Want to know where to donate that old wheelbarrow? Or where to get your shoes repaired? There’s a new website for that.
States will be required to submit a plan to do so by June 2016.
A group of about 150 seasoned political demonstrators marched today from Franklin Square to the headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency on Pennsylvania Avenue NW, but the main attractions were alpacas leading the way.
The Anacostia River is dirty. We all kind of knew that already, but that assessment has officially been confirmed by U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth.
If you’ve been complaining that Memorial Day weekend wiped out your wallet, D.C. art venues heard your pleas for something a little less draining on your finances. This weekend the city is chock full of free activities, from private gallery openings to neighborhood wide social events. Put on your walking shoes and check out the following: >> It’s time again for the annual Dupont Kalorama Museum Walk Weekend. Held on the first full weekend in…
It’s going to be a perfectly lovely day, maybe a little on the warm side even, with just a slim chance of showers later this afternoon. We should all, no doubt, have a little spring in our steps. And luckily for us we can, seeing as how we don’t usually comment on the goings on up on the Hill. If we did, we might be forced to face some ugly realities this morning. We might,…
Next Monday could be a tough day for the country — immigrant advocates have been pushing a nationwide work boycott to convince Congress of the economic power of the country’s million of illegal immigrants. Some local Hispanic leaders have expressed their opposition to the boycott, though, concerned that it may cause a backlash against immigrants and their cause. There are an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States. MLB Denies That Team…
The D.C. Water and Sewer Authority has some good news to report. After months of recovering from the lead-in-the-water scare, it appears that lead levels have fallen below acceptable levels for the first time in four years, the Post reports. A new chemical to help prevent antiquated lead service lines from leaching into the water system seems to be working. From the Post: The city’s water treatment plants, operated by the Army Corps of Engineers,…
Will D.C. residents soon breathe easier when it comes to indoor and outdoor air quality? Maybe. A couple of recent items suggest that we won’t be “waiting to exhale” much longer. City council member Jim Graham (Ward 1) has a poll on his blog (we see permalinks and comments, so it’s a blog) asking visitors whether the district should “act to eliminate smoking in indoor workplaces.” As of this morning, with 1,907 votes cast, the…
WTOP reports that the Chesapeake Bay Foundation has awarded $200,000 in grants to three local development corporations for the construction of environmentally sensitive landscaped roofs (“green roofs”) on office buildings to reduce runoff into the Potomac and Anacostia rivers, and ultimately into the Chesapeake Bay. Among the projects on tap is a 68,000-square-foot vegetated roof for the new headquarters of the U.S. Department of Transportation (shown here in a rendering from the building’s developer, the…
