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U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, center, has a small talk with her counterparts before a plenary session in the G-7 ministers' meeting on climate, energy and environment in Sapporo, northern Japan, Saturday, April 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) ** FILE **

Japan, U.S. agree to cooperate on geothermal energy

By Elaine Kurtenbach - Associated Press

In this file photo taken on Friday, May 4, 2018, Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers fly past the Russian flag on the Kremlin complex during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia. South Korean air force jets fired 360 rounds of warning shots after a Russian military plane briefly violated South Korea's airspace twice on Tuesday, Seoul officials said, in the first such incident between the two countries. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Russian space war prowess showcased in Ukraine conflict

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Boston Red Sox's Xander Bogaerts, left, welcomes home J.D. Martinez, right, after Martinez hit a homerun off a pitch by Seattle Mariners' Marco Gonzales during the first inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park, Sunday, May 12, 2019, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Climate change causes too many baseball homers, say stupid scientists

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

People walk toward the temple at Burning Man near Gerlach, Nev., on the Black Rock Desert on Aug. 31, 2012. A county commission has rescinded a permit an energy company needs to drill exploratory wells for a geothermal project in the Nevada desert near the site of the annual Burning Man counter-culture festival about 100 miles north of Reno. Officials for the Burning Man organization and others who have filed suit in U.S. District Court to block the geothermal development in the Black Rock Desert say the move puts the project on hold indefinitely and could scuttle it all together. (Andy Barron/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP) **FILE**

Burning Man cheers Nevada county’s overturning geothermal permit

By Scott Sonner - Associated Press

Municipal workers collect dead pelicans on Santa Maria beach in Lima, Peru, Nov. 30, 2022, as thousands of birds died in November along the Pacific of Peru from bird flu, according to The National Forest and Wildlife Service (Serfor). A man in Chile is infected with a bird flu that has concerning mutations, according to a new lab analysis. But U.S. health officials said Friday, April 14, 2023, that the threat to people remains low. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo) **FILE**

Bird flu: Scientists find mutations, but say threat remains low

By Mike Stobbe - 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)

U.S. energy secretary says G-7 can lead global emissions cuts

By Elaine Kurtenbach - Associated Press

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a crater and an ash cloud after the Shiveluch volcano erupted in Klyuchi village on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Shiveluch, one of Kamchatka Peninsula’s most active volcanoes, started erupting early Tuesday, spewing ash more than 300 miles (500 kilometers) northwest. Several Russian villages were covered in grey volcanic dust in the largest fallout in nearly 60 years. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP) **FILE**

Alaskan flights halted as precaution due to ash drifting from Russian volcano

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

People try and save valuables as they wade through flood waters in the Edgewood neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., April 13, 2023. More than 25 inches of rain fell in South Florida since Monday, causing widespread flooding. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

Here’s why downpour in Florida just wouldn’t stop

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In this image provided by the European Space Agency, an Ariane rocket carrying the robotic explorer Juice takes off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, Friday, April 14, 2023. European spacecraft has blasted off on a quest to explore Jupiter and three of its ice-encrusted moons. Dubbed Juice, the robotic explorer set off on an eight-year journey Friday from French Guiana in South America, launching atop an Ariane rocket. (ESA via AP)

European spacecraft on way to Jupiter and its icy moons

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

People wait for a traffic light to turn green as a tram moves through the intersecion in the Susukino district of Sapporo, northern Japan, Friday, April 14, 2023. G-7 energy and environment ministers are meeting in the city on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido ahead of a summit next month. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

G7 energy, environment leaders haggle over climate strategy

By Elaine Kurtenbach and Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

A North Atlantic right whale dives on Cape Cod Bay in Massachusetts, Monday, March 27, 2023. Scientists on a research vessel from the International Fund for Animal Welfare watch in the background. The drive to protect vanishing whales has brought profound impacts to marine industries, and those changes are accelerating as the Endangered Species Act approaches its 50th anniversary. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, NOAA permit # 21371)

Landmark law saved whales through marine industries change

By Patrick Whittle - Associated Press

People attend a news conference on Lake Mead at Hoover Dam, Tuesday, April 11, 2023, near Boulder City, Nev. The Biden administration on Tuesday released an environmental analysis of competing plans for how Western states and tribes reliant on the dwindling Colorado River should cut their use. (AP Photo/John Locher)

What might Colorado River cuts mean for states and the 40 million people it supplies with water?

By Suman Naishadham - Associated Press

A red-shouldered hawk fluffs up it's feathers and spreads wings to facilitate drying after a thunderstorm in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Dec. 31, 2021. On April 6, 2023, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued a violation notice against one of its own sub-divisions accusing it of wrongly clearing 15 acres of a wildlife management area in southwestern New Jersey. The work was designed to create habitat for the American woodcock, but wound up destroying habitat for the barred owl, which is threatened, and the red-shouldered hawk, which is endangered. (Robin Rudd/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File)

New Jersey charges itself with damaging land it was bound to protect

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan speaks on Capitol Hill, March 22, 2023, in Washington. The EPA announced Thursday, April 13, it's investing $177 million to create 17 hubs around the country to help environmental justice organizations access federal funds. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

EPA awards $177 million to environmental justice groups

By Drew Costley - Associated Press

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a J-15 Chinese fighter jet takes off from the Shandong aircraft carrier during the combat readiness patrol and military exercises around the Taiwan Island by the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) on, April 9, 2023. China’s local maritime authorities have issued a warning for possible rocket debris in waters northeast of Taiwan, saying ships would be banned from entering the area on April 16. The announcement comes after China held large-scale military drills that formally ended Monday in response to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen's transit visit last week to the United States. (An Ni/Xinhua via AP, File)

China warns of rocket debris in area northeast of Taiwan

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

A man pushes his bike on an overhead bridge against the office buildings in the central business district shrouded by sand and dust in Beijing, Thursday, April 13, 2023. Many areas in northern China were blanketed with floating sand and dust on Thursday, and a sandstorm was expected to sweep through parts of Inner Mongolia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Beijing blanketed with floating sand and dust

Associated Press

Ajay Banga, then-president and CEO of MasterCard, speaks during the U.S. Africa Business Forum during the U.S. Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, Aug. 5, 2014. The incoming president of the World Bank was born in India and forged his early business success there, a fact supporters say gives Banga valuable insight into the challenges faced by the developing countries the bank is supposed to help. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

New India-born World Bank chief: Real change or rebranding?

By Sibi Arasu - Associated Press

President Joe Biden drives a Cadillac Lyriq through the showroom during a tour at the Detroit Auto Show, Sept. 14, 2022, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Biden proposes toughest-ever vehicle emissions standards to phase out gas-powered cars, boost EVs

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Smoke rises from an industrial fire, Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at 358 NW F St., in Richmond, Ind. (Zach Piatt/The Palladium-Item via AP)

Hundreds forced from Indiana homes as plastics fire burns

By Arleigh Rodgers and Rick Callahan - Associated Press

This photo shows the Meiji Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2010. The historic baseball stadium in Tokyo where Babe Ruth played could be demolished. It's part of a disputed redevelopment plan harshly criticized by environmentalists. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan park where Babe Ruth played subject of climate battle

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press