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U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 24, 2020. Kildee said Friday, March 31, 2023, that he was diagnosed with a “serious but curable form of cancer” after a tumor was found in one of his tonsils. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Democrats divided on Biden’s tariffs pause on Chinese solar panels

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Trucks line up to enter a Port of Oakland shipping terminal on Nov. 10, 2021, in Oakland, Calif. President Joe Biden's administration cleared the way for California's plan to phase out a wide range of diesel-powered trucks, a part of the state's efforts to drastically cut planet-warming emissions and improve air quality in heavy-traffic areas. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

EPA approves California rules phasing out diesel trucks

By Sophie Austin - Associated Press

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., is flanked by Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., left, and Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., as he talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, March 24, 2023. House Republicans are set to approve a sprawling energy package that counters virtually all of President Joe Biden's agenda to address climate change. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House Dems cross aisle to slap down Biden climate change agenda, pass bipartisan energy bill

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

This photo provided KSTP, emergency personnel respond to the scene of a train derailment early Thursday, March 30, 2023 in Raymond, Min. A train hauling ethanol and corn syrup derailed and caught fire and nearby residents were ordered to evacuate their homes, authorities said. (KSTP via AP)

Fiery train derailment in Minnesota prompts evacuations

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A police officer in Seaside Park N.J. photographs a dead whale on the beach on March 2, 2023. On Tuesday, March 28, Democratic U.S. Senators from four states called upon the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to address a spate of whale deaths on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The issue has rapidly become politicized, with mostly Republican lawmakers and their supporters blaming offshore wind farm preparation for the East Coast deaths despite assertions by NOAA and other federal and state agencies that the two are not related. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Whale deaths prompt Democrats to join Republican calls for probe of offshore wind turbines

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

The Centenario deep-water drilling platform off the coast of Veracruz, Mexico, in the Gulf of Mexico, is pictured on Nov. 22, 2013. The Biden administration will auction oil and gas leases across more than 114,000 square miles of public waters in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, in a sale mandated by last year's climate bill compromise. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)

U.S. to auction Gulf of Mexico oil under climate compromise

By Kevin McGill and Matthew Brown - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the IAEA Press Office, U.N. atomic energy chief Rafael Mariano Grossi stands on a road next to a UN vehicle on his way to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, in southeastern Ukraine, Wednesday March 29, 2023. (IAEA Press Office via AP)

U.N. atomic watchdog chief pursues Ukraine nuclear plant deal

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Two barges are stuck against the dam just south of downtown Louisville, Ky., on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. Crews were working Wednesday to remove three remaining barges that got loose on the Ohio River, including one carrying methanol. (Michael Clevenger/Courier Journal via AP)

Collision at canal entrance detaches barges, closing locks and dam on Ohio River

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, speaks during a campaign event, Wednesday, May 4, 2022, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ** FILE **

House GOP eyes Democratic defectors on energy bill as leverage over Biden

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

A pump jack operates as the sun begins to set on the western horizon Monday, March 7, 2022, near Pleasant Farms, an unincorporated community in southeastern Ector County, Texas. Oil prices are rising sharply again Tuesday as the U.S. prepares to ban crude oil imports from Russia in response to that country's unprovoked invasion of neighboring Ukraine. (Jacob Ford/Odessa American via AP)

Lower Energy Costs Act restores American agriculture

By Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson

Swiss seniors are protesting outside the European Court of Human Rights Wednesday, March 29, 2023 in Strasbourg, eastern France. A group of Swiss seniors are taking their government to the European Court of Human Rights to demand more action on climate change which, they say, is seriously affecting their lives. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Swiss seniors take government to European court over climate

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Water levels are low at San Luis Reservoir, which stores irrigation water for San Joaquin Valley farms, Sept. 14, 2022, in Gustine, Calif. After the three driest years in California history, a wet winter this year allowed for the refilling of Diamond Valley Lake (not pictured), the largest reservoir in Southern California. (AP Photo/Terry Chea, File)

Wet winter helps refill California’s massive Diamond Valley Lake

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A police officer in Seaside Park N.J. rides a beach buggy near a dead whale on the beach on March 2, 2023. On Tuesday, March 28, Democratic U.S. senators from four states called upon the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to address a spate of whale deaths on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The issue has rapidly become politicized, with mostly Republican lawmakers and their supporters blaming offshore wind farm preparation for the East Coast deaths despite assertions by NOAA and other federal and state agencies that the two are not related. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Dem senators from 4 states ask NOAA to address whale deaths

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

In this Oct. 3, 2014, file photo, professional photo guide Vincent Lawrence of Seal Harbor, Maine, left, and his client Frank Gallagher, of Silver Spring, Md., move to a new position while photographing the rocky coast of Maine's Acadia National Park at dawn. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Acadia National Park increases entry fees effective Saturday

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Shelves stand empty of bottle water following a chemical spill into the Delaware River upstream from Philadelphia, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. Health officials in Bucks County, just north of Philadelphia, said Sunday that thousands of gallons of a water-based latex finishing solution spilled into the river late Friday due to a leak at the Trinseo Altuglas chemical facility in Bristol Township. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Philadelphia: Still no sign of chemicals from upriver spill

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Illustration on American energy production and government permits by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Restoring American energy production requires permitting reform and more

By Cesar Ybarra

A pot sits on a gas stovetop. (File Photo credit: DGLimages via Shutterstock)

House GOP eyes gas stove protections as sprawling energy bill nears passage

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

A meatball made using genetic code from the mammoth is seen at the Nemo science museum in Amsterdam, Tuesday March 28, 2023. An Australian company has lifted the glass cloche on a meatball made of lab-grown cultured meat using the genetic sequence from the long-extinct mastodon. The high-tech treat isn't available to eat yet - the startup says it is meant to fire up public debate about cultivated meat. (AP Photo/Mike Corder)

Elephant in the dining room: Startup makes mammoth meatball

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with with U.N. atomic energy chief Rafael Mariano Grossi during a visit to Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Monday March 27, 2023. The two discussed the precarious situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which has lost several of its power transmission cables during the conflict and on multiple occasions has had to switch to emergency diesel generators. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

IAEA head: Increased combat around Ukrainian nuclear plant

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

In this July 8, 2017 file photo, a woman with the World Wildlife Fund carries a paper mache replica of the critically endangered porpoise known as the "vaquita marina" during an event in front of the National Palace calling on the government to take additional steps to protect the world's smallest marine mammal, in Mexico City. The international wildlife body CITES called Monday, March 27, 2023 on member countries to stop trade with Mexico for products linked to sensitive species, such as orchids, cactuses and skins from crocodiles and snakes. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Group bans some trade with Mexico over endangered porpoise

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