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One of Pacific Gas &amp; Electric's Diablo Canyon Power Plant's nuclear reactors in Avila Beach, Calif., is viewed Nov. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Michael A. Mariant, File)

Democrats, environmentalists warm to nuclear power for quicker transition to a green energy future

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Ukrainian soldiers fire, on the front line in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Sat. Sept. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Kostiantyn Liberov)

Nuclear plant offline after Russian shelling, Ukraine says

By Hanna Arhirova - Associated Press

Waves hit a shore in Pohang, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. Thousands of people were forced to evacuate in South Korea as Typhoon Hinnamnor made landfall in the country's southern regions on Tuesday, unleashing fierce rains and winds that destroyed trees and roads, and left more than 20,000 homes without power. (Kim Hyun-tai/Yonhap via AP)

Typhoon batters South Korea; preparations minimize casualties

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

Children play jumping on destroyed Russian military vehicles displayed in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Ukrainian port city Kharkiv come under Russian shelling

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In this photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen is briefed during a visit to a naval station on Penghu, an archipelago of several dozen islands off Taiwan's western coast on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. On Sept. 2, 2022, President Biden approved the largest arms sale to Taiwan under his administration, as tensions continue to heighten between the United States and China. (Taiwan Ministry of National Defense via AP)

Biden approves $1.1 billion arms sale to Taiwan amid growing tensions with Beijing

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

A motorist fills up the tank on a sedan, on July 22, 2022, in Saratoga, Wyoming, in this file photo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) **FILE**

Gas prices continue to decline nationally as country enters Labor Day weekend

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California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection firefighters try to stop flames from the Mill Fire from spreading on a property in the Lake Shastina subdivision northwest of Weed, Calif., Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. (Hung T. Vu/The Record Searchlight via AP)

California wildfire destroys 100 homes, other buildings

By Adam Beam - Associated Press

A sign taped to the door of the closed Mama's Eats and Sweets restaurant is one of the casualties of the water crisis Friday Sep. 2, 2022, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Jackson water pressure better, work continues on treatment

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Girls play as a woman distributes iodine tablets to residents at a local school in case of a radiation leak in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. Heavy fighting continued Friday near Europe's largest nuclear power plant in a Russian-controlled area of eastern Ukraine, a day after experts from the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency voiced concerns about structural damage to the sprawling Zaporizhzhia site. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Ukraine’s nuclear plant partly goes offline amid fighting

By Yesica Fisch and Joanna Kozlowska - Associated Press

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In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Friday Sept. 2, 2022, munitions seen at the territory of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) members inspect the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar, southeastern Ukraine Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A U.N. inspection team has arrived at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on a mission to safeguard it from catastrophe. It reached the site Thursday amid fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces that prompted the shutdown of one reactor and underscored the urgency and the danger of the task. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Fighting goes on near Ukraine nuclear plant; IAEA on site

By Yesica Fisch - Associated Press

Indianapolis - Circa September 2021: NWS Forecast Office. NOAA is a US agency that forecasts weather, monitors oceanic and atmospheric conditions. FILE Photo credit: Jonathan Weiss via Shutterstock

Tropical Storm Danielle strengthens into hurricane

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President Joe Biden is shown here speaking at Wilkes University, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. .(AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Biden to host U.S.-Pacific Island summit amid heightened tensions with Beijing

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this image from a Cal Fire monitoring camera from Hammond Ranch, the Mill Fire burns near Weed, Calif., Friday Sept. 2, 2022. (Cal Fire/ALERTWildfire Network via AP)

Racing Northern California wildfire destroys multiple homes

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National Climate adviser Gina McCarthy waits for the arrival of President Joe Biden to speak to the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate, from the East Room of the White House, Friday, April 23, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden promotes climate deputy to lead White House office as Gina McCarthy departs

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

One of Pacific Gas &amp; Electric's Diablo Canyon Power Plant's nuclear reactors in Avila Beach, Calif., is viewed Nov. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Michael A. Mariant, File)

California legislators advance plan to extend nuke plant run

By Michael R. Blood and Adam Beam - Associated Press

In this photo released by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Director General of nuclear watchdog, Rafael Mariano Grossi, second from left, speaks to unidentified authorities as the UN agency mission heads to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. The IAEA mission has been delayed on the Ukrainian-controlled side of the frontline for some three hours. Director General Grossi has personally negotiated with Ukrainian military authorities to be able to proceed and he remains determined that this important mission reaches the ZNPP today, IAEA spokesman said.(International Atomic Energy Agency via AP)

Inspectors reach embattled Ukrainian nuclear plant amid fear of disaster

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

An electric vehicle charger stands in the parking lot of a gas station in South El Monte, Calif., Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. Discounted prices, car-share programs, and a robust network of public charging stations are among the ways California will try to make electric vehicles affordable and convenient for people of all income levels as it phases out the sale of new gas cars by 2035. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

California asks residents to avoid charging EVs during a Labor Day weekend heat wave

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Stephanie Williams, 60, cools off with water from a hydrant in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Excessive-heat warnings expanded to all of Southern California and northward into the Central Valley on Wednesday, and were predicted to spread into Northern California later in the week. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

California heat wave sparks fears of fires, power outages

By John Antczak and Brian Melley - Associated Press

An elephant is hoisted into a transport vehicle at the Liwonde National Park southern Malawi, July 10 2022. In neighbouring Zimbabwe, National Parks is moving more than 2,500 wild animals from a southern reserve to one in the country’s north to rescue them from drought, as the ravages of climate change replace poaching as the biggest threat to wildlife. (AP Photo/Thoko Chikondo, File)

Zimbabwe moves 2,500 wild animals due to climate change

By Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press