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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: U.S. lawmakers should learn from Aussies

EDITORIAL: The road to Nowhere

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ironic ice conundrum

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

HARRIS: Restoring facts to climate science

By Tom Harris

** FILE ** Genevieve Marquez (left) and Miranda Woodard help salvage and clean property in an area inundated after days of flooding in Hygeine, Colo., on Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Flood-rocked Colorado finds inspiration in Peyton Manning, Broncos

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Homeowner Chris Ringdahl is comforted by family friend Katherine MacIntosh in front of her possessions as they clean up from the floodwaters in Longmont, Colo., on Monday. Floodwaters have affected a 4,500-square-mile section of the state, inundating entire neighborhoods and destroying bridges and roads. Officials turned thoughts to rebuilding. (associated press)

After the floods, a ‘stronger’ Colorado

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Alesia Tisdall stands for a photograph under the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge which spans the Anacostia River in Washington on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013. Tisdall, who drove daily over the bridge for 15 years but now crosses it only occasionally, said she found it unnerving that the bridge would "bounce" in the middle as she sat in bumper-to-bumper traffic. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Many U.S. bridges old, risky and rundown

By Joan Lowry and Mike Baker - Associated Press

Railroad tracks were flooded in Longmont, Colo., during the weekend. The Colorado Transportation Department reported that 30 bridges have been destroyed and damage has not been assessed on several roads. (Associated Press Photographs)

Colorado: Another deluge, no relief from epic flooding

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Chevron case finds trial lawyer in court after remarks caught on video

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

A road crew works on a stretch of highway washed out by flooding along the South Platte River in Weld County, Colorado, near Greeley, on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/John Wark)

More rain may hamper Colorado rescue efforts

By Hannah Dreier and Jeri Clausing - Associated Press

Suffering from dehydration, local resident Fred Rob gets help from emergency responders after floods left homes and infrastructure in a shambles, in Lyons, Colo., Friday Sept. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Colo. rescues accelerate as epic mountain floodwaters inundate plains

Associated Press

Residence of an apartment house work to divert flood water from their building in Boulder, Colo., on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. Flash flooding in Colorado has cut off access to towns, closed the University of Colorado in Boulder and left at least three people dead. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Boulder, Colo., bolts, as 30-foot ‘surge of water, mud, rocks’ slides toward city

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Merzouga, Morocco. (Associated Press)

U.S. funding green jobs creation — in Morocco

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (left) signs a hat reading "New Jersey stronger than the storm" worn by Linda Batcho, of Seaside Park, N.J., on Sept. 13, 2013, as the governor visited the are where a day earlier a massive fire burned a large portion of the Seaside Park boardwalk in Seaside Park, N.J. The fire, which apparently started in an ice cream shop and spread several blocks, hit the recently repaired boardwalk, which was damaged last year by Superstorm Sandy. (Associated Press)

N.J. Gov. Christie thanks neighboring governors for support after boardwalk fire

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this June 7, 2012, file photo, Steve Cahillane, president of Coca-Cola Americas, makes a point during an interview with The Associated Press while attending the Clinton Global Initiative America gathering in Chicago. Cahillane is scheduled to be at at the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in Wilmington, Ill., on Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, to sign a five-year partnership with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to restore watersheds that have been damaged or altered by development, wildfires and agriculture. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Coca-Cola, USDA partner on environment to protect federal watersheds

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

An frog is launched through the air as NASA's LADEE spacecraft lifts off from the Wallops/Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia. (Image: NASA)

Rogue bullfrog photo-bombs NASA launch pic

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Image: Associated Press

Boulder County, Colo., mulls rules recognizing rights of plants

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Friday, June 1, 2012, file photo released by Britain's Ministry of Defence, Britain's Prince William sits in the cockpit of a helicopter at RAF Valley in Anglesey Wales. Prince William has finished his tour of duty as a Royal Air Force search-and-rescue helicopter pilot and has left operational service with the British military to focus on royal duties and charity work, royal officials said Thursday, Sept 12, 2013. (AP Photo/ SAC Faye Storer, MOD, File)

Prince William completes military service: Next up, environmentalism

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Cooling off Down Under

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

This artist rendering released by NASA shows NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft barreling through space. The space agency announced Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013, that Voyager 1 has become the first spacecraft to enter interstellar space, or the space between stars, more than three decades after launching from Earth. (AP Photo/NASA)

NASA: Voyager 1 probe has left the solar system

By Alicia Chang - Associated Press