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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., left, chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the ranking member, as the panel hears from Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on President Joe Biden's budget request for 2024, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 2, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Manchin vows to oppose Biden EPA nominees over ‘radical climate agenda’ against power plants

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the General Motors Factory ZERO electric vehicle assembly plant, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

White House’s expensive and unrealistic push for electric vehicles

By E.J. Antoni

A koala sits in a tree at a koala park in Sydney, Australia, Friday, May 5, 2023. Australian scientists have begun vaccinating wild koalas against chlamydia in a pioneering field trial in New South Wales. The aim is to test a method for protecting the beloved marsupials against a widespread disease that causes blindness, infertility and death. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

First wild koalas caught and vaccinated against chlamydia

By Christina Larson - Associated Press

President Joe Biden delivers speaks about requiring airlines to compensate passengers for extensive flight delays and cancellations in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex, Monday, May 8, 2023, in Washington. Facing the risk of a government default as soon as June 1, President Joe Biden has invited the top four congressional leaders to a White House meeting for talks on Tuesday, May 9. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Biden to become first U.S. president to visit Papua New Guinea

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Natural gas burning on kitchen gas stove in the dark. File photo credit: Bilanol via Shutterstock

Democratic AGs lean into gas stove issue, urge rules and warn people about health risks

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

This combination of photos shows a variety of organic snack, left, upcycled storage containers by Loopy Products, center, and botanically infused papers from The Fresh Glow Co,. which are designed to keep foods fresher longer, and are organic and compostable. (Katie Workman via AP)

Just in time for Mother’s Day, gift ideas for cooks with a craving for sustainability

By Katie Workman - Associated Press

Materials lie outside a Holtec International facility in Camden, N.J., on June 18, 2019. U.S. nuclear regulators on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, said they licensed a multibillion-dollar complex in New Mexico to temporarily store tons of spent fuel from commercial nuclear power plants around the nation. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) **FILE**

U.S. regulators OK spent nuclear fuel facility in New Mexico

By Susan Montoya Bryan - Associated Press

In this handout photo released by Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service on Monday, May 8, 2023, Russian Emergency Ministry employees and local citizens work at a side of fire in Tyumen region, Russia. Wildfires have raged in Russia's Ural mountains and in Siberia this week, with authorities promising to swiftly contain them. Blazes engulfed thousands of hectares in Sverdlovsk and Kurgan, as well as Tyumen and Omsk regions. (Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP)

Wildfires rage in Russia’s Ural mountains, Siberia

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This aerial photo taken from an airplane shows a reservoir near the old Piney Point phosphate mine on April 3, 2021, in Bradenton, Fla. Florida may begin to study whether a radioactive waste byproduct of fertilizer production, phosphogypsum, can be used to help build roads, under a bill passed by the state Legislature in May 2023. (Tiffany Tompkins/The Bradenton Herald via AP) **FILE**

Florida may study use of radioactive waste in building roads

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Ukrainian farmer Mykola Ozarianskyi lays in a hospital bed in Kryvyi Rih region, eastern Ukraine, Monday, April 24, 2023. Bankruptcy is looming for many Ukrainian farmers across the war-torn country who are struggling to seed crops amid widespread mine contamination in areas once occupied by Russian forces and rising costs associated with exports. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Ukraine farmers surrounded by risks, from mines to logistics

By Samya Kullab - Associated Press

Fishermen work in the Tapajos River in Alter do Chao, district of Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Aug. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Brazil’s Amazon megaprojects threaten Lula’s green ambitions

By Eléonore Hughes - Associated Press

Washing machines are displayed with other appliances at Sam's Appliances TV & Furniture, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Norwood, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) **FILE**

Biden seeks to turn entirety of homes green; manufacturers of appliances warn of lower performance

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Relatives gather to identify bodies in the village of Nyamukubi, South Kivu province, Congo, Saturday, May 6, 2023. The death toll from flash floods and landslides in eastern Congo has risen to over 150, with some 100 people still missing, according to a provisional assessment given by the governor and authorities in the country's South Kivu province. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

176 dead, many more missing after Congo floods

By Jean-Yves Kamale - Associated Press

This May 21, 2018, photo shows a row of dishwashers for sale at Lowe's Home Improvement store in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) **FILE**

Biden Energy Dept. releases proposed rule to slash water use and energy consumption in dishwashers

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

A fire burns at a Shell chemical facility in Deer Park, Friday, May 5, 2023 east of Houston. A chemical plant in the Houston area has caught fire, sending a huge plume of smoke into the sky. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said Friday the fire was at a Shell USA Inc. facility in Deer Park, a suburb east of Houston. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Fire erupts at Houston-area Shell petrochemical plant

By Juan Lozano and Acacia Coronado - Associated Press

Commuters wearing face masks ride bicycles along a street in the central business district in Beijing, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. The World Health Organization downgraded its assessment of the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, May 5, 2023, saying it no longer qualifies as a global emergency. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

WHO says COVID emergency is over. So what does that mean?

By Maria Cheng - Associated Press

A worker wearing a protective suit swabs a man's throat for a COVID-19 test at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, on June 22, 2022. The World Health Organization said Friday, May 5, 2023, that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed millions of people worldwide. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it’s no longer emergency

By Maria Cheng and Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm speaks during an interview with The Associated Press after touring a liquefied hydrogen carrier at a pier in Otaru, northern Japan, Friday, April 14, 2023. G-7 energy and environment ministers are meeting on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido ahead of a summit next month. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Energy Secretary Granholm wants Pentagon to make all non-tactical vehicles electric by 2030

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A car is seen crushed by a collapsed house after a strong earthquake in Suzu city, Ishikawa prefecture, northern Japan, Friday, May 5, 2023. A strong earthquake hit Friday afternoon near central Japan, but there were no reports of a tsunami threat.(Kyodo News via AP)

Strong earthquake hits Japan, killing one, injuring 13

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland listens to criticism from Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., as she testifies on President Joe Biden's budget request for 2024, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 2, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland dogged by ethics questions over daughter’s anti-drilling activism

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times