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South Koreans are reportedly hoarding sea salt and other ocean products in nervous anticipation of Japan dumping over a million metric tons of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean.

Republican lawmakers and experts are calling on the Biden administration to put an “immediate moratorium” on offshore wind development until its effects on U.S. military operations, navigation and radar systems are studied, according to a report.

New Jersey lawmakers advanced on Tuesday a bill that would allow federal tax credits, originally meant for energy customers, to go to the Danish “green” corporation Ørsted, the company responsible for the widely hated “Ocean Wind” offshore projects that have inspired widespread protests statewide.

Democrat-run New York City is ready to hit residents and visitors alike with a “congestion charge” after federal approval was granted Monday for its first-in-the-nation plan to impose big tolls to drive into the most visited parts of Manhattan.

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Monday it is releasing some $1.7 billion in grants to fund new electric and low-emission buses across the country.

New York City has told pizzerias that use coal or wood-burning ovens to slice their carbon emissions by 75 percent or else face hefty fines.

A freight train carrying hazardous material derailed into Yellowstone River after a bridge collapsed in Montana early Saturday morning, officials announced.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on how Joe Biden’s push for green energy and electric vehicles is impacting Americans on Thursday.

A 71-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of starting an explosive forest fire last year that destroyed more than 100 homes near Yosemite National Park, California.

Four people died in a fire at an e-bike repair shop in lower Manhattan on Tuesday, with another two people reportedly in critical condition under hospital care. Lithium-ion battery storage has been blamed for the tragedy.

Hollywood stars including Jane Fonda and the Oscar-winning directors of Everything Everywhere All At Once will meet in Los Angeles for a special four-day summit designed to show how the entertainment industry can influence the world in tackling “climate change.”

President Joe Biden will speak in Palo Alto, California, on Monday to announce hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to fight climate change.

Pope Francis received John Kerry in private audience at the Vatican Monday, where the two discussed the importance of combating climate change for the good of the planet.

A federal appeals court invalidated regulations set by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), which Maine lobstermen said could put them out of business. 

A 33-year-old man fell 4,000 feet to his death at Grand Canyon National Park last week. The unidentified man was walking across the canyon’s “Skywalk” attraction — a  horseshoe-shaped glass bridge that extends 70 feet out over the rim of

The office of Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) announced on Thursday that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) would soon begin a requested investigation into a plan spearheaded by Democrat Governor Phil Murphy to build massive wind energy projects off the shores of New Jersey.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday demanded the world start phasing out oil, coal and gas energy sources with immediate effect, further cautioning fossil fuel companies to “cease and desist” measures that aim to “knee-cap” climate progress.

The Committee on Natural Resources will hold a hearing Thursday on the Biden administration’s Bureau of Land Management’s rule restricting the use of public lands.

The car is a direct threat to the Democrat war against individualism, so the left is coming for your car.

The Dutch government launched its Great Reset-style farmer buyout scheme, which could see upwards of ten thousand farms shut down forever.

Movie director James Cameron says he feels he “walked into an ambush” this week during a visit to Argentina in which he believes there was an attempt to use his image as an environmentalist to give a positive spin to lithium mining operations despite Indigenous opposition.

San Diego, famed for its reliable sunshine, has not had a completely clear and sunny day since February 15, and is on track to experience eight consecutive months of below-average temperatures for the first time since 1963.

China’s state-run Global Times propaganda outlet shared stories on Thursday of Chinese “netizens” on regime-controlled social media mocking New York City for being engulfed in a wildfire smog plume flying in from Canada, declaring the wildfires a “losing-face” moment for America.

Fans slammed singer Shawn Mendes for using a photo of New York City covered in smoke from the wildfires in Canada to promote his new single.

UK Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch has blamed the UK government’s obsession with green ideology for keeping EU laws alive in the country.

Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg said Friday skipping classes as a way to draw attention to “climate change” is no longer an option for her as she is graduating from high school but that doesn’t mean she will be silent.

Fields across southern Ukraine could be turned into “deserts” due to massive flooding caused by the destruction of Kakhovka dam, the country’s agricultural ministry has warned.

The UK Guardian on Wednesday reported that the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), the state oil company of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), was given access to the email system employed by the Cop28 climate summit and has been reading much of the summit’s electronic correspondence.

Los Angeles County has painted the “Progress Pride” flag on two lifeguard towers, adding the transgender pastel colors to the Rainbow flag that was once the ubiquitous symbol of LGBT Pride.

The mayor of Montreal, Valérie Plante, told reporters on Wednesday that her city had offered the provincial government of Quebec to send firefighters to help control the over 100 wildfires spreading in the region and engulfing the American Northeast and Midwest in smoke – but Quebec refused them.

There will be no respite from the thick, hazardous wildfire smoke that’s disrupting daily life for millions of people across the U.S. East Coast and Midwest anytime soon, a specialist meteorologist forecast Thursday.

Advocacy group Consumers’ Research launched its “Bank of UnAmerican” campaign targeting the nation’s second-largest banking institution, Bank of America, over its use of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies.

CARACAS – Venezuela experienced at least 86 oil spills in 2022, an average of seven such accidents a month, according to a report published by the Venezuelan Observatory of Political Ecology (OEP) on Tuesday.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed the Canadian wildfires, causing the poor air quality throughout the northeast, are the result of the “climate crises.”

Smoke from Canadian wildfires is pouring into the U.S. East Coast and Midwest and covering the capitals of both nations in an unhealthy haze.

New York is urging residents dealing with low air quality due to wildfire smoke to take steps to reduce pollution in their own lives.