Environment

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National Edition News cover for September 4, 2014 - Embarrassment for Greenpeace: HOLDING PATTERN: Pascal Husting, international program director for Greenpeace, is at the center of a scandal over commutes using a carbon-emitting airliner. Staff members say his special treatment undermines their message. (Associated Press)

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Environmental activists from Greenpeace demonstrate by holding images of landmarks in the water during the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico in 2010. Pascal Husting's weekly commute prompted a chorus of derision from Greenpeace opponents after "Flygate" was revealed in Dutch media this summer. It also has aroused the anger of members and donors. (Associated Press)

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HOLDING PATTERN: Pascal Husting, international program director for Greenpeace, is at the center of a scandal over commutes using a carbon-emitting airliner. Staff members say his special treatment undermines their message. (Associated Press photographs)

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A bird catches a snake in its beak on the Potomac River in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, September 3, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Rockets propelled by RD-180 engines transport U.S. national security satellites to space. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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UNION SHOP: Volkswagen wants to implement labor policies, which have made Germany an economic powerhouse, at U.S. plants. (associated press)

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In this Wednesday, Aug 27, 2014 photo released Friday, Aug. 29 by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, agents of the Tule River Tribal Police Department inspect an illegal marijuana operation on the Tulare River Indian Reservation in Tulare County. No arrests were made in the raid, but officials say the illegal crop tapped into a major water supply used by the reservation to nourish thousands of plants. (AP Photo/California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Lt. Patrick Foy)

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President Barack Obama returns a Marine's salute as he boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014, as he travels to Westchester County, N.Y., and Newport, R.I. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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In this photo taken on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, Red Cross workers walk through a section of West Point, an area that has been hit hard by the Ebola virus, with residents not allowed to leave as government forces clamp down on movement to prevent the spread of Ebola, in Monrovia, Liberia. The Ebola outbreak in West Africa eventually could exceed 20,000 cases, more than six times as many as are now known, the World Health Organization said Thursday. A new plan released by the U.N. health agency to stop Ebola also assumes that the actual number of cases in many hard-hit areas may be two to four times higher than currently reported. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

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A man that was hired by the community sprays chemicals to try and prevent the spread of the Ebola virus is seen in Monrovia, Liberia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. The Ebola outbreak in West Africa eventually could exceed 20,000 cases, more than six times as many as are now known, the World Health Organization said Thursday. A new plan released by the U.N. health agency to stop Ebola also assumes that the actual number of cases in many hard-hit areas may be two to four times higher than currently reported.(AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

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The Progressive Change Campaign Committee has aided liberal congressional candidate Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey. (Associated Press)

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"If you cook on an open fire, have no electricity and go to bed hungry, you don't lie awake wondering about the virtue of coal, gas or solar," said John Owusu, who worked for 50 years across all regions of Africa and was an early disciple of clean energy. (Associated Press/File)

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An artist's rendering envisions a transformed New York Ave. in Northeast. (WARD 5 INDUSTRIAL LAND TRANSFORMATION STUDY)

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A U.S. Special Forces soldier fires a Carl Gustav in Zabul province, Afghanistan, on March 8, 2014. (U.S. Army)

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Bill Gates (left), Major League Baseball Commissioner-elect Rob Manfred (center) and Sarah Palin takes the ALS ice bucket challenge.

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Streetcar track laid in the right-hand lanes of H Street in Northeast allows for vehicles to pass on the left and to park on the right. Nearby, the Arlington County Board voted Tuesday to cancel a controversial and expensive streetcar program amid concerns that the divisive fight over the transit project was distracting officials from other pressing issues. The 4-1 vote terminates the $333 million streetcar project along Columbia Pike as well as the $217 million line planned for the Crystal City area. (Andrea Noble/The Washington Times) **FILE**

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Gun owners said the D.C. ban on concealed carry was so restrictive that most law-abiding citizens would be unable to obtain permits. (Associated Press/File)