Over the weekend, the Post noted that residents of Bellevue and Congress Heights have had to deal with some pretty annoying noise issues this past year, thanks to new flight patterns:
The neighborhood isn’t under the normal flight path of landing jets—planes usually approach along the Potomac River—but that changed this spring.
National Airport began overnight milling, [...]

The coal industry is having a tough week. Yesterday, the environmental and human toll of mountaintop removal coal mining was the subject of a Senate hearing. Today, the DC government announced a $2,500 fine to anyone using coal tar in pavement projects. 
Staring Jul. 1, DC will no longer issue construction permits for roadway and driveway builds involving [...]