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In this undated photo provided by NASA, a satellite captures the Railroad Valley (RRV), a dry lakebed in Nevada, for conducting ground-based calibration of Earth-observing satellite instruments. At the request of NASA, U.S. land managers have withdrawn about 36 square miles of federal land otherwise open to mineral exploration and mining at the site 250 miles northeast of Las Vegas. Nevada Republican Rep. Mark Amodei has introduced legislation that would rescind the land withdrawal and potentially reopen it to mining. (NASA via AP)

NASA opposes lithium mining at tabletop flat Nevada desert site used to calibrate satellites

By Scott Sonner - Associated Press

Climate activists Patience Nabukalu, of Uganda, left, and Mitzi Jonelle Tan, of the Philippines, participate in a demonstration ahead of the Global Climate Finance Summit, Wednesday, June 21, 2023 in Paris. The aim of a two-day climate and finance summit in Paris that ends Friday, June 23, was to set up concrete measures to help poor and developing countries better tackle issues like poverty and climate change. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

The Paris summit on finance and climate comes to an end. Time for concrete steps?

By Samuel Petrequin and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

East Palestine, Ohio resident Eric Cozza attends the National Transportation Safety Board investigative hearing at the East Palestine High School in East Palestine, Ohio, Thursday, June 22, 2023. The hearing is being held to investigate the Feb. 3, 2023, Norfolk Southern Railway train derailment and subsequent hazardous material release and fires. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

NTSB hearing focuses on equipment that failed before fiery Ohio derailment

By Brad Matthews and Josh Funk - Associated Press

FILE - Support beams stabilize an historic farm in Hunzinge, northern Netherlands, on Jan. 19, 2018. Extraction from one of the world's largest natural gas fields will end in October, the Dutch government announced Friday, June 23, 2023 turning off a lucrative tap that has also sparked unrest by causing a string of earthquakes. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Dutch government to end gas extraction in northern province after 60 years and many damaging quakes

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

This image provided by Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute, shows dead and injured marine mammals ashore on a beach in Santa Barbara County, Calif., on Tuesday, June 20th, 2023. Numerous sick and dead sea lions and dolphins have been found along the Southern California coast this month and experts believe a bloom of harmful algae is to blame. (Channel Islands Marine Wildlife Institute via AP)

Acid produced by algae causing brain damage and mass strandings of dolphins, sea lions in California

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

FILE - A North Atlantic right whale feeds on the surface of Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass., on March 28, 2018. A Georgia congressman moved Friday, June 23, 2023, to block a federal agency from imposing new speed restrictions on boats and ships to protect critically endangered whales. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Georgia congressman wants to block U.S. agency from slowing boats to protect endangered whales

By Russ Bynum - Associated Press

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses the German parliament Bundestag ahead of a European Council meeting at the Reichstag Building in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, June 22, 2023. A European Council meeting will held in Brussels on June 29 and 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany warns China over Taiwan, voices human rights concerns days after talks with Chinese premier

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This undated image provided by OceanGate Expeditions in June 2021 shows the company's Titan submersible. Rescuers are racing against time to find the missing submersible carrying five people, who were reported overdue Sunday night. (OceanGate Expeditions via AP, File)

Remote vehicles go to sea floor in search of Titanic sub; oxygen supply has depleted

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

A sign at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation is posted near Richland, Wash., on Aug. 14, 2019. Three tribes have devoted decades to returning their ancestral lands in Washington to the days before they became the most radioactively contaminated site in the nation’s nuclear weapons complex. But the Yakama Nation, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and Nez Perce Tribe have been left out of negotiations on a major decision affecting the future cleanup of millions of gallons of radioactive waste stored in underground tanks on the reservation. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) **ILE**

A nuclear site is on tribes’ ancestral lands. Their voices are being left out on key cleanup talks

By Hallie Golden - Associated Press

Illustration on taxing carbon dioxide (CO2) by Alexander Hunter/ The Washington Times

Yes, Sen. Cramer, you do support a tax on energy

By Michael McKenna

In this image made from video provided by KAMC/KLBK, people stand near debris in Matador, Texas, Wednesday, June 21, 2023, following storms went through the area. A line of severe storms produced multiple tornadoes Wednesday evening on the Rolling Plains in Texas, killing multiple people and causing significant damage around the northern town of Matador. (KAMC/KLBK via AP)

Tornadoes tear through northwest Texas town, killing 4 people and causing widespread damage

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Climate activists participate in a demonstration ahead of the Global Climate Finance Summit, June 21, 2023 in Paris. World leaders, heads of international organizations and activists are gathering in Paris for a summit to seek better ways to tackle poverty and climate change issues by reshaping the global financial system. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Climate activist Nakate urges rich countries to cancel debt, grant climate finance at Paris summit

By Samuel Petrequin and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen delivers her speech at the U.S. Embassy to France, ahead of the Global Climate Finance conference, Thursday, June 22, 2023, in Paris. World leaders, heads of international organizations and activists are gathering in Paris for a two-day summit aimed at seeking better responses to tackle poverty and climate change issues by reshaping the global financial system. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly, Pool)

Yellen says it’s ‘critical’ to maintain U.S.-China ties after Biden’s ‘dictator’ remarks

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this May 26, 2011, file photo, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) headquarters is seen in Rockville, Md. The risk of an earthquake causing a severe accident at a nuclear power plant is up to 24 times greater than previously believed, according to an AP analysis of preliminary government data, and the nation’s nuclear regulator believes that a quarter of reactors may need modifications to make them safer. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

New nominee needed to lead Nuclear Regulatory Commission

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Power Flatline and U.S. Power Grid Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Biden’s and Indiana’s utilities are making energy less reliable

By Jahan Wilcox

This image provided by the Horry County Sheriff's Office in Conway, S.C., shows Bhagavan “Doc” Antle, who was arrested by the FBI, Friday, June 3, 2022, on federal money laundering charges. (Horry County Sheriff's Office via AP)

‘Tiger King’ star ‘Doc’ Antle convicted of wildlife trafficking in Virginia

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A view of the West Bank village of Battir, whose terraces are a UNESCO cultural landscape, Sunday, June 4, 2023. Environmental groups say an Israeli settlement project slated for a nearby hilltop could threaten the ancient terraces of the village, which has been recognized as a UNESCO world heritage site. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

In the West Bank, UNESCO site Battir could face a water shortage from a planned Israeli settlement

By Ilan Ben Zion - Associated Press

A rout of giant African snails gathers on Aug. 28, 2019, in a corner in Havana, Cuba. Invasive giant African land snails that can eat building plaster and stucco, consume hundreds of varieties of plants and carry diseases that affect humans have been detected once again in Florida, where officials said Thursday, July 7, 2022, work has begun to eradicate the pests.(AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, File)

Part of Florida’s Broward County quarantined in effort to wipe out invasive snails

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva walks to the podium during the 2022 annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group on Oct. 14, 2022, in Washington. Heads of state, finance leaders and activists from around the world will converge in Paris this week to seek ways to overhaul the world's development banks — like the International Monetary Fund and World Bank — and help them weather a warmer and stormier world.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Paris summit aims to shake up the financial system. It will test leaders’ resolve on climate

By FATIMA Hussein and Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 8, 2003, file photo, a northern spotted owl sits on a tree branch in the Deschutes National Forest near Camp Sherman, Ore. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to reinstate a decades-old regulation that mandates protections for species that are newly classified as threatened. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

Biden administration moves to restore endangered species protections dropped by Trump

By Matthew Brown - Associated Press