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Illustration: Fracking by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

MURDOCK: Fracking is greener than critics claim

By Deroy Murdock

Smoke rises from burning railroad cars carrying crude oil after they derailed in downtown Lac Megantic, Quebec, on Saturday, July 6, 2013. A large swath of the town was destroyed, and up to 1,000 people were forced to evacuate. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)

EDITORIAL: Keystone safety

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

GOLDEN HAMMER: Temp worker program rings up $37M tab at Energy Department

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Dozens buried by mudslides in China as rescue workers comb for survivors

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Binz record on energy in Colorado concerns many

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

DRIESSEN: Diverting food for fuel

By Paul Driessen

** FILE ** "Kitler," the kitten who was overlooked for adoption because of her resemblance to Adolf Hitler, found a loving home after hundreds of applications flooded the Wood Green Animal Shelter. (Daily Caller)

PETA kills 2,000 dogs and cats each year: report

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

An electron microscope image shows the MERS virus, colorized in yellow. The mysterious new respiratory virus that originated in the Middle East spreads easily between people and appears more deadly than SARS, doctors say. (AP Photo/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases-Rocky Mountain Laboratories)

2 more dead from SARS-like virus, Saudis say

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Lost at sea: 2 Americans, 6 others rescued off the coast of Honduras

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A girl jumps into a swimming pool on a hot day in Skopje, Macedonia, on Wednesday, July 3, 2013, as the temperature reaches 30C (86F). Global warming accelerated since the 1970s and broke more countries' temperature records than ever before in the first decade of the new millennium, U.N. climate experts said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

U.S. watches as EU struggles with ‘cap-and-trade’

By Annie Z. Yu - The Washington Times

McAuliffe’s climate activist and FOIA

The Washington Times

** FILE ** An American flag hangs amid the wreckage on Thanksgiving Day in the Breezy Point community of the Rockaways in the New York borough of Queens on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Superstorm Sandy fire victims in N.J. sue electric company over lost homes

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

DUNCAN: A step toward American energy independence

By Jeff Duncan

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

DEAN: America’s worst polluters

By Warren L. Dean Jr.

KREUTZER: In the war on coal, the enemy is us

By David W. Kreutzer

Homes burn as the Yarnell Hill Fire approaches Glenn Ilah on Sunday, June 30, 2013, near Yarnell, Ariz. The fire started Friday and picked up momentum as the area experienced high temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions. It has forced the evacuation of residents in the Peeples Valley area and in the town of Yarnell. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Kadlubowski)

Arizona firefighters failed to set proper escape route, forestry spokesman says

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The Grand wildfire burns into the Los Padres National Forest near Gorman, Calif., where the blaze charred more than 3,000 acres on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Luis Sinco)

EDITORIAL: No taming the Western wildfires

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

President Obama, center, and and Gov. Chris Christie meet with local residents as they tour neighborhood effected by superstorm Sandy, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 in Brigantine, N.J. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Bad weather changes congressional environment voting: Study

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this frame grab made from TV footage distributed by Russian Vesti 24 channel, a Russian booster rocket carrying three satellites crashes at a Russia-leased cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, July 2, 2013, shortly after the launch. (AP Photo/ Vesti 24 via APTN)

Russian rocket explodes seconds after takeoff, crashes in Kazakhstan

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

U.S. President Barack Obama shakes the hands of a line of women stationed to welcome his arrival, accompanied by Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, right, at State House in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Monday, July 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Obama steps up aid to save Africa’s animals

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times