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A man walks out of a flooded neighborhood Thursday, April 13, 2023, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Saturday, April 22, 2023, is asking the Biden administration to declare Broward County a disaster area due to flooding earlier this month after record rainfall. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

DeSantis seeks federal aid for Fort Lauderdale flood victims

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Water surrounds the coast of Cabo da Roca near Lisbon, Portugal, Friday, April 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

PHOTOS: Glimpses of a changing Earth, as seen from above

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Activists of the Last Generation face police officers during a protest in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday April 19, 2023. Last Generation has announced to carry out disruptive actions in Berlin in the coming days. (Hannes P. Albert/dpa via AP)

Climate activists stage slow march through German capital

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Weyerhaeuser employees work on digging a hole to plant a tree in the fields behind Mount Tahoma High School during an event with American Forests and the Tacoma Tree Foundation, Friday, April 14, 2023, in Tacoma, Wash. A historic amount of money is being spent on urban tree planting and maintenance in underserved, often concrete-covered neighborhoods across the country. President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act includes $1.5 billion in grants over the next decade for urban trees while there's also money for projects included in Biden's infrastructure law and the American Rescue Plan Act. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Historic investment in urban trees underway across the U.S.

By Susan Haigh - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks at the fourth virtual Major Economies Forum on energy and climate, Thursday, April 20, 2023, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus in Washington.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden to sign order prioritizing ‘environmental justice’

By Josh Boak - Associated Press

An Egyptian fruit bat hangs upside down in its cage, in Winsted, Conn, July 29, 2003. The World Health Organization said Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg disease, saying the Ebola-related virus is responsible for at least nine deaths in the tiny Western African country. (AP Photo/Bob Child, File)

Twin Marburg virus outbreaks in Africa have global community on guard against further spread

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

EPA Regulatory Overreach Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System does more harm than good

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, March 22, 2020, file photograph, a row of unsold 2020 Kicks SUVs sit at a Nissan dealership in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. A climate activist group based in the United Kingdom calling itself Tyre Extinguishers claims to have deflated 40 tires in the past month in New York City, 20 in Philadelphia and Chicago, and 23 in San Francisco. A spokesperson for the group told Fox News that their deflating tactics "can happen anywhere, anytime,” so any SUV owners reading this are advised to “scrap it before we get to it." (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) **FILE**

Climate vandals deflate tires of 43 SUVs in Boston

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Employees of NY State Solar, a residential and commercial photovoltaic systems company, install an array of solar panels on a roof, Aug. 11, 2022, in the Long Island hamlet of Massapequa, N.Y. The Biden administration is announcing Thursday, April 20, 2023, more than $80 million in funding as part of a push to make more solar panels in the U.S. and make solar energy available in more communities. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

U.S. invests in alternative solar tech, more solar for renters

By Isabella O'Malley and Jennifer McDermott - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks at the fourth virtual Major Economies Forum on energy and climate, Thursday, April 20, 2023, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus in Washington.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden touts U.S. efforts as oil overshadows climate summit

By Ellen Knickmeyer and Chris Megerian - Associated Press

Fire burns in the hollow of an old-growth redwood tree in Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Calif. The Biden administration has identified more than 175,000 square miles of old growth and mature forests on U.S. government lands. The Associated Press obtained details on the government's first-ever national inventory of older forests in advance of their expected public release on Thursday, April 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

U.S. plans new forest protections, issues old-growth inventory

By Matthew Brown - 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 Sec. Granholm hammered on Biden climate policies by Manchin, Republicans

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) ** FILE **

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leads Democrats in resurrecting Green New Deal

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

In this picture provided by Swedish Coast Guard, a leak from Nord Stream 2 is seen, on Sept. 28, 2022. Danish Maritime Authority said Thursday that it was removing a sailing ban in the Baltic Sea area around the leaks caused by explosions that incapacitated the Nord Stream gas pipelines last year. The government agency maintained the restriction areas where “anchoring, fishing and work on the seabed are discouraged within a distance of 1 nautical mile from the leak positions due to underwater obstacles.” (Swedish Coast Guard via AP, File)

Danes lift sailing ban in Nord Stream pipeline leak area

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Tourists walk near rice fields irrigated by a traditional terrace system called a &quot;subak&quot; in Jatiluwih in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia, Monday, April 18, 2022. Bali faces a looming water crisis from tourism development, population growth and water mismanagement, experts and environmental groups warn. While water shortages are already affecting the UNESCO site, wells, food production and Balinese culture, experts project these issues will worsen if existing policies are not equally enforced across the entire island. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana) **FILE**

Global rice shortage is worst in two decades: Report

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Strongman Coal Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Group of Seven concedes to coal

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

This July 19, 2016 file photo a feral cat lays in the reeds next to a body of water in Hart Park out of the direct sun, in Bakersfield, Calif. Western U.S. governors have compiled their first region-wide list of the worst invasive species. The Western Governors' Association on Thursday, March 15, 2018, released a compilation of 50 pests, ranging from weeds and wild boars to insects and amphibians. Others may be surprises, including feral cats. (Casey Christie/The Bakersfield Californian via AP,File)

New Zealand feral cat killing contest scrubbed after backlash

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

A tourist group make their way to the MLK Memorial on the National Mall as temperatures reach into the mid 90s, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, September 2, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

D.C. air gets an ‘F’ from American Lung Association

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

A dump track unloads grain in a granary in the village of Zghurivka, Ukraine, Aug. 9, 2022. Poland’s new agriculture minister vowed Wednesday to introduce detailed quality controls on the massive inflow of grain from Ukraine transiting through the country, and to ensure its efficient transport abroad. The move follows protests by angry Polish farmers, who say they face bankruptcy because of a glut of cheap Ukrainian grain (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Bulgaria temporarily bans imports of Ukrainian farm produce

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FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2017, file photo U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission building in Washington. Securities regulators wants to make sure publicly traded companies recover any executive compensation that’s awarded based on financial statements that are found to contain errors. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, that it has adopted a rule that calls on national securities exchanges to require the companies whose stock they list to comply with the new compensation clawback policy. (AP Andrew Harnik, File)

SEC consults fraudulent company on cost expectations for ESG-related climate rules

By Ganon Evans