Natural Environment

As we celebrate another Earth Day, it is clear that the District of Columbia is living up to its commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. In December, Mayor Bowser signed the CleanEnergy DC Omnibus…

In 2017, National Geographic identified the District of Columbia as the new hub for ivory sales in the United States — and our continued tolerance of this market ever since has been disastrous for African wildlife. Although the poaching of…

At Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School, we like to say that for us every day is Earth Day. With the international perspective gleaned from our unique-to-Washington pre-kindergarten-through-fifth-grade…

Adding bike lanes to existing roads is a decades-old practice nationally and internationally. And there has been a push to improve the DC area's street features for cycling since at least the early 1970s, when the regional cycling advocacy…

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…

In a verdant Northwest neighborhood named after its woods, residents are vowing to resist the city’s efforts to add more greenage with over two dozen rain gardens on local streets. As part of the District’s plan to clean waterways of…

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…

A rising tide may lift all boats, but it can also drown the people left ashore. The Trump administration recently released a hefty new report finding devastating impacts of climate change across the country — including here in DC, where…

The DC Council is considering legislation that would make the District the first jurisdiction in the Washington area to ban the trade of ivory and rhinoceros horn, over a year after the nation’s capital was exposed as a black-market hub for…

DC is banning plastic straws, and Jack Evans’ social standing is taking a hit. “Many of my friends won’t talk to me anymore,” the Ward 2 DC Council member said with a wry smile during a Committee on Transportation and the Environment…

A new measure hailed by advocates as one of the most ambitious local climate-protection bills in the country is now working its way through the DC Council, with two public hearings planned for this month. Up first, the council’s…

When it pours like it has in recent weeks, it’s easy to see that stormwater is the biggest challenge facing Rock Creek. A cursory search for Rock Creek on social media shows visitors in awe, photographing the force and volume of water…

A new map released this month by the Capital Trails Coalition demonstrates how the Washington metropolitan area’s trails can connect all parts of the region to one another. These largely off-road trails make it possible for pedestrians,…

Despite extensive collaboration and support among DC officials for the improvement and restoration of Kingman Island in the Anacostia River, some advocates worry that the District’s budget for the construction projects may not cover the…