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President Joe Biden listens as British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden, Sunak address crises at home as they meet at White House

By Jeff Mordock and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration on electric vehicle supporters and Toyota by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Smug environmentalists’ effort to oust Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda

By David Keene

MTA employee Shanita Hancle, left, hands out masks to commuters at the entrance to a subway station in New York, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Air pollution from Canadian wildfires are cloaking the northeastern U.S. for a second day. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

How safe is the air? Here’s how to check and what the numbers mean

By Maddie Burakoff - Associated Press

This image provided by Maxar Technologies, shows Krinky, Ukraine before flooding, on May 15, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)

Before-and-after satellite images show profound toll of Ukraine dam collapse

Associated Press

A street vendor displays face masks for sale in the Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Air pollution from Canadian wildfires are cloaking the northeastern U.S. for a second day. With weather systems expected to hardly budge, the smoky blanket billowing across the U.S. and Canada could possibly persist into the weekend. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Sales for masks, air filters surge in wake of Canadian fires

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

A man runs in front of the sun rising over the lower Manhattan skyline in Jersey City, N.J., Thursday, June 8, 2023. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Live updates | Canada Wildfires

Associated Press

In this GOES-16 GeoColor and fire temperature satellite image taken Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 6:40 p.m. EDT and provided by CIRA/NOAA, smoke from wildfires burning in the Canadian Provinces of Quebec, right, and Ontario, left, drift southward. (CIRA/NOAA via AP)

Millions across the country breathing hazardous air as smoke from Canadian wildfires streams south

By Jennifer Peltz and Rob Gillies - Associated Press

Workers finish tending a street lamp as smoke from Canadian wildfires obscures the view of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, Thursday, June 8, 2023. The haze from the wildfires is taking its toll on outdoor workers along the Eastern U.S. who carried on with their jobs even as dystopian orange skies forced the cancelation of sports events, school field trips and Broadway plays. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Heavy smoke helps cloud political rift between climate, forest management

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

The sun rises over a hazy Manhattan skyline as seen from Jersey City, N.J., Thursday, June 8, 2023. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Smoky haze blanketing U.S. and Canada could last into the weekend

By Jennifer Peltz, Rob Gillies and Michael R. Sisak - Associated Press

This image provided by Maxar Technologies, shows Kakhovka dam and station, Ukraine before collapse, on June 5, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)

Zelenskyy visits area flooded by destroyed dam as five reported dead in Russian-occupied city

Associated Press

A transmission tower stands on a field in the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, as the sunrises on June 6, 2023. A report released Wednesday, June 7, 2023, by the International Energy Agency says that demand for energy is growing, yet emissions are not growing as fast. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Leaders gather in Paris to accelerate wringing more out of every ounce of fuel

By Brittany Peterson and Drew Costley - Associated Press

A dam generates power along the Manicouagan River north of Baie-Comeau, Quebec, June 22, 2010. Importing more of Canada's historically abundant hydroelectricity is seen by some as a key component to making the U.S. electric grid carbon-free by 2035, as well as improving energy reliability and cost for American consumers. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Bottomless supply? Concerns of limited Canadian hydropower as U.S. seeks to decarbonize grid

By Susan Haigh and Wilson Ring - Associated Press

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the flooded village of Korsunka, southern Ukraine on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

Ukraine rushes drinking water to flooded areas as officials wrestle with impact of major dam breach

By Vasilisa Stepanenko - Associated Press

A Man talks on his phone as he looks through the haze at the George Washington Bridge from Fort Lee, N.J., Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

How to stay healthy as smoke spreads from Canada wildfires

By Maddie Burakoff - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the U.S. Army, workers at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant in Richmond, Ky., begin the destruction of the first rocket from a stockpile of M55 rockets with GB nerve agent, July 6, 2022. The Kentucky facility built to dispose of deadly Cold War-era chemical weapons is nearing the end of its mission to destroy its 520-ton stockpile, a milestone that will likely mark the end of chemical weapons destruction projects in the U.S., officials said Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (U.S. Army via AP) **FILE**

Kentucky chemical weapons disposal program nearly done as U.S. eliminates final stockpiles

By Dylan Lovan - Associated Press

The sun rises over a hazy New York City skyline as seen from Jersey City, N.J., Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Northeast leaders plead with residents to limit outdoor activities amid haze

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A dead chub and other dead fish are floating in the Oder River near Brieskow-Finkenheerd, eastern Germany, on Aug. 11, 2022. The environment ministers of Poland and Germany met on the border of the two countries on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, to discuss protection of the Oder River against a repeat of deadly pollution that killed hundreds of tons of fish last year. (Frank Hammerschmidt/dpa via AP) **FILE**

Poland, Germany discuss avoiding repeat of deadly river pollution but ready for all scenarios

By Monika Scislowska - Associated Press

A young girl carrying an empty water bottle through a flooded street caused by an overflowing water reservoir in Hamanskraal, Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, May 26, 2023. Health authorities are yet to confirm the exact source of the cholera outbreak, but poor wastewater management and local government instability in South Africa's capital city have been blamed for the situation. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) **FILE**

Electricity crisis spurs spread of cholera in South Africa

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

Haze blankets over monuments on the National Mall in Washington, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, as seen from Arlington, Va. Smoke from Canadian wildfires is pouring into the U.S. East Coast and Midwest and covering the capitals of both nations in an unhealthy haze. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

White House calls Canadian wildfires an ‘alarming’ example of climate change

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks to reporters inside the rotunda of the state Capitol building, Feb. 25, 2023, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark, File)

Virginia regulators expected to vote on Youngkin plan to withdraw from climate initiative

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press