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This photo provided by Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) shows rescuers inside a collapsed road tunnel where more than 30 workers were trapped by a landslide in northern in Uttarakhand state, India, Sunday, Nov.12, 2023. ( SDRF via AP)

A rescue operation for 40 workers trapped under a collapsed tunnel in north India enters third day

By Biswajeet Banerjee - Associated Press

Turkeys stand in a barn on a farm near Manson, Iowa, Aug. 10, 2015. Nearly 5 million chickens, turkeys and ducks have been slaughtered this year because of a persistent bird flu outbreak that began in 2022, but as big as that number may sound, it’s far less than the number of birds killed last year and that means consumers generally aren’t seeing as much impact on poultry and egg prices. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Bird flu outbreak isn’t over, but it’s less severe, helping egg and poultry prices recover

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, center right, and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, center left, tour the site of a fire that erupted Saturday under Interstate 10, in Los Angeles, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. (Eric Thayer/Los Angeles Times via AP)

Fire that indefinitely closed vital Los Angeles freeway was likely arson, governor says

By John Antczak, Julie Watson and Jeff Mcmurray - Associated Press

Silhouette of a countryside with Milky Way starry skies, meteor shower and crescent moon. File photo credit: AstroStar via Shutterstock.

Bright flash, boom reported in rural Minnesota likely a meteor, officials say

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

This 2022 photo supplied by the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society shows puteketeke at Lake Ellesmere, south of Christchurch in New Zealand. Vote count for New Zealand's Bird of the Century has been delayed by comedian John Oliver's global campaign, as he discovered a loophole in the rules, which allowed anybody with a valid email address to cast a vote. So he went all-out in a humorous campaign for his favored bird, the puteketeke, a water bird, on his HBO show "Last Week Tonight." (Peter Foulds/Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society via AP)

John Oliver’s campaign for puking mullet bird delays New Zealand vote for favorite feathered friend

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

FILE - A wind farm operates at dusk in rural Solano County, Calif., Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)

U.N. chief calls for an ‘ambition supernova’ as nations make minor progress on climate action

By Sibi Arasu - 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

In this picture provided by The Finnish Border Guard, Finnish Border Guard's offshore vessel Turva on patrol at sea, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023 near the place where damaged Balticconnector gas pipeline is pinpointed at the Gulf of Finland. Finnish and Estonian gas system operators on Sunday said they noted an unusual drop in pressure in the Balticconnector pipeline after which they shut down the gas flow. The Finnish government on Tuesday said there was damage both to the gas pipeline and to a telecommunications cable between the two NATO countries. (Finnish Border Guard/Lehtikuva via AP)

NATO to increase naval patrols around critical undersea pipelines, cables

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

FILE - Mexico's highest peak and the third highest in North America, Pico de Orizaba, or Citlaltepetl mountain, which is a protected natural area, rises above the morning mist as seen from a Mexican Navy aircraft on a volcano monitoring mission in Mexico, July 23, 2013. Environmentalists say the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is trying to greenwash its legacy by adding dozens of new protected natural areas while simultaneously slashing funding for the environmental protection department. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)

More parks, less money: Advocates say Mexico’s new budget doesn’t add up for natural protected areas

By Daniel Shailer - Associated Press

This photo provided by Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) shows rescuers inside a collapsed road tunnel where more than 30 workers were trapped by a landslide in northern in Uttarakhand state, India, Sunday, Nov.12, 2023. ( SDRF via AP)

Rescuers dig to reach 40 workers trapped in collapsed road tunnel in north India

By Biswajeet Banerjee - Associated Press

A Palestinian man collects plastic as smoke rises from a fire in a landfill, east of Gaza City, March 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)

Nations gather in Nairobi to hammer out treaty on plastic pollution

By Jennifer McDermott and Carlos Mureithi - Associated Press

Illustration on impediments to hydrogen energy production by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Treasury delay threatens U.S. hydrogen advantage as China leapfrogs ahead

By Benton Arnett and Michael Purdie

This photo provided by Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force shows rescuers inside a collapsed road tunnel where more than 30 workers were trapped by a landslide in northern in Uttarakhand state, India, Sunday, Nov.12, 2023. (SDRF via AP)

Rescuers dig to reach 40 workers trapped in collapsed road tunnel in north India

By Biswajeet Banerjee - Associated Press

Climate activist Greta Thunberg joined thousands of people who marched through Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023, to call for more action to tackle climate change. Thunberg was among the speakers at the march that comes 10 days before national elections in the Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Thousands march through Amsterdam calling for climate action ahead of Dutch general election

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

The almost dry water reservoir of Combani is visible, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, Tuesday Oct. 10, 2023. The government is pinning its hopes on the upcoming rainy season, though residents say it won't be enough to fix the deep-seated water problems. (AP Photo/Gregoire Merot)

Drought and mismanagement have left a French island parched. That holds lessons for the mainland

By Gregoire Merot - Associated Press

This photo provided by the California Department of Transportation shows an early morning fire along Interstate 10 near downtown Los Angeles, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. (Caltrans District 7 via AP)

Fire that closed I-10 in Los Angeles to snarl traffic indefinitely

Associated Press

Dusk begins to fall at a section of border fence in Brownsville, Texas, on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. The Biden administration's plan to build new barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border calls for a "movable" design that frustrates both environmentalists and advocates of stronger border enforcement. (AP Photo/Valerie Gonzalez)

Biden’s movable wall is criticized by environmentalists and those who want more border security

By Valerie Gonzalez - Associated Press

FILE - Chickens walk in a fenced pasture at an organic farm in Iowa on Oct. 21, 2015. Another 1.2 million chickens will have to be slaughtered after bird flu was confirmed on an Iowa egg farm in the second massive case this week just days after nearly 1 million chickens had to be killed on a Minnesota egg farm. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

1.2 million chickens will be slaughtered at an Iowa farm where bird flu was found

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

The European flag, left, flies at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on April 18, 2023. European Union institutions and conservationists on Friday, Nov. 19, gave a conditional and guarded welcome to a major plan to better protect nature and fight climate change in the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)

EU plan aimed at fighting climate change to go to final votes, even if watered down

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, and Tuvalu's Prime Minister Kausea shake hands on One Foot Island after attending the Leaders' Retreat during the Pacific Islands Forum in Aitutaki, Cook Islands, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. Australia on Friday offered the island nation of Tuvalu a lifeline to help residents escape the rising seas and increased storms that climate change is bringing. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Australia offers to help Tuvalu residents escape rising seas and other ravages of climate change

By Nick Perry - Associated Press