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Natural Environment

National Wildlife Federation ranks DC among top 10 cities for wildlife

Sophie Austin May 2, 2019
The National Wildlife Federation (NWF), a nonprofit conservation education and advocacy organization, recently ranked Washington among the top 10 cities in the U.S. recognized for “taking concrete steps to address” challenges urban areas…
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Lowell School to co-host climate change institute that dovetails with humanities curriculum

Sophie Austin Apr 24, 2019
Two years after introducing a new curriculum that uses the humanities to teach sixth-graders about climate change, DC’s Lowell School is looking to help others replicate the program. “I was looking for a topic in social studies that…
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Groups pursue community engagement after Anacostia River Pool study documents the idea’s feasibility

Sophie Austin Mar 19, 2019
A new study concludes that a swimming facility in the Anacostia River is feasible, suggesting that community interest should drive the project forward. The DC Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) collaborated with the Anacostia…
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With DC grant in hand, Anacostia Riverkeeper will deploy volunteers to test water quality come May

Sophie Austin Feb 20, 2019
Anacostia Riverkeeper, a nonprofit organization that works to protect and restore the Anacostia River, will bolster its two-year-old water quality monitoring program in May with the help of a $140,000 grant from DC’s Department of Energy…
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Volunteers clean up flood debris at Fletcher’s Cove after historic rainfall

Sophie Austin Jan 30, 2019
Despite below-freezing temperatures, a group of more than 60 volunteers gathered Saturday morning at Fletcher’s Cove along the Potomac River for a daunting task: clearing out trash and fallen trees left behind from severe flooding. Local…

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District Links: Trump threatens to federalize MPD again unless DC cooperates on immigration enforcement; WaPo analyzes…

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President Donald Trump is threatening to declare a new national emergency and once again federalize DC's Metropolitan Police Department unless Mayor Muriel Bowser allows officers to fully cooperate…

District Links: House may vote next week on four bills to remake DC criminal justice laws; how Trump crackdown affected…

Sep 12, 2025 9
Four of the DC-related bills advanced earlier this week by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform are positioned for a vote on the House floor as soon as next week.

jonetta rose barras: The hot mess of democracy in DC

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Truth be told, DC home rule has been a hot mess since Congress approved it in December 1973. Residents may have acquired the right to elect a mayor, city council and advisory neighborhood…

District Links: House panel advances bills to alter DC criminal justice laws, amend home rule provisions; Trump’s…

Sep 11, 2025 8
At the conclusion of a daylong markup session, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted last night almost exclusively along party lines to advance 13 bills that would amend or…
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