Environment

Latest Stories

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, speaks at a news conference during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Bill Gates: Technological innovation, farming technology would help solve global hunger

By Thalia Beaty - Associated Press

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Aug. 1, 2022. Republicans see inflation, taxes and immigration as Democratic weak spots worth attacking, and two opposition senators as prime targets, in the upcoming battle over an economic package the Democrats want to push through the Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democratic resistance to Manchin energy plan grows amid threats of government shutdown

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Climate Change Gravy Train Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Under the guise of inclusion, Biden’s policies lead to climate delusion

By Hannah Davis

Illustration on the costs of green policy by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

While Europe maneuvers to avoid energy shortfalls, Biden stays the course

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Victims of heavy flooding from monsoon rains receive relief aid provided by the Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek political party, in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. Since June, heavy rains and flooding have added a new level of grief to cash-strapped Pakistan and highlighted the disproportionate effect of climate change on impoverished populations. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Pakistani PM says his flooded country faces food shortages

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Firefighter Trapper Gephart of Alaska's Pioneer Peak Interagency Hotshot crew takes a drink while battling the Mosquito Fire in the Volcanoville community of El Dorado County, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Rains, mudslides prompt Southern California evacuations

By Stefanie Dazio - Associated Press

With the Lebanese Government House in the background, a new generator is hauled up to the roof of an office building, in Beirut, Lebanon, Feb. 21, 2022. They literally run the country. Private generators are ubiquitous in parts of the Middle East, spewing hazardous fumes into homes and business across the country, almost 24 hours a day. As the world looks for renewable energy to tackle climate change, Lebanon, Iraq, Gaza and elsewhere rely on diesel-powered private generators just to keep the lights on. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

In parts of Mideast, power generators spew toxic fumes 24/7

By Zeina Karam - 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. The shutdown of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant cuts the risk of a radiation disaster that has haunted the world. The last of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia plant’s six nuclear reactors was shut down Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, because Russia’s war in Ukraine had repeatedly cut reliable external power supplies. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

Ukraine’s nuclear power plant shutdown cuts risks

By Andrew Katell and Hanna Arhirova - Associated Press

Victims of heavy flooding from monsoon rains take refuge as they prepare tea at a temporary tent housing camp organized by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), in Sukkur, Pakistan, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. Months of heavy monsoon rains and flooding have killed over a 1000 people and affected 3.3 million in this South Asian nation while half a million people have become homeless. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Aid for flood victims arrives in hard-hit Pakistani province

By Zarar Khan - Associated Press

This Jan. 30, 2009 photo shows Knitting Mill Creek near Colonial Place in Norfolk, Va. The Elizabeth River Project’s latest work doesn’t fight the rising tide. It will roll with it. The environmental group is constructing a 6,500-foot resilience lab along Colley Avenue and Knitting Mill Creek. The building has an intentional life span of about 30 to 50 years; when sea levels reach a certain height, the structure can be disassembled and moved to allow a living shoreline, that’s part of the design, to take its place. (Stephen M. Katz/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

New research facility shows how to live with rising tides

By Everett Eaton and The Virginian-Pilot - Associated Press

A Russian serviceman guards an area of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in territory under Russian military control, southeastern Ukraine, May 1, 2022. Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant , built during the Soviet era and one of the 10 biggest in the world, has been engulfed by fighting between Russian and Ukrainian troops in recent weeks, fueling concerns of a nuclear catastrophe. (AP Photo, File)

Ukraine’s threatened nuclear plant shuts down amid continued fighting in the area

Associated Press

This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant occupied by Russian forces, in Ukraine on Aug. 28, 2022. Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, built during the Soviet era and one of the 10 biggest in the world, has been engulfed by fighting between Russian and Ukrainian troops in recent weeks, fueling concerns of a nuclear catastrophe. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Last reactor at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant stopped

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

Members of the Ornelas family put on plastic raincoats as wind and rain pummel the area Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, in Julian, Calif. A tropical storm nearing Southern California has brought fierce mountain winds, high humidity, rain and the threat of flooding to a region already dealing with wildfires and an extraordinary heat wave. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Heat wave breaks in Southern California with spotty rain

By Julie Watson and John Antczak - Associated Press

A helicopter carries water on a longline to a wildfire near Salem, Ore., at sunset Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. Climate change is bringing drier conditions to the Pacific Northwest and that requires strategies that have been common in fire-prone California for the past decade or more, said Erica Fleishman, director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute at Oregon State University. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)

Oregon weathers fire evacuations, power outages in dry winds

By Rachel La Corte - Associated Press

A model of a Small Modular Reactor facility that Rolls-Royce SMR hopes to have operational by the end of the decade is seen in this handout render provided by Rolls-Royce SMR on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. A global search for alternative sources to Russian energy during the war in Ukraine has refocused attention on smaller, easier-to-build nuclear power stations that proponents say they could provide a cheaper, more efficient alternative to older model mega-plants but detractors warn of heightened risks including the disposal of highly radioactive wave and the specter of nuclear weapons proliferation.

Small nuke reactors emerge as energy option, but risks loom

By Menelaos Hadjicostis - Associated Press

Russian rockets launched against Ukraine from Russia's Belgorod region are seen at dawn in Kharkiv, Ukraine, early Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Belikov)

Ukrainian nuke plant operating tenuously as war persists

By Hanna Arhirova - Associated Press

A helicopter drops water on the Fairview Fire burning on a hillside Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, near Hemet, Calif. Scientists say a warming planet will lead to hotter, longer and more wildfire-plagued heat waves. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

California: Drought, record heat, fires and now maybe floods

By Brian Melley - Associated Press

Victims of unprecedented flooding from monsoon rains line up to receive relief aid organized by the Edhi Foundation, in the Ghotki District of Sindh Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

U.N. chief asks world to ‘massively’ help flood-hit Pakistan

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

This satellite image made available by NOAA shows Hurricane Kay off the Pacific coast of Mexico, early Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Kay’s maximum sustained winds rose to 100 mph Wednesday, with forecasters saying it could brush the mid portion of the peninsula this week. (NOAA via AP)

Tropical Storm Kay moves up Mexico’s Baja peninsula

Associated Press

Lobster fishermen are already at work as the sun rises over the Atlantic Ocean, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2022, off of Kennebunkport, Maine. (AP Phot6o/Robert F. Bukaty)

Retailers pull lobster from menus after ‘red list’ warning

By Patrick Whittle - Associated Press