Environment

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Two experts continue to ponder the Democratic presidential hopefuls' fixation on the "climate crisis" — which overlooks the "Little Ice Age." (Associated Press)

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The Michigan state health department was ordered Wednesday to issue emergency rules to ban sales and prohibit misleading marketing of flavored e-cigarette products. (Associated Press)

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Former Vice President and 2020 Democratic challenger Joseph R. Biden participates in a CNN town hall series on climate change. (Screengrab via CNN.com)

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Sen. Kamala D. Harris has a $10 trillion plan that would get the U.S. to a "clean" economy by 2045. That plan includes a pollution fee for polluters.

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Actress Scarlett Johansson appears on The Hollywood Reporter's September 2019 cover. (Image: The Hollywood Reporter)

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Building an Electric Car Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Political clout, rural style: Local residents fended off a massive solar energy development in their countryside with D.C.-style tactics. (Associated Press)

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American Energy Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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Singer and actor Kris Kristofferson joined the U.S. Army in 1960 where he trained to be a helicopter pilot

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Actor and musician Ice-T joined the U.S. Army and served four years in the 25th Infantry.

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The Food and Drug Administration is investigating whether e-cigarettes are linked to seizures and other neurlogical issues such as fainting or tremors. The agency received 127 reports from 2010 to 2019 of people who said they had seizures, tremors or fainted. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Eric Trump listens to opening remarks before the vice-presidential debate between Republican vice-presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Castro

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M72 LAW ANTI-TANK WEAPON - A Marine with Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Ground Combat Element, fires an M72A7 rocket launcher during a familiarization course. This course offered Marines the opportunity to experience firing shoulder fired rocket launchers, Oct. 23, 2017. The 15th MEU is embarked on the America Amphibious Ready Group and is deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Timothy Valero/Released)

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Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro makes a signal with his hand during a military ceremony for the Day of the Soldier, at Army Headquarters in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he's leaning toward sending the army to help fight Amazon fires that have alarmed people across the globe. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)