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Future of Climate Cooperation

By Ruslan Edelgeriev

Cans of Coca-Cola are on display at a grocery market in Uniontown, Pa., on April 24, 2022. The soft drink giant's sponsorship of the flagship U.N. climate conference, known as COP27, sparked an online backlash and highlighted broader concerns about corporate lobbying and influence. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

COP27’s Coke sponsorship leaves bad taste with green groups

By Kelvin Chan - Associated Press

Border Patrol agents patrol along a line of shipping containers stacked near the border on Aug. 23, 2022, near Yuma, Ariz. The Cocopah Indian Tribe is welcoming the federal government's call for the state of Arizona to remove a series of double-stacked shipping containers placed along the U.S.-Mexico border near the desert city of Yuma, saying they are unauthorized and violate U.S. law. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Defiant Arizona governor puts more shipping containers along Mexican border

Associated Press

Harriet and M15 the famous bald eagles from Southwest Florida Eagle Cam collect nesting material to rebuild their nest after it was destroyed in Hurricane Ian, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022 in North Fort Myers, Fla.. The whole nest was lost but is being built in the same location. The streaming cameras were damaged so it unknown when it will be back up and running. (Andrew West/The News-Press via AP)

Hurricane Ian wipes out bald eagle nest, birds rebuilding

By Chad Gillis and Fort Myers News-Press - Associated Press

FILE - People walk through floodwaters with flooded farmlands forground after heavy rainfall in Hadeja, Nigeria, Sept 19, 2022. West and Central African countries are battling deadly floods that have upended lives and livelihoods, raising fears of further disruption of food supplies in many areas battling armed conflict. “Above-average rainfall and devastating flooding” have affected 5 million people this year in 19 countries across West and Central Africa, according to a new U.N. World Food Program situation report. (AP Photo, file)

West Africa floods destroy crops, worsening hunger fears

By Chinedu Asadu - Associated Press

This satellite image taken at 10am ET and provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Roslyn approaching the Pacific coast of Mexico, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Forecasters expect it to be a hurricane when it makes a likely weekend landfall between the resorts of Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan. (NOAA via AP)

Major Hurricane Roslyn heads for hit on Mexico’s coast

Associated Press

A Ferrari California T is presented at the Paris Motor Show, in Paris, Thursday Oct. 2, 2014. The Paris Motor Show will open its doors to the public on Saturday Oct. 4, until Oct. 19. European carmakers are hoping to impress with new models at this week's Paris Motor Show and prove they have come out stronger from years of economic trouble and cost-cutting. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

Extinction Rebellion climate protesters glued themselves to Ferrari cars at Paris Motor Show

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Jacek, 37, a local resident, closes a door to a shelter in the basement of a residential building in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. Fighting around Ukraine's nuclear power plants and Russia's threats to use nuclear weapons have reawakened nuclear fears in Europe. This is especially felt in countries near Ukraine, like Poland, where the government this month ordered an inventory of the country's shelters as a precaution. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

Russian threats revive old nuclear fears in central Europe

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

Pipelines and tanks are pictured in a gas terminal Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022 in Obergailbach, eastern France. European Union leaders enter a crucial stretch this week to make sure runaway energy prices and short supplies do not further tank their struggling economies and foment unrest. At the same time, they need to keep all 27 members united in their opposition of Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)

Americans brace for colder winter and soaring heating bills amid supply woes, Ukraine fallout

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Lucinda Tyler and Aaron Raymo sit outside their home with fuel containers they used to fill their heating oil tank at their home, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022 in Jay, Maine. The couple shopped around for the best prices and bought heating oil 5 gallons at a time throughout the summer whenever they had any extra money. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Heating worries mount amid growing costs, uncertainty

By David Sharp - Associated Press

Street musicians play their instruments in a square without electric lights in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Russia tightens Ukraine energy squeeze; launches evacuation

By Hanna Arhirova and Sabra Ayres - Associated Press

Border Patrol agents patrol along a line of shipping containers stacked near the border on Aug. 23, 2022, near Yuma, Ariz. The Cocopah Indian Tribe is welcoming the federal government's call for the state of Arizona to remove a series of double-stacked shipping containers placed along the U.S.-Mexico border near the desert city of Yuma, saying they are unauthorized and violate U.S. law. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Arizona refuses U.S. demand to remove shipping containers from border

By Anita Snow - Associated Press

New Jersey jumps on climate-litigation bandwagon with lawsuit against oil and gas industry

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 14, 2022. South Korea says North Korea has fired about 100 shells off its west coast and 150 rounds off its east coast in its latest weapons test Tuesday night, Oct. 18. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

North Korea fires artillery shells near border with South Korea

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

FILE - Fillets of Chilean sea bass caught near the U.K.-controlled South Georgia island are displayed for sale at a Whole Foods Market in Cleveland, Ohio, June 17, 2022. Southern Cross Seafoods said in a complaint filed in Oct. 2022 in the U.S. International Trade Court that the decision to bar importation of Chilean sea bass was arbitrary, illegal and would cause significant economic harm to its business. (AP Photo/Joshua Goodman, File)

Texas importer sues government in fish feud at end of world

By Joshua Goodman - Associated Press

An Andean condor named Yastay, meaning &quot;God that is protector of the birds,&quot; in the Quechua Indigenous language, spreads his wings after being freed by the Andean Condor conservation program where he was born almost three years prior in Sierra Paileman in the Rio Negro province of Argentina, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. For 30 years the Andean Condor Conservation Program has hatched chicks in captivity, rehabilitated others and freed them across South America. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Worries over wind farms cloud condor repopulation program

By Natacha Pisarenko and Daniel Politi - Associated Press

The Mississippi River is at 16 feet in New Orleans, Thursday, July 11, 2019 from the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began construction last week of a 1,500-foot-wide underwater barrier to prevent saltwater traveling up the Mississippi River. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

Army Corps’ Mississippi River barrier aims to protect drinking water from encroaching Gulf of Mexico

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

In this July 27, 2018, file photo, the Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun in Glenrock, Wyo. More than 300 businesses and investors are calling on the Biden administration to set an ambitious climate change goal that would cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% below 2005 levels by 2030. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

U.S. power-plant emissions increase in 2021 in post-pandemic rebound

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Fifth generation farmer Roy Petteway looks at the damage to his citrus grove from the effects of Hurricane Ian Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, in Zolfo Springs, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

After Hurricane Ian, Florida citrus and agriculture struggle

By Curt Anderson - Associated Press

‘Greens’ don’t solve anything