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America can’t afford to lose conventional energy sources

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, rescuers wade along floodwaters caused by Typhoon Doksuri as they search for residents to evacuate to higher grounds in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte province, northern Philippines on Wednesday July 26, 2023. Typhoon Doksuri ripped off tin roofs from homes, engulfed low-lying villages in flood, knocked down power and displaced more than 12,000 people Wednesday as it smashed into a small island and lashed northern Philippine provinces overnight with ferocious wind and rain, officials said. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

Typhoon blows off roofs, floods villages and displaces thousands in northern Philippines

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

This undated handout image provided by Greece's coast guard on June 14, 2023, shows scores of people on a battered fishing boat that later capsized and sank off southern Greece. The border and coast guard agency Frontex estimated that more than 50,300 attempts were made to enter the EU without authorization from January to May. (Hellenic Coast Guard via AP, File)

EU watchdog opens probe in role of bloc’s border agency in Mediterranean shipwreck tragedy

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

People stand by cases of bottled water as the City of Germantown gives them out to residents on Monday, July 24, 2023 at Forest Hill Elementary School in Germantown, Tenn. Residents of the Tennessee city were told that diesel fuel spilled into a local reservoir, and to avoid drinking tap water. People remain under an order Wednesday, July 26 to avoid using water for everything except flushing toilets. They can’t drink or boil tap water, or use it showering or bathing. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian via AP)

6 days after fuel spill reported, most in Germantown, Tennessee still can’t drink the tap water

By Adrian Sainz - Associated Press

Heat wave returns as Greece grapples with more wildfire evacuations

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People inspect burnt vehicles after raging wildfires, in Bouira, 100 km from Algiers, Algeria, Monday, July 24, 2023. Wildfires raging across Algeria have killed at least 25 people, including soldiers trying to get the flames under control in the face of high winds and scorching summer temperatures, government ministries said Monday. (AP Photo)

Wildfires in Algeria leave at least 34 people dead and hundreds injured

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Flames burn a forest in Vati village, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. A third successive heat wave in Greece pushed temperatures back above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across parts of the country Tuesday following more nighttime evacuations from fires that have raged out of control for days. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Firefighting plane crashes as fires in Greece rage out of control, and new evacuations are ordered

By Michael Varaklas and Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press

Illustration about ticks transmitting tick-borne illnesses. (Illustration/Amelia Bates, Grist via AP)

Cases of tick-borne illnesses are on the rise. Some experts believe climate change is the cause

By Zoya Teirstein and Grist - Associated Press

A dump track unloads grain in a granary in the village of Zghurivka, Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. European Union agriculture ministers are meeting to discuss ways of moving grain vital to global food security out of Ukraine after Russia halted a deal that allowed the exports. At the same time, they want to protect prices for farmers in countries bordering the war-ravaged nation. The ministers are meeting Tuesday, July 25, 2023, in Brussels for the first time since Russia pulled the plug on the wartime deal last week.(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

EU agriculture ministers meet to discuss vital Ukraine grain exports after Russia halted deal

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FILE - Rescuers conduct a search operation along a road submerged by floodwaters leading to an underground tunnel in Cheongju, South Korea, July 16, 2023. Countries in the Asia-Pacific region needs to drastically increase their investments in disaster warning systems and other tools to counter rising risks from climate change, a United Nations report said Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (Kim Ju-hyung/Yonhap via AP, File)

Asia-Pacific needs disaster warning systems to counter rising climate change risks, report says

By Elaine Kurtenbach - Associated Press

Illustration on John Kerry's recent visit to China by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Why Kerry got the cold shoulder in Beijing

By Clifford D. May

A beaver swims in Napa Creek, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Napa, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

California aims to tap beavers, once viewed as a nuisance, to help with water issues and wildfires

By Amy Taxin - Associated Press

A lobster boat passes the country's first floating wind turbine off the coast of Castine, Maine, Sept. 20, 2013. Maine is poised to launch an offshore wind program to meet clean energy goals with a goal of producing enough power for about 900,000 homes from floating wind turbines in the Gulf of Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Proposal before Maine lawmakers would jump-start offshore wind projects

By David Sharp - Associated Press

A Cochiti Fire Department vehicle heads towards a plume of smoke from the Cerro Pelado Fire burning in the Jemez Mountains on Friday, April 29, 2022 in Cochiti, N.M.. (Robert Browman//The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

Forest Service burn started wildfire that nearly reached Los Alamos, N.M., agency says

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Corn crops damaged by severe flooding two weeks ago are shown on July, 24, 2023, at Paul Mazda's fruit and vegetable farm in Essex Junction, Vt. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

Vermont farmers are urged to document crop losses from flooding

By Lisa Rathke - Associated Press

Flames burn a hill on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on Monday, July 24, 2023. A weeklong wildfire on the Greek island of Rhodes has torn past defenses, forcing more evacuations, as three major fires rage elsewhere in the country fueled by strong winds and successive heat waves. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Fire still blazing on the Greek island of Rhodes as dozens more erupt across the country

By Demetris Nellas - Associated Press

FILE - A bear trap set by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is seen on July 7, 2021, in Ovando, Mont. Authorities set similar traps on Saturday night, July 22, 2023, and Sunday night, July 23, to catch a grizzly with at least one cub that attacked and killed a woman near West Yellowstone, Mont. (Tom Bauer/Missoulian via AP, File)

Authorities search for grizzly bear that killed woman near Yellowstone National Park

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Chairman Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., speaks during a House Committee on House Administration hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 11, 2023. House Republicans on Monday, July 10, are scheduled to release a proposal that would tighten voting laws and take a defiant stand against concerns that laws passed in recent years by GOP-controlled state legislatures disadvantage some voters. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Watch ‘Top of the Times’ with Tim Constantine: House GOP introduce voter integrity legislation

FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron pays tribute to the Kanak tribe of Hwadrilla, where the 19 Kanak militants are buried, on Ouvea Island, off New Caledonia, Saturday, May 5, 2018. The French president is heading to the South Pacific on Monday, July 24, 2023 to make France’s voice heard in a region shaping up as a prime geopolitical battleground for China and the United States. President Emmanuel Macron’s trip to Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and New Caledonia comes as French forces take part in massive U.S.-Australian-led military exercises in the region. (AP Photo/Theo Rouby, file)

Macron promotes French interests on a trip to South Pacific where U.S.-China rivalry is intensifying

By Angela Charlton - Associated Press

Police officers scuffle with demonstrators at village Luetzerath near Erkelenz, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. The village of Luetzerath is occupied by climate activists fighting against the demolishing of the village to expand the Garzweiler lignite coal mine near the Dutch border. Poster read: „1,5 degrees celsius means: Luetzerath stays". (AP Photo/Michael Probst) **FILE**

Green groups’ combative protests undercutting climate change movement, Dems fear

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times