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A complex of licensed marijuana grows north of Brewster, in north-central Washington state, is seen on Friday, April 7, 2023. Cannabis regulators have halted operations at several outdoor pot farms and processing facilities located on a stretch of former fruit orchards in north-central Washington state after testing found high levels of chemicals related to a dangerous pesticide used decades ago. The sweeping action announced Thursday night, April 6, 2023, by the Liquor and Cannabis Board renewed concerns about pesticides in marijuana, and put dozens of people at least temporarily out of work just as they were preparing for spring planting. (AP Photo)

Washington state shuts down marijuana farms, facilities after decades-old chemicals found

By Gene Johnson - Associated Press

Washington Nationals center fielder Victor Robles cannot reach a home run hit by Philadelphia Phillies' Kyle Schwarber during the first inning of a baseball game, July 5, 2022, in Philadelphia. A new study released Friday, April 7, 2023, finds that climate change is making major league sluggers into even hotter hitters, sending an extra 50 or so home runs a year over the fences. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Going, going, gone: Study says climate change juicing homers

By Seth Borenstein - Associated Press

A worker, at left, tends to a customer at a cosmetics shop on Thursday, May 20, 2021, in Los Angeles.A growing number of state legislatures are considering banning the sale of cosmetics and other consumer products that contain the toxic industrial compound PFAS over health concerns. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

States consider banning cosmetics containing PFAS

By Lisa Rathke - Associated Press

In this photo taken Monday, July 22, 2019, Cooper Campbell, right, with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, looks for chinook salmon that are from their hatchery project at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. California fishermen are reporting one of the best salmon fishing seasons in more than a decade, thanks to heavy rain and snow that ended the state's historic drought. It's a sharp reversal for chinook salmon, also known as king salmon, an iconic fish that helps sustain many Pacific Coast fishing communities. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Pacific Ocean regulators decide to close California salmon fishing season for 2023

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Elon Musk unveils Tesla’s $10 trillion plan to eliminate fossil fuels

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about the evacuation of American citizens, their families, SIV applicants and vulnerable Afghans in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Aug. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Biden vetoes measure seeking to rollback EPA authority on waterways

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a ceremonial promotion of Jacob Middleton to brigadier general in the U.S. Space Force in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Harris to unveil record solar energy project amid feud with Congress over solar tariffs

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

A water tank floats at the bottom of a sinkhole as it continues to grow Wednesday, May 7, 2008 in Daisetta, Texas. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan) **FILE**

Texas sinkhole expands to over 1,000 feet wide

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

A car crosses Enterprise Bridge over Lake Oroville's dry banks on May 23, 2021, left, and the same location on March 26, 2023, in Butte County, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Dramatic photos show how storms filled California reservoirs

By Terry Chea, Noah Berger and Josh Edelson - Associated Press

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a ceremonial promotion of Jacob Middleton to Brigadier General in the U.S. Space Force in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Harris promotes huge community solar deal in Georgia visit

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

Pump jacks extract oil from beneath the ground east of New Town, N.D., on May 19, 2021. The Biden administration said Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, petroleum industry regulators for the first time will analyze greenhouse gas emissions from federal oil and gas lease sales on a national scale. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Few Americans know how the U.S. consumes and produces energy

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, meets reporters after an army helicopter went missing, at his official residence in Tokyo Thursday, April 6, 2023. Japan's coast guard says it is searching for an army helicopter carrying 10 crew members that went missing off a southern Japanese island. Kishida said the Defense Ministry is investigating, and "We will do our utmost to save their lives." (Kyodo News via AP)

Japanese army helicopter carrying 10 crew members missing

Associated Press

Emissions from a coal-fired power plant are silhouetted against the setting sun in Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 1, 2021. The Environmental Protection Agency is tightening rules that limit emissions of mercury and other harmful pollutants from coal-fired power plants, updating standards imposed more than a decade ago. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

EPA proposes limiting chemical plant pollution

By Michael Phillis - Associated Press

Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan testifies before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing to examine President Joe Biden's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2024 for the Environmental Protection Agency, on Capitol Hill, March 22, 2023, in Washington. The Environmental Protection Agency is tightening rules that limit emissions of mercury and other harmful pollutants from coal-fired power plants, updating standards imposed more than a decade ago. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana. File)

EPA tightens mercury emissions limits at coal power plants

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

U.N. atomic energy chief Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks to journalists after visiting Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant during a press conference in Dnipro, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

UN nuclear chief discusses Ukraine nuclear plant in Russia

Associated Press

A woman walks outside of a COVID-19 testing center at the Incheon International Airport In Incheon, South Korea, on Feb. 10, 2023. Officials at the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Wednesday, April 5, that wastewater surveillance will potentially provide a cheaper and more sustainable tool in the country’s pandemic response. They say it could also improve the detection of other outbreaks, such as influenza, norovirus or drug-resistant bacteria. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

South Korea to test sewage samples for COVID-19

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

Illustrations on the energy crisis by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Lessons of the energy crisis

By Clifford D. May

FILE - This June 15, 2015, file photo shows in the distance, part of the Resolution Copper Mining land-swap project in Superior, Ariz. Members of the San Carlos Apache tribe are scheduled to go before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Friday Oct. 22, 2021, in San Francisco to ask the court to back the tribe's efforts to halt the transfer of land — that they consider to be sacred — to the copper mining company. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Future of San Carlos Apache Tribe does not depend on Oak Flat

By Karen Kitcheyan-Jones

Volunteers clean up at Wynne High School, Saturday, April 1, 2023, near the front entrance of the school on E. Jackson Avenue in Wynne, Ark., following severe weather the previous night. (Nena Zimmer/The Jonesboro Sun via AP)

Severe storms threaten Midwest, South after deadly weekend

By Scott McFetridge and Sean Murphy - Associated Press

Missouri tornado kills multiple people, sows destruction

By Scott McFetridge and Sean Murphy - Associated Press