Will Mayor Bowser try to lobby him on statehood while she’s got his ear?

Gray’s administration has done a lot to make D.C. a more sustainable place to live. His final report outlines ways to continue that.

Mayor Vince Gray’s administration is releasing today a comprehensive plan that aims to make D.C. the “healthiest, greenest, and most livable” city in the United States within the next 20 years.

Mayor Vince Gray today celebrated the end of a year-long project to install 1,360 LED lights in D.C. alleys.

There’s now more evidence that D.C. is becoming a green leader in the U.S.—according to Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, D.C. installed more green roofs than any other metropolitan area in 2011.

Mayor Vince Gray rolled out an ambitious 20-year plan today that would see D.C. become a leader in environmental stewardship and sustainability.

Photo by spesbach2002 Although the scope of the recent major discovery of illegal fishing nets in the Chesapeake Bay continues to widen, Maryland Department of Natural Resources officials gave local commercial fishermen a respite by reopening fishing season for two days, Friday and Monday. DNR police found another illegal 400-yard-long anchor net Wednesday morning with up to several hundred pounds of caught rockfish, adding to the 10 tons of confiscated fish found earlier this…

Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police officers are looking for rockfish poachers who snagged over 20,000 pounds of rockfish this week. Maryland officers discovered a 900-yard gill net with 6,000 pounds of fish near Bloody Point Lighthouse Tuesday, leading to the further uncovering of more sunken nets, bringing the total to over 10 tons. The legal limit for fishers is 300 pounds per day, making this the largest catch uncovered by a lone patrol in…

Washingtonian reports today that chef Barton Seaver has left his post at Hook. Seaver, formerly of Jaleo and Café Saint-Ex/Bar Pilar, has been with Hook since it opened in March 2007. Seaver has become a golden boy of sorts in the D.C.-area for his dedicated advocacy of sustainable seafood, and has been honored by the Blue Ocean Institute for his commitment to oceanic sustainability. It’s not surprising then that Seaver’s post-Hook plans include ambitions to…