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The container ship COSCO Development is guided under the Talmadge Bridge, May 11, 2017, in Savannah, Ga, as the vessel sails up the Savannah River to the Port of Savannah. The Georgia Department of Transportation said Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, that it has chosen a general contractor to oversee a $189 million project to raise Savannah's towering suspension bridge so that larger cargo ships can pass underneath and reach the city's busy seaport. (Steve Bisson/Savannah Morning News via AP, File)

Georgia agency awards contract to raise Savannah bridge to accommodate bigger ships

By Russ Bynum - Associated Press

In this image made from video, a Japan Airlines plane is seen on fire on the runway of Haneda airport on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. The passenger plane collided with a Japanese coast guard aircraft and burst into flames on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday, officials said. (NTV via AP)

Deadly earthquake, aircraft collision amid recovery efforts mark fraught start to New Year in Japan

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

This Dec. 17, 2020, image provided by Jessica Damiano shows a row of Leyland cypress trees buckling under the weight of snow on their branches on Long Island, New York. (Jessica Damiano via AP)

How to spend the winter planning and preparing for your spring garden

By Jessica Damiano - Associated Press

Al Gore, former U.S. vice president, speaks at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Ignoring the Al Gore-style climate doomsayers

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Ambulance. File image credit Chris D swabb via Shutterstock.

Small earthquake shakes Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C.

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People walk past collapsed buildings following an earthquake in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. A series of powerful earthquakes in western Japan damaged homes, cars and boats, with officials warning people on Tuesday to stay away from their homes in some areas because of a continuing risk of major quakes and tsunamis. (Kyodo News via AP)

Powerful earthquakes leave at least 55 dead along Japan’s western coast

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FILE - A North Atlantic right whale feeds on the surface of Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass., March 28, 2018. Maine and Massachusetts are receiving more than $27 million to enhance data collection, improve fishing gear and make other changes designed to protect the vanishing species of whale. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

To help rare whales, Maine and Massachusetts will spend $27 million on data and gear improvements

By Patrick Whittle - Associated Press

In this June 10, 2005, photo, workers walk past a part of Qinshan No. 2 Nuclear Power Plant, China's first self-designed and self-built national commercial nuclear power plant in Qinshan, about 125 kilometers (about 90 miles) southwest of Shanghai, China. China is ready to approve new nuclear power plants as part of ambitious plans to reduce reliance on oil and coal, ending a moratorium it imposed because of Japan's Fukushima disaster in 2011. The Cabinet on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, passed plans on nuclear power safety and development that said construction of nuclear power plants would resume "steadily." (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) **FILE**

China ramping up nuclear energy as U.S. turns to wind and solar

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Houses fallen by an earthquake are seen in Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. A series of powerful earthquakes in western Japan damaged homes, cars and boats, with officials warning people on Tuesday to stay away from their homes in some areas because of a continuing risk of major quakes and tsunamis. (Kyodo News via AP)

Powerful earthquakes leave at least 48 dead, destroy buildings along Japan’s western coast

By Hiro Komae and Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

This image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows a reported fire aboard the 410-foot cargo vessel Genius Star XI, approximately 200 miles southwest of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, Dec. 29, 2023. The fire in the large cargo ship's hold was out Saturday, Dec. 30, after days of burning, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. (Lt.Cmdr. Michael Salerno/U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File)

A lithium-ion battery fire in a cargo ship’s hold is out after several days of burning

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A tsunami warning is shown on TV in Yokohama, near Tokyo Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. Japan issued tsunami alerts Monday after a series of strong quakes in the Sea of Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan lowers its tsunami warning but still tells people not to go home after a series of earthquakes

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

Books are scattered at a bookstore in Niigata, Japan following an earthquake Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. Japan issued tsunami alerts and told people to evacuate seaside areas after a series of strong quakes on its western coastline Monday. (Kyodo News via AP)

Buildings shake as earthquakes trigger tsunami warnings in Japan

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Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz, center, talks to rescue workers from the German Life Saving Association during his visit to the flood area at the confluence of the Weser and Aller rivers, Germany, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. Chancellor Olaf Scholz took a sightseeing flight in an air force helicopter to gain an impression of the flood situation in the north of Lower Saxony. (Philipp Schulze/dpa via AP)

German chancellor tours flooded regions in the northwest, praises authorities and volunteers

By Kirsten Grieshaber - Associated Press

This image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows a reported fire aboard the 410-foot cargo vessel Genius Star XI, approximately 200 miles southwest of Dutch Harbor, Alaska on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2023. The large cargo ship with a fire in its hold is being kept 2 miles (3.22 kilometers) offshore of an Alaska port as a precaution while efforts are undertaken to extinguish the flames, the U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday. (Lt.Cmdr. Michael Salerno/U.S. Coast Guard via AP)

Ship carrying burning lithium-ion batteries reaches Alaska, kept offshore for safety

By Mark Thiessen - Associated Press

This image released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a flower from a shrub known as marrón bacora on March 21, 2021. The flowering shrub, found in dry forests on St. John’s, Virgin Islands, is threatened by predation, invasive species, urban sprawl, and climate change. (USFWS via AP)

Most money for endangered species goes to a small number of creatures, leaving others in limbo

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Police officers speak with climate activists block the main highway around Amsterdam near the former headquarters of a ING bank to protest its financing of fossil fuels, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023. Protestors walked onto the road at midday, snarling traffic around the Dutch capital in the latest road blockade organized by the Dutch branch of Extinction Rebellion. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion have blocked part of the highway around Amsterdam

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Firetrucks head to an emergency. (Image by blurAZ / shutterstock.com) ** FILE **

Chemical blasts at Connecticut environmental facility injure 3

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

FILE - South Korean Defense Minister Shin Wonsik speaks during a committee at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 23, 2023. A light-water reactor at North Korea’s main nuclear complex will likely be formally operational by next summer, South Korea’s defense minister said, amid suspicions that the North may use it as a new source of fissile materials for nuclear weapons. (Han Jong-chan/Yonhap via AP, File)

North Korea’s new reactor at nuclear site likely to be formally operational next summer, Seoul says

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

Ice coats a vehicle in Bismarck, N.D., on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023. An ice storm, part of a multistate storm in the Northern Plains, struck eastern North Dakota beginning Monday afternoon, Dec. 25, and moved westward, making highways slippery and impacting travel. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)

North Dakota governor declares emergency for ice storm that left thousands without power

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In this June 29, 2016, photo, the town of Prineville, Ore. is seen with the Ochoco National Forest on the horizon. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky) **FILE**

Pair of stranded motorists rescued after hiking miles to get signal in Oregon national forest

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times