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Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy released his report Wednesday into California’s troubled high-speed rail project, concluding that it was a waste of money and presented “no viable way forward” to completion.

The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority said Tuesday it would kill dozens of elephants to control the animals’ population.

The famed eaglet Sunny, one of Jackie and Shadow’s offspring, took her first flight on Monday, leaving her sister Gizmo behind in the nest.

The head of a pro-American energy watchdog group says his investigation into several of former President Joe Biden’s climate-related executive actions uncovered “criminal” and “evil” evidence that members of the White House acted without presidential authorization while he was in mental decline.

Rick Caruso shared a report Saturday that alleges the Palisades Fire was manageable, implying local officials failed in their duties.

Keith Heaton, the executive director of the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, discusses his group’s victory in a Supreme Court ruling that limits the scope of reviews required by the National Environmental Policy Act.

There is no evidence that former President Joe Biden knew of at least eight climate-related executive actions he supposedly signed during office, according to a pro-American energy watchdog group.

It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. That is the rationale driving upwards of 10,000 climate doomers jetting to the French Riviera next week for what the United Nations has deemed the latest global “climate emergency” meeting.

A rapid 14-day environmental review has seen a new uranium mine approved in Utah. The endorsement is part of a refreshed Trump administration process to fast-track permissions for energy and mining projects.

British consumers have paid nearly £220 billion more on their energy prices over the past two decades as a result of Westminster’s radical green agenda schemes, a report from a leading energy consultancy firm has found.

A major power outage struck southeastern France on Saturday, disrupting traffic and briefly halting events at the Cannes Film Festival as the prestigious event prepared to hand out its top prize.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) was fuming Thursday as Congress passed a repeal of California’s electric vehicle (EV) mandate, which relied on a special waiver from the outgoing Biden administration in December.

UK pays the highest energy prices in the world, but the country could ditch its dash for wind and stop blocking new oil drilling, says Trump. 

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is reportedly seeking to impose sanctions to prevent the repair of the Nord Stream pipelines and to prevent the link between Russia and Germany from being restored should a Ukraine peace deal be brokered, sparking a backlash from populists within the top EU economy.

President Donald Trump’s administration has lifted a stop-work order on a massive offshore wind farm project, a move that could revive a gas pipeline plan.

A supercell band of tornadoes cut a path of destruction through the Ohio Valley late Friday, leaving at least 21 people dead in Kentucky and Missouri, authorities reported Saturday.

A growing number of states are expressing no appetite for so-called “lab-grown meat,” with Montana now being the latest to ban the sale of food containing the product.

Spain is running its national power grid in “strengthened mode”, using more nuclear and natural gas in place of the renewables.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) proposed Wednesday to spend $1 billion per year on the state’s failing high-speed rail project through cap-and-trade programs, even as his budget drowned in massive deficits.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on Thursday introduced legislation that would derail efforts by Democrat states to institute zero-emission trains.

A claimed “gender gap” in carbon emissions was revealed Wednesday in a French study that found women emit 26 percent less carbon than men due to their diet and transport choices.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Monday said the Department slashed 47 regulations that put onerous strictures on consumer appliances, placed limits on building and energy production, and doled out taxpayer dollars to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) grants.

Four months after a devastating fire scorched the Santa Monica mountains above Pacific Palisades, wildlife are returning to the area, as green shoots draw herbivores back into the blackened hills and silted canyons.

A bill working its way through the Texas legislature has caused some double takes with language that requires solar plants to provide power in the dark.

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s hostility to the oil industry could lead to the closure of local refineries — which, in turn, could push gas prices past $6 per gallon, or even $9 per gallon, a local analyst has warned.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is formally closing the door on geoengineering and weather modification in Florida amid increased worries about “chemtrails,” signing legislation which repeals the state’s ability to issue permits for such actions.

Thirty-five Democrats in the U.S. House joined Republicans last week to repeal California Governor Gavin Newsom’s attempt to ban sales of gas-powered cars in his state in favor of electric vehicles (EVs) by 2035.

Developer and philanthropist Rick Caruso called on Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to fire L.A. Department of Water and Power (LAWDP) CEO Janisse Quiñones on Monday, citing failure to maintain a key reservoir.

The 117-million-gallon Santa Ynez Reservoir, which was almost empty when the Palisades Fire struck western Los Angeles in January, must be drained again after new cracks were found in the floating cover.

During an interview with FOX 11 L.A.’s Elex Michaelson for Friday’s broadcast of “The Issue Is,” Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) discussed the brand of the Democratic Party and said that one part is “our climate crisis is real. It’s existential.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin said Friday that its reorganization of many offices will save $300 million annually and help the agency work more efficiently to protect the country’s air, land, and water.

Israel managed to contain one of the largest wildfires in the country’s history this week without losing any structures to the blaze — unlike California, which saw tens of thousands of structures destroyed in January.

Wildfires that began on Wednesday morning and that have burned more than 5,000 acres in Israel have “miraculously” left homes untouched, according to Israeli firefighting authorities.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that Ukraine has signed a “historic economic partnership agreement” with the United States that establishes the United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund and allows the U.S. access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals.