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Construction continues for a new train line in northern Mexico, in San Lorenzo, Sonora state, Mexico, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. Residents in the northern state of Sonora are battling the new train line which they say threatens to displace their homes and cut up the local ecosystem. (AP Photo/Luis Castillo)

Residents battling a new train line in northern Mexico face a wall of government secrecy

By Daniel Shailer - Associated Press

In this March 10, 2010, file photo, a 25-foot harbor patrol boat passes by the 399-foot U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star as it sits moored at a dock in Seattle. The United States' last vessel capable of breaking through the heaviest ice of the Arctic Circle, and resupplying the U.S. polar research station there, is scheduled to leave San Francisco Bay on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. While Russia and China have dozens of icebreakers, opposition in Congress to funding means the U.S. has just one heavy-duty one, already a decade past its decommissioning date. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Missing sailor from New Jersey found, reunited with family

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

The sun sets behind a pair of pumpjacks Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, in the oilfields of Penwell, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File)

Texas approves new textbooks after friction over fossil fuels in U.S.’s biggest oil and gas state

By Acacia Coronado - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands prior to their bilateral talk on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, in San Francisco, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan, China agree on a constructive relationship, but reach only vague promises in seafood dispute

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Land-based wind turbines spin in Atlantic City N.J. on Nov. 3, 2023. On Friday, Nov. 17, New Jersey utility regulators voted to seek bids for an energy transmission project to help bring power from ocean-based turbines to the onshore electrical grid. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Despite loss of 2 major projects, New Jersey is moving forward with its offshore wind power goals

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

Owners bring their dogs to a park in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Veterinary laboratories in several states, including Oregon, Colorado and New Hampshire, are investigating an unusual respiratory illness in dogs that causes lasting illness and doesn't respond to antibiotics. The Oregon Department of Agriculture, which is working with state researchers and the U.S. Deparment of Agriculture's National Veterinary Services Laboratory to find out what is causing the illnesses, has documented more than 200 cases of the disease since mid-August 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Dogs are coming down with unusual respiratory illness in several U.S. states

By Devi Shastri - Associated Press

Hiking Summit Trail #300 up Piestewa Peak in Phoenix Mountains Preserve. File photo credit: Monika Salvan via Shutterstock.

Mysterious large cat spotted in Arizona; wildlife officials say it’s not a native species

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

FILE - A seventh grader carries her plate which consists of three bean chili, rice, mandarins, cherry tomatoes and baked chips during her lunch break at a public school in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. Experts agree that the urgency of climate change and the demands of a surging global population call for an overhaul of how humans get their protein. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Eating less meat would be good for the Earth. Small nudges can change behavior

By Jonel Aleccia and Laura Ungar - Associated Press

Wopke Hoekstra, the EU climate commissioner, speaks to journalists at the Delegation of the EU to China compound in Beijing on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. The European Union's top climate official said Thursday that China should stop building new coal-fired power plants and contribute to a global fund to help poor countries impacted by climate change. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

EU calls on China to stop building coal plants and contribute to a climate fund for poor nations

Associated Press

People cool off in a water fountain at Madureira Park amid a heat wave in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

It’s not yet summer in Brazil, but a dangerous heat wave is sweeping the country

Associated Press

Biden and offshore wind farms Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Offshore wind energy is sinking like a stone

By Craig Rucker

People watch rescue and relief operations at the site of an under-construction road tunnel that collapsed in mountainous Uttarakhand state, India, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. Rescuers have been trying to drill wide pipes through excavated rubble to create a passage to free 40 construction workers trapped since Sunday. About 200 disaster relief personnel have been using drilling equipment and excavators in the rescue operation with the plan to push steel pipes 2.5-foot (0.76 meter) -wide through an opening of excavated debris with the help of hydraulic jacks to safely pull out the stranded workers. (AP Photo)

Some of the 40 workers trapped in India tunnel collapse are sick as debris and glitches delay rescue

By Biswajeet Banerjee - Associated Press

A Wisconsin bowhunter escaped a cougar's jaws (not pictured) this weekend but also escaped any charges for killing it, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday. (National Park Service via AP)

Wisconsin bowhunter kills cougar after fearing for his safety, will not be charged

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency flies in front of its headquarters during an IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, Austria, on Feb. 6, 2023. Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to nearly weapons-grade levels, according to a report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen by The Associated Press. The International Atomic Energy Agency also said that Iran has pushed back against its objections to Tehran’s ban on some of its inspectors designated to monitor the country’s nuclear program. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader, File)

U.N. agency report says Iran has further increased its uranium stockpile

By Stephanie Liechtenstein - Associated Press

Tourists line up for stepping up Angkor Wat temple outside Siem Reap, Cambodia, on Dec. 31, 2017. The human rights group Amnesty International in a report released Tuesday Nov. 14, 2023 has strongly criticized the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO and its World Heritage program for failing to challenge the Cambodian government’s ongoing mass evictions at the world famous centuries-old Angkor Wat temple complex. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

UNESCO urges Cambodia not to forcibly evict residents of Angkor Wat temple complex

By Angela Charlton - Associated Press

A resident rides past the Guohua Power Station in Dingzhou, Baoding in the northern China's Hebei province, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. China and the U.S. have pledged to accelerate their efforts to address climate change ahead of a major U.N. meeting on the issue, making a commitment to take steps to reduce emissions of methane and other greenhouse gases besides carbon dioxide. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China and the U.S. pledge to step up climate efforts ahead of Biden-Xi summit and U.N. meeting

By Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

Tourists relax in the Blue Lagoon geothermal spa in Iceland on Feb. 21, 2006. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Iceland evacuates town and raises aviation alert as concerns rise that a volcano may erupt

Associated Press

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends the cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany’s highest court annuls a decision to repurpose COVID relief funding for climate measures

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

FILE - A view of a methane digester at the New Hope Dairy in Galt, California, on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016. European Union negotiators reached a deal on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, to reduce highly polluting methane gas emissions from the energy sector across the 27-nation bloc.One of the biggest causes of climate change is methane gas emissions, second only to carbon dioxide, and the gas also causes serious health problems. Most emissions come from the energy, agriculture and waste sectors. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

EU reaches deal to reduce highly polluting methane gas emissions from the energy sector

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

Travelers wait in long lines to check in and board flights at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, Netherlands, on June 21, 2022. The Dutch government has abandoned, for now, plans to rein in flights at Amsterdam's busy Schiphol Airport following protests from countries including the United States and warnings that the move could breach European law and aviation agreements. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Dutch government shelves plans to reduce flights from Amsterdam’s busy Schiphol Airport

Associated Press