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Costs of wind and solar power versus fossil fuels illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

As wind and solar power falter, U.N. climate agreement becomes wishful thinking

By Alvaro Vargas Llosa

This image made from video provided by the Icelandic Coast Guard shows its helicopter flying near magma running on a hill near Grindavik on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula sometime around late Monday, Dec. 18, or early Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. A volcanic eruption started Monday night on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, turning the sky orange and prompting the country’s civil defense to be on high alert. (Icelandic coast guard via AP)

WATCH: Volcano erupts on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula

By Sylvia Hui - Associated Press

Britain's Minister for Climate Graham Stuart speaks during a plenary session at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Defund the United Nations’ climate police

By Paul Driessen

Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cooper rues a missed chance during the English Premier League soccer match between Nottingham Forest and Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton, England, Saturday Dec. 9, 2023. (Mike Egerton/PA via AP)

Nottingham Forest fires manager Steve Cooper as club fights for Premier League survival

By Steve Douglas - Associated Press

The Silicon Valley Advance Water Purification Center is pictured Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in San Jose, Calif. Treated wastewater is purified into drinking water at the facility. California regulators are preparing to vote on new rules for turning recycled wastewater into drinking water. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

California is set to become 2nd state to OK rules for turning wastewater into drinking water

By Adam Beam - Associated Press

Michael Donnelly stands in a grove of old-growth trees in the off-trail area of the Opal Creek Wilderness area, July 30, 2015, east of Salem, Ore. The Biden administration is moving to conserve groves of old-growth trees on federal lands by revising management plans for all national forests and grasslands in the U.S. (Zach Urness/Statesman-Journal via AP, File)

Biden administration moves to protect oldest trees as climate change brings more fires, pests

By Matthew Brown - Associated Press

The bullseye on eliminating sources of electrical power illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Biden has put bull’s-eyes on sources of 65.6% of U.S. electricity

By Deroy Murdock

Demonizing American agriculture illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

U.N. Climate Change Conference proves the world needs American agriculture

By Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson

A car drives on a flooded street in Philadelphia early Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. (Alejandro A. Alvarez/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Flood and wind warnings issued, airlines and schools affected as strong storm hits the Northeast

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This image from a video, shows partially submerged small planes at Cairns Airport in Cairns, Australia Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. More than 300 people were rescued overnight from floodwaters in northeast Australia, with dozens of residents clinging to roofs, officials said on Monday. (Australian Broadcasting Corp. via AP)

More than 300 rescued from floodwaters in northeast Australia

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Indonesia's President Joko Widodo, third left, and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, fourth left, pose for a photo following the announcement of their joint statement to support meetings of the Asian Zero Energy Carbon (AZEC), at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. The AZEC summit is held in Tokyo in conjunction with the ASEAN-Japan 50th anniversary Commemorative Summit. Other officials are Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation) Masakazu Kubota, from left, President of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia Tetsuya Watanabe, Economy Minister Saito Ken and Vice Chair of the ASEAN Business Advisory Council Bernardino Moningka Vega. (David Mareuil/Pool Photo via AP)

Kishida says Japan is ready to lead Asia in achieving decarbonization and energy security

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

A subway train arrives Jan. 13, 2015, at the L'Enfant Metro Station in Washington, D.C., which is part of the region's public mass transit network. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Bad trip: Biden making federal workers take public transportation or other ‘green’ travel options

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, wildlife officials release five gray wolves onto public land in Grand County, Colo., Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. The wolves were released to kick off a voter-approved reintroduction program that was embraced in the state's mostly Democratic urban corridor but staunchly opposed in conservative rural areas where ranchers worry about attacks on livestock. (Colorado Natural Resources via AP)

Colorado releases first 5 wolves in reintroduction plan approved by voters to chagrin of ranchers

By Jesse Bedayn - Associated Press

A vehicle is partially covered by a collapsed building in the aftermath of an earthquake in Dahejia village of Jishishan County in northwestern China's Gansu province Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. (Chinatopix via AP, File)

An earthquake in northwestern China kills at least 127 people and is the deadliest in 9 years

By Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

People watch as the night sky is illuminated caused by the eruption of a volcano on the Reykjanes peninsula of south-west Iceland seen from the capital city of Reykjavik, Monday Dec. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gunnarsson)

Volcano erupts in southwestern Iceland, spewing magma in spectacular show of Earth’s power

By Marco Di Marco and David Keyton - Associated Press

In this image made from video, residents watch a plume of smoke from a burning oil depot, in Conakry, Guinea, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. An explosion and inferno at Guinea’s main fuel depot in the capital of Conakry has left several people dead or injured. Guinea’s presidency says the fire broke out at the Guinean Petroleum Company depot shortly after a massive explosion past midnight Sunday. (AP Photo)

A massive fuel depot explosion rocks Guinea’s capital, causing casualties and damage

By Boubacar Diallo - Associated Press

A car drives through a flooded street near the Battery, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, in Charleston, S.C. (Laura Bilson/The Post And Courier via AP)

Storm drenches Florida and causes floods in South Carolina as it moves up East Coast

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AES Indiana Petersburg Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, operates in Petersburg, Ind., on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Biden officials warned against EPA’s plan to ban fossil fuels from electrical grid

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Solar panels are installed on the roof of a home in Frankfort, Ky., Monday, July 17, 2023. Residential solar is gaining traction in the U.S., with about 4.5 million homes now with solar rooftops. The share of electric vehicles in the U.S. is also growing. Many people with EVs become interested in charging them on solar energy, if they own their own roofs. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Electric vehicles owners and solar rooftops find mutual attraction

By Alexa St. John - Associated Press

A member of the Bridge Crew watches over a fire line, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010, in case the prescribed burn jumps the line and ignites on the other side of Kings Pinnacle in Crowders Mountain State Park in Gastonia, N.C. As the U.S. tries to restore a key forest ecosystem in the Southeast, landowners must light more fires on private property. The so-called “prescribed burns” are key to clearing forest debris and allowing pine cones to drop seeds onto the floor. (John D. Simmons /The Charlotte Observer via AP, File)

U.S. pine species thrives when burnt. Southerners are rekindling a ‘fire culture’ to boost its range

By James Pollard - Associated Press