirim recently approved a law that designates the river "as a living entity and subject to rights." (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

An Indigenous leader has inspired an Amazon city to grant personhood to an endangered river

By Fabiano Maisonnave, Teresa De Miguel and André Penner - Associated Press

Attendees of the World Scout Jamboree leave a scout camping site in Buan, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. Buses began moving thousands of global Scouts from their campsite on South Korea's coast to inland venues Tuesday ahead of a tropical storm that is forecast to bring intense rains and strong winds to the peninsula within days. (Kim Myung-nyeon/Newsis via AP)

South Korea evacuates thousands of Scouts from coastal campsite as tropical storm nears

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

FILE - This satellite image made by the Japanese weather satellite Himawari-8 shows the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai undersea volcano at the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. The volcano shot millions of tons of water vapor high up into the atmosphere according to a study published Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, in the journal Science. Researchers estimate the event raised the amount of water in the stratosphere - the second layer of the atmosphere, above the range where humans live and breathe - by around 5%. (Japan Meteorology Agency via AP)

Global boiling’ is hemispheric hype

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

A flooded area is seen in Crna na Koroskem, Slovenia, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. The floods were caused by torrential rains on Friday which caused rivers to swell swiftly and burst into houses, fields and towns. Slovenia's weather service said a month's worth of rain fell in less than a day. Experts say extreme weather conditions are partly fueled by climate change. (AP Photo)

NATO, EU send aid to Slovenia after devastating floods that killed at least 6 and left many homeless

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In this July 30, 2013, file photo, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Gensler, now chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, gave a speech Wednesday, June 9, 2021, where he once again decried “gamified” investing. Many trading apps use features that encourage customers to make trades more often. That brings in more revenue for the apps but some research also suggests it leads to lower returns for the average investor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House Democrats tell SEC to greenlight climate rule, end ‘continued delay’ over politics

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

People run towards the atrium entrance at Gallery Place in the Chinatown neighborhood of Washington during heavy rainfall on Saturday, July 29, 2023. The National Weather Service had issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning across the area. (AP Photo/Pablo Martínez Monsivais) **FILE**

Washington feds shutter the government, area braces for severe weather, tornadoes

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

A rubber tree is prepared for the removal of rubber in the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, Acre state, Brazil, Dec. 6, 2022. The two-day Amazon Summit opens Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, in Belem, where Brazil hosts policymakers and others to discuss how to tackle the immense challenges of protecting the Amazon and stemming the worst of climate change. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Governments are gathering to talk about the Amazon rainforest. Why is it so important to protect?

By Fabiano Maisonnave and David Biller - Associated Press

The remains of buildings destroyed during the earthquake are pictured in Antakya, southeastern Turkey Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023. Six months ago today, a devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit the Kahramanmaras and 10 other provinces in southern Turkey on the morning of February 6th. Over 50,000 people died, and hundreds of thousands were left homeless, sheltering in tents and other temporary accommodation. (Halil Kahraman/dia images via AP)

6 months after a devastating earthquake, Turkey’s preparedness is still uncertain

By Robert Badendieck - Associated Press

Cruise ships are shown near downtown Juneau on June 7, 2023, along the Gastineau Channel, in Alaska. As the Mendenhall Glacier continues to recede, tourists are flooding into Juneau. A record number of cruise ship passengers are expected this year in the city of about 30,000 people. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Crammed with tourists, Alaska’s capital wonders what will happen as its magnificent glacier recedes

By Becky Bohrer - Associated Press

Tourists enjoy the beach and the sea in Lindos, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on July 27, 2023. Tourists at a seaside hotel on the Greek island of Rhodes snatched up pails of pool water and damp towels as flames approached, rushing to help staffers and locals extinguish one of the wildfires threatening Mediterranean locales during recent heat waves. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)

Heat and wildfires put southern Europe’s vital tourism earnings at risk

By Michael Varaklas and Kelvin Chan - Associated Press

Tesla Supercharger is seen in Rolling Meadows, Ill., Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. The second-largest electric vehicle fast-charging network, Electrify America, with 800 direct-current fast-charging stations and more than 3,600 plugs nationwide, said Wednesday, July 26, 2023, it will work to add Tesla's connector to existing and future chargers by 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

EV mandates to phase out gas-powered cars collide with House Republicans

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

A flooded area is seen in Ravne na Koroskem, some 60 km (38 miles) northeast of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. Heavy rains caused flash floods and landslides in parts of Slovenia, blocking roads and bridges, flooding buildings and forcing evacuations on Friday. Slovenia's environmental agency, ARSO, raised the weather alert to the highest level after a month's amount of rain fell within 24 hours in northern, northwestern and central parts of the country. (AP Photo/Gregor Ravnjak)

Slovenia has suffered its worst-ever floods. Damage could top 500 million euros, its leader says

Associated Press

Tiembe, a 15-year-old Angolan lion, licks his frozen breakfast, chunks of red meat and bone packed in a block of ice, at the Attica Zoological Park in Spata suburb, eastern Athens, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. A large number of animals being fed frozen meals at the Attica Zoological Park outside the Greek capital Friday, as temperatures around the country touched 40C (104 degrees Fahrenheit) and were set to rise further, in the fourth heat wave in less than a month. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greek zoo serves up frozen meals to animals to help them beat the heat

By Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press

Illustration on China, America and the Paris climate accords by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

China schools Biden, Kerry again on climate change

By Tom Basile