Environment

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National Edition Opinion cover for December 18, 2015 - Why California’s drought matters (Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times)

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Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (Associated Press)

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Illustration on government subsidization of the solar energy industry by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Mismanagement Deepens Drought Damage Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Mismanagement Deepens Drought Damage Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Engraving of Horace Greeley by J.E. Baker, Boston, 1872

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2015 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. States and industry groups dependent on fossil fuels began filing court challenges Friday to President Obama's Clean Power Plan, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

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Santa Claus and the Pledge of Allegiance have been restored at a Brooklyn public elementary school after a ban caused a public outcry. (Associated Press)

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The August Empire returns with "Atmosphere." (theaugustempire.com)

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Marijuana plants grow at LifeLine Labs in Cottage Grove, Minn. (Associated Press)

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Ban guns! Ban Muslims! (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)

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Newly released dashcam footage appears to contradict a claim by North Carolina state rep. Cecil Brockman, a black Democrat, after he accused state troopers of racism following a recent traffic stop. (WBTV)

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Government meteorologists monitor from a satellite image of Typhoon Melor fat the weather bureau center in suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines as it hits the eastern Philippines Monday, Dec. 14, 2015. Thousands of residents evacuated as the typhoon slammed into the eastern Philippines, where flood- and landslide-prone communities are bracing for destructive winds, heavy rains and coastal floods of up to 4 meters (13 feet), officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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redskins report cover

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to the press following the COP21 United Nations conference on climate change in Le Bourget, France, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

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An activist hold a poster during a demonstration near the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, Saturday, Dec.12, 2015 during the COP21, the United Nations Climate Change Conference. As organizers of the Paris climate talks presented what they hope is a final draft of the accord, protesters from environmental and human rights groups gather to call attention to populations threatened by rising seas and increasing droughts and floods. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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National Edition News cover for December 13, 2015 - COP21: Nearly 200 nations adopt 1st global climate change pact: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, right, watches French President Francois Hiollande hugging United Nations climate chief Christiana Figueres after the final conference of the COP21, the United Nations conference on climate change, in Le Bourget, north of Paris, Saturday, Dec.12, 2015. Nearly 200 nations adopted the first global pact to fight climate change on Saturday, calling on the world to collectively cut and then eliminate greenhouse gas pollution but imposing no sanctions on countries that don’t. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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French President Francois Hollande, right, and French Foreign Minister and president of the COP21 Laurent Fabius react after the final conference at the COP21, the United Nations conference on climate change, in Le Bourget, north of Paris, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. Governments have adopted a global agreement that for the first time asks all countries to reduce or rein in their greenhouse gas emissions. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)