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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)

California legislators advance plan to extend nuke plant run

By Michael R. Blood and Adam Beam - 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

Workers at the Highway 18 Walmart distribute the last of 6,000 cases of water to long line of residents in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Jackson sees some improvement in its damaged water system

By Michael Goldberg and Emily Wagster Pettus - Associated Press

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

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi, right, walks in Kyiv, Ukraine, early Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. The U.N. nuclear watchdog team set off on an urgent mission to safeguard the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia atomic power plant at the heart of fighting in Ukraine, a long-awaited trip the world hopes will help avoid a radioactive catastrophe. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

U.N. nuclear agency team arrives at Ukraine power plant

By Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press

The area in front of the Stade Industrial Park is part of the future port expansion for the planned import terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Stade, Germany, on April 2022. Russia’s war against Ukraine shattered its relations with Europe, which soon lost most of the natural gas that Moscow had long provided. Now, as winter nears, European nations have backed a short-term fix set to begin before the end of 2022 that has raised alarms among scientists who fear the long term consequences for the climate. (Sina Schuldt/dpa via AP, File)

Europe plan for floating gas terminals raises climate fears

By Cathy Bussewitz - Associated Press

Monique An charges her Tesla car to a wall connector charger while posing for photos at her home in San Francisco, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. California is poised to required 100% of new cars, trucks and SUVs sold in the state to be powered by electricity or hydrogen by 2035. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Most Americans still not ready to buy electric vehicles

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Local residents examine a portion of a road destroyed by floodwaters in the Kalam Valley in northern Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. Officials in Pakistan raised concerns Wednesday over the spread of waterborne diseases among thousands of flood victims as flood waters from powerful monsoon rains began to recede in many parts of the country. (AP Photo/Sherin Zada)

In Pakistan, fears of waterborne diseases as floods recede

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Electric vehicle chargers are seen in the parking lot of South El Monte High School 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. Advocates for the policy say the switch from gas- to battery-powered cars is a necessary step to reducing pollution in disadvantaged neighborhoods, but that the state make sure those residents can access the cars, too.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Equity is goal, not mandate, in California electric car rule

By Kathleen Ronayne - Associated Press

Toyota invests in EV battery production in Japan, U.S.

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

Illustration on cutting carbon emissions by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

America is now suffering from a shortage of carbon dioxide

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Soldiers and National Park Service personnel offload equipment and supplies from a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Kahiltna Glacier on April 27, 2022. The Army says it has grounded its fleet of Chinook cargo helicopters after fuel leaks caused a "small number" of engine fires. (John Pennell/U.S. Army via AP, File)

Army grounds Chinook helicopter fleet; mechanical problems behind fuel leaks that caused fires

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A family salvages belongings from their flood-hit home in Shikarpur district of Sindh province, of Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Officials in Pakistan raised concerns Wednesday over the spread of waterborne diseases among thousands of flood victims as flood waters from powerful monsoon rains began to recede in many parts of the country. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

WHO warns: Pakistan flooding destroyed health centers, will exacerbate disease outbreaks

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Electric vehicle chargers are seen in the parking lot of South El Monte High School 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. Advocates for the policy say the switch from gas- to battery-powered cars is a necessary step to reducing pollution in disadvantaged neighborhoods, but that the state make sure those residents can access the cars, too.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Electric shock: Spike in U.K. energy prices push cost of running EVs above gas-powered cars

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

In this photo from Feb. 4, 2013, boxes of macaroni and cheese and donated cosmetics sit on a table at Tent City, the encampment of homeless people in the woods of Lakewood, N.J., as camp residents talk in the background. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) **FILE**

New Jersey town topples trees from town square in bid to clear out homeless

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Homes are surrounded by floodwaters in Sohbat Pur city, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Disaster officials say nearly a half million people in Pakistan are crowded into camps after losing their homes in widespread flooding caused by unprecedented monsoon rains in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Zahid Hussain)

U.N. to seek $160 million in emergency aid for Pakistan floods

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

A car is parked at an electric charging station in San Francisco, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. California is poised to required 100% of new cars, trucks and SUVs sold in the state to be powered by electricity or hydrogen by 2035. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

California’s electric vehicle gamble

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

FILE - President Joe Biden signs the Democrats' landmark climate change and health care bill in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Aug. 16, 2022, as from left, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., and Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., watch. After decades of failed attempts, Democrats passed legislation that aims to reign in the soaring costs of drugs for some Americans. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Inflation bill emboldens Biden’s bureaucratic army

By Larry Behrens

FILE - U.S. Marines direct a chinook helicopter arriving to pick up a container with supplies at Forward Operating Base Edi in the Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan on June 9, 2011. The Army said Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, that it has grounded its fleet of about 400 Chinook cargo helicopters after fuel leaks caused a small number of engine fires. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)

Army grounds Chinook helicopter fleet after a ‘small number’ of engine fires

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Farm Bill Overreach Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Fate of 2023 Farm Bill hangs in the balance of November’s election

By Chuck Muth