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FILE - Workers walk to the Lusail Stadium, one of the 2022 World Cup stadiums, in Lusail, Qatar, Friday, Dec. 20, 2019. Paris has decided not to display the matches of the World Cup in Qatar on giant screens in fan zones amid concerns over rights violations of migrant workers and the environmental impact of the tournament that have led some other French cities to make the same decision. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Paris joins big screen boycott of World Cup games from Qatar

By Jade Deley and Barbara Surk - Associated Press

Elaine Moore stands next to a dry irrigation canal and almond orchard near her property, where two wells have gone dry this summer in Chowchilla, Calif., Sept. 14, 2022. Amid a megadrought plaguing the American West, more rural communities are losing access to groundwater as heavy pumping depletes underground aquifers that aren’t being replenished by rain and snow. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

California wells run dry as drought depletes groundwater

By Terry Chea - Associated Press

In this photo taken March 12, 2015, passengers wait on the platform before boarding a train at the U Street Metro Station in Washington. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Tuesday, May 10, 2016, he seriously considered ordering a shutdown of the entire Washington Metro subway system last week and may still do that if local officials don't follow a Transportation Department safety directive. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Washington Metro to start ticketing for fare skipping in November

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

People relax at the beach front in Mazatlan, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. Hurricane Orlene, at Category 3 strength, is heading for a collision with Mexico's northwest Pacific coast between the tourist towns of Mazatlan and San Blas. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Hurricane Orlene hits Mexico’s Pacific coast near Mazatlan

By Fernando Llano - Associated Press

Chimneys and a tank are pictured at the BASF chemical plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Europe faces ‘unprecedented risk’ of gas shortage, IEA says

By David McHugh - Associated Press

FILE - Electric cars are parked at a charging station in Sacramento, Calif., on April 13, 2022. California is poised to require 100% of new cars, trucks and SUVs sold in the state to be powered by electricity or hydrogen by 2035, a groundbreaking climate policy likely to reshape the U.S. car market by speeding the transition to electric vehicles. The California Air Resources Board will vote Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, on the policy, which would set the nation’s most aggressive mandates for transitioning to electric vehicles. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Living the carbon-free cycle in California

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

People stand on the destroyed bridge to Pine Island as they view the damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Matlacha, Fla., Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. The only bridge to the island is heavily damaged so it can only be reached by boat or air. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

In Hurricane Ian’s wake, dangers persist, worsen in parts

By Bobby China Calvan and Mike Schneider - Associated Press

FILE - David Malpass, president of the World Bank Group, arrives for a meeting with Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at Kishida's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 13, 2022. Malpass said Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, that he will not resign after coming under criticism for his remarks earlier this week regarding climate change. (Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Gore, Kerry go after World Bank President Malpass on global warming comments

By Richard W. Rahn

A woman looks at her water-damaged belongings after flooding caused by Hurricane Fiona tore through her home in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. On Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, President Joe Biden will survey damage from Hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico, where tens of thousands of people are still without power two weeks after the storm hit. (AP Photo/Stephanie Rojas, File)

Biden to visit Puerto Rico, announce $60M in aid for hurricane recovery

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

This GOES-East GeoColor satellite image taken at 12:01 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, and provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shows the eye of Hurricane Ian approaching the southwest coast of Florida. Hurricane Ian's most damaging winds began hitting Florida's southwest coast Wednesday, lashing the state with heavy rain and pushing a devastating storm surge after strengthening to the threshold of the most dangerous Category 5 status. (NOAA via AP)

Don’t be gaslit by the left: Hurricane Ian is not an indicator of the apocalypse

By Michael McKenna

The bridge leading from Fort Myers to Pine Island, Fla., is heavily damaged in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Due to the damage, the island can only be reached by boat or air. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Feds vow major aid for Hurricane Ian victims amid rescues

By Bobby Caina Calvan and Mike Schneider - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Armed Forces of Denmark, a view the disturbance in the water above the gas leak, in the Baltic Sea, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. Following the suspected sabotage this week of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines that carry Russian natural gas to Europe, there were two leaks off Sweden, including a large one above North Stream 1, and a smaller one above North Stream 2. (Rune Dyrholm/Armed Forces of Denmark via AP)

Danes: Nord Stream 2 pipeline seems to have stopped leaking

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In this aerial photo made in a flight provided by mediccorps.org, damage from Hurricane Ian is seen on the causeway leading to Sanibel Island from Fort Myers, Fla., Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Ian shows the risks and costs of living on barrier islands

By Ben Finley and Steve Helber - Associated Press

This handout photo taken from video and released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Aug. 7, 2022, shows a general view of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in territory under Russian military control, southeastern Ukraine. Ukraine’s nuclear power provider says Russian forces blindfolded and detained the head of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant hours after Moscow illegally annexed a swath of Ukrainian territory. In a possible attempt to secure Moscow’s hold on the newly annexed territory, Russian forces seized the director-general of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Ihor Murashov, around 4 p.m. Friday. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

Russia blindfolds, detains Ukraine nuclear plant chief

By Jon Gambrell and Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

A car is submerged in flood water in North Port, Fla., on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Adriana Gomez Licon)

After Ian, river flooding menaces Florida inland towns

By Adriana Gomez Licon and Curt Anderson - Associated Press

People protest asking for the restoration of electrical service after four days of blackout due to the devastation of Hurricane Ian in Bacuranao, Cuba, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cubans protest in Havana for 2nd night over lack of power

By Andrea Rodríguez - Associated Press

Eduardo Tocuya carries a dog he recovered in hopes of reuniting it with its owners, two days after the passage of Hurricane Ian, in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Dozens dead from Ian, one of strongest, costliest U.S. storms

By Meg Kinnard and Adriana Gomez Licon - Associated Press

Helen Koch, a dog breeder, is evacuated with some of her 17 dogs on a helicopter for mediccorps.org, who arrived with two helicopters, paramedics and volunteers, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian on Pine Island, Fla., Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. The only bridge to the island is heavily damaged so it can only be reached by boat or air. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Residents leave Florida’s Pine Island, Hurricane Ian’s ruin

By Gerald Hebert - Associated Press

A Charleston police officer moves a barricade to block a flooded street as the effects from Hurricane Ian are felt, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Hurricane Ian heads for Carolinas after pounding Florida

By Meg Kinnard and Adriana Gomez Licon - Associated Press

Traditional energy the clear winner