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China doing ‘quite well’ enforcing U.N. sanctions on North Korea, South says

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This Dec. 4, 2012, photo provided by The Goldman Environmental Prize shows Kimberly Wasserman Nieto, of Chicago, standing outside Midwest Generation's Crawford Generating Station in Chicago. (AP Photo/Courtesy of The Goldman Environmental Prize, Jennifer Walton)

‘Environmental justice’ award gives $150K to mom who closed power plants

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waves to the crowd as he enters the auditorium to deliver a policy speech on the 21st Century Pacific Partnership at Tokyo Institute of Technology in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, April 15, 2013. Kerry is in Tokyo as part of Asian tour amid a tense situation over a possible missile launch by North Korea. (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards, Pool)

Secretary of State John Kerry outlines vision for ‘Pacific Dream’ Asia

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry conducts a press conference answering questions from US and Chinese media, Saturday April 13, 2013, in Beijing, China. Kerry arrived in Beijing Saturday to seek Chinese help in persuading North Korea to halt its nuclear and missile testing program. (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards)

U.S., China joint statement calls for ‘forceful’ climate change action

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

MILLOY: Another dim bulb for energy

By Steve Milloy

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‘War on coal’ may burn EPA nominee; GOP senators question Gina McCarthy’s record

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

**FILE** Demonstrators carry signs during a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 5, 2006, in support of a bill to ban horse slaughter for human consumption. (Associated Press)

Budget buffet: Obama moves to take horse meat off the menu

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Gas prices at an Exxon Mobil station at New York Avenue and Bladensburg Road in Northeast Washington and elsewhere rapidly continue their upward march. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

Gas prices expected to stay low this summer

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. John Thune, South Dakota Republican (Associated Press)

EPA acknowledges releasing personal details on farmers

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

A new assessment of climate change in the Arctic shows the ice — including in Greenland (pictured) — is melting faster than previously thought and sharply raises projections of rising global sea levels this century. (Associated Press)

New science guidelines tell states how to teach climate change, evolution

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A British Airways Boeing 747 jetliner lands at London's Heathrow Airport on Monday, Jan. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Feelin’ queasy: More air turbulence over Atlantic predicted

By Raphael Satter - Associated Press

**FILE** Crews work on construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline near County Road 363 and County Road 357, east of Winona, Texas, on Dec. 3, 2012. (Associated Press/The Tyler Morning Telegraph)

Canada campaigns for Keystone pipeline

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Monday, April, 9, 2007, file photo Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks at a ceremony in Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, 300 Kilometers (186 miles) south of capital Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File)

Earthquake hits near Iran’s nuclear power plant

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Ernest Moniz, President Obama's nominee to be secretary of energy, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, April 9, 2013, at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on his nomination. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Ernest Moniz, Obama’s energy secretary nominee, lauds fracking ‘revolution’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Former Robert Morris player: Rice used gay slur

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Wednesday Feb. 15, 2012, file photo, released by the Iranian President's Office, claims to show Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, second left being escorted by technicians during a tour of Tehran's research reactor center in northern Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Iranian President's Office, File)

Defiant Iran goes forth with 2 nuclear projects

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** An Exxon sign is displayed Jan. 27 atop a minimarket in Carnegie, Pa. (Associated Press)

Exxon Mobil must pay $236 million in N.H. pollution case

By Lynne Tuohy - Associated Press

Illustration Wind Power by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Blowing taxpayer money

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama receives the Presidential Daily Briefing from Robert Cardillo, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Intelligence Integration, in the Oval Office, Jan. 31, 2012. Part of the briefing was done using a tablet computer. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Search error: Feds pay for data they could have just Googled, audit finds

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This April 2, 2013 photo shows Carolina Hurricanes hockey player Joni Pitkanen (25), of Finland, being taken off the ice on a stretcher with help from teammates Jiri Tlusty (19), far left, and and Tim Gleason (6), right, during the second period of an NHL game against the Washington Capitals in Raleigh, N.C. The Hurricanes say Pitkanen will miss the rest of the season with a broken heel. General manager Jim Rutherford disclosed the severity of Pitkanen's injury Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Chris Seward)

Hybrid icing debate heats up as NHL looks to reduce injury

By Stephen Whyno - The Washington Times