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Two red ramshorn snails. File photo credit: TETU222 via Shutterstock.

Rare snail originally extinct in the wild reintroduced into North Carolina pond, first in 20 years

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says a launch of the newly developed Chollima-1 rocket carrying the Malligyong-1 satellite at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground, on May 31, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP) **FILE**

New North Korean try at launching military satellite rattles a tense region

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan speaks at the University of Maryland, May 11, 2023, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard) **FILE**

Biden doles out $2 billion for climate justice amid spending battle with Republicans

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Winter, and the electrical power grid illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

This winter, will the power grid survive?

By Jason Isaac

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Letter to the editor: U.S. to suffer under lousy China deal

This photo provided by the Alaska Department of Public Safety shows the landslide that occurred the previous evening near Wrangell, Alaska, on Nov. 21, 2023. Authorities said at least one person died and others were believed missing after the large landslide roared down a mountaintop into the path of three homes. (Alaska Department of Public Safety via AP)

Death toll from landslide in remote Alaska fishing community reaches 3, more missing

By Becky Bohrer, Mark Thiessen and John Raby - Associated Press

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Letter to the editor: In New Jersey, buyer beware

In this image provided by the Gila River Indian Community, Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis gives a speech during the signing of an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to put solar panels over a stretch of irrigation canal on the tribe’s land near Chandler, Ariz., Nov. 9, 2023. (Gila River Indian News via AP)

Solar panels will cut water loss from canals in Gila River Indian Community

By Brittany Peterson - Associated Press

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, welcomes African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina at the G20 Investment Summit - German Business and the CwA Countries on the sidelines of a Compact with Africa in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. In the high-level conference investment summit the African Compact partner countries meet with high-ranking representatives of German companies to explore investments under the framework of the G20 partnership with Africa. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany pledges to invest 4 billion euros in green energy projects in Africa

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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak opens the Global Food Security Summit in London, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. The summit, hosted by the UK in partnership with the UAE, Somalia, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Children's Investment Fund, aims to galvanise action to tackle hunger and malnutrition. (Dan Kitwood/PA via AP)

U.K. leader Rishi Sunak urges world to use AI and science to end malnutrition

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Trash and plastics litter the sand of Yarakh Beach in Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 8, 2022. Negotiators at U.N.-led talks in Nairobi have failed to agree on how to advance work toward the development of a global treaty to end plastic pollution. Environmental advocates say some oil-producing governments used stalling tactics designed to ultimately weaken the treaty. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Weeklong negotiations for landmark treaty to end plastic pollution close, marred in disagreements

By Carlos Mureithi - Associated Press

Seal of the U.S. Navy. ( AP Photo)

All 9 aboard U.S. Navy plane that overshot runway escape injury, Hawaii official says

By Audrey McAvoy - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at his office in Tokyo Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. North Korea told Japan that it will make a third attempt to launch a military spy satellite later this month, Japanese media reported Tuesday. (Kyodo News via AP)

North Korea reportedly tells Japan it will make 3rd attempt to launch spy satellite

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Al Gore: Hypocritical climate change warrior illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Gore, Kerry and Gates: Hypocritical climate change warriors living large

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Rescue teams work at the place where a wall collapsed at the entrance of a tunnel in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. According to Civil Defense at least 9 people were killed when the wall fell down due to heavy rains. ( AP Photo/Eddy Vittini)

Experts say a wall that collapsed and killed 9 in the Dominican Republic capital was poorly built

By Martín Adames Alcántara - Associated Press

A whitetail doe and her fawn keep an eye out from a field, in this June 14, 2023, file photo in Freeport, Maine. The state, which bans bug game hunting on Sundays, has been attempting to control the deer population in areas of southern and central Maine through changes to the antlerless deer permit system. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Maine and Massachusetts are the last states to keep bans on Sunday hunting. That might soon change

By Patrick Whittle - Associated Press

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Invasive Carp Field Lead Kayla Stampfle inspects the components of a telemetry receiver that tracks tagged invasive carp in the Mississippi River near La Crosse, Wis. on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. The solar-powered receiver can transmit real-time notifications of the movements of tagged invasive carp. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond)

Do snitches net fishes? Scientists turn invasive carp into traitors to slow their Great Lakes push

By Todd Richmond - Associated Press

A heavy machinery works at the the entrance to the site of an under-construction road tunnel that collapsed in mountainous Uttarakhand state, India, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. Forty workers were trapped in the collapsed road tunnel in northern India for a seventh day Saturday as rescuers waited for a new machine to drill through the rubble so they could crawl to their freedom. (AP Photo)

41 workers in India are stuck in a tunnel for an 8th day. Officials consider alternate rescue plans

By Biswajeet Banerjee - Associated Press

Abba Usman sells granulated sugar at his shop inside a market in Abuja, Nigeria, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. The same 50-kilogram (110-pound) bag of sugar that Usman bought a week ago for $66 now costs $81. As prices rise, his customers are dwindling. (AP Photo/Chinedu Asadu)

Sugar prices are rising worldwide after bad weather tied to El Nino damaged crops in Asia

By Aniruddha Ghosal and Chinedu Asadu - Associated Press

SpaceX's mega rocket Starship launches for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

SpaceX launches its giant new rocket but a pair of explosions ends the second test flight

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press