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A US flag flies off the stern of a tour boat at the Port of Los Angele in California on July 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Environment
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Wind power generators are enveloped in a smoky sky near the Millard fire on July 15, 2006 near Cabazon, California.
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Aerial view of the China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) Jiujiang oil refinery with crude oil processing capacity of 8 million tons per year on January 23, 2021 in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province of China. (Photo by Zhang Haiyan/VCG via Getty Images)
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North Rhine-Westphalia, Gelsenkirchen: Polar bear Lara takes a nap in the snow.
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Cranes unload coal from a cargo ship at Lianyungang port on August 19, 2020 in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province of China
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President-elect Joe Biden in Wilmington, Del., Dec. 4.
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Chinese President speaks at the podium during the unveiling of the Communist Party's new Politburo Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People on October 25, 2017 in Beijing, China.
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A thick haze engulfs Beijing’s Forbidden City, Dec. 9, 2019.
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A doctor performs an ultrasound on a pregnant woman in Sukadana, Indonesia, Aug. 3, 2016.
Experts
Brigham A. McCown
Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on American Energy Security
