CityLab: The Uncertain Future of D.C.’s Cherry Blossoms
The cherry trees at the Tidal Basin look beautiful, but daily flooding at high tide and crumbling infrastructure are threatening their survival.
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D.C. ranks among nation’s solar leaders
For Immediate Release:
April 9, 2019
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D.C. ranks among nation’s solar leaders
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DCist: Long Live The Adams Morgan Turkey
An extremely regal-looking wild turkey was spotted examining real estate in Adams Morgan over the weekend, delighting residents and passersby alike. Here she is, earning fans:
WAMU: D.C. Now More ‘Kid’ Friendly As Goat Laws Ease Up
For four days this week, Elsa and Joy toiled away on a challenging landscaping project in Georgetown, tearing away at invasive species spread across a hillside — and doing so with their teeth.
Curbed: Famed D.C. cherry blossoms face long-term risks from high tides
The National Park Service and nonprofits say the Tidal Basin could use up to $500 million in work
Washington Post: ‘Ideas lab’ seeks to bring a multimillion-dollar makeover to Tidal Basin
With the sun out and Washington’s cherry blossoms at peak bloom, visitors on Wednesday thronged the Tidal Basin, eating picnic lunches and taking selfies beneath some of the Mall’s 3,800 cherry trees.
WTOP: Park service, preservationists launch effort to ‘Save The Tidal Basin’
You only have to walk a few feet away from the Jefferson Memorial to see why the National Park Service and a contingent of preservation groups are raising alarms.
Washington Post: Whoa! Man catches a 30-pound striped bass in the Potomac River in Washington.
The photo circulating on social media that showed Connor Donovan holding a large striped bass almost looked too odd to be real.
Vox: The Green New Deal aims to get buildings off fossil fuels. These 6 places have already started.
The work of reducing carbon emissions from buildings has begun.
WAMU: This Boat Will Test The Potomac’s Water Quality Every Week
There’s a newly donated boat patrolling the Potomac River. The Sea Dog, a former Chesapeake fishing boat, will be used as part of a new program to test water quality weekly.
Washington Post: Taking a swim in the Potomac? Weekly readings will reveal water quality and…
Denis Crean swims in the Potomac River two times a week. He takes others in, too, to teach them techniques for traversing the open water.
E&E News: D.C. girds for Exxon climate battle
The District of Columbia's top lawyer is preparing for a potential courtroom fight against one of the biggest oil companies in the world.
Associated Press: Where eagles flirt: A DC tale of love, loss and raccoons
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a tale with everything you’d need for a soap opera: star-crossed lovers, a stable relationship threatened by younger suitors, pregnancy and loss, and a hungry raccoon.
WTOP: Canoe-sized logs among debris being removed from channel on Southwest Waterfront
An ongoing team of volunteers and organizations working to clean up the channel along the Southwest Waterfront in D.C. has removed enough wood and debris to fill four 30-yard dumpsters as of Friday.
City Paper: Green New Reels: Reviews From the Environmental Film Festival
The films playing at the 27th annual film fest are an awe-inspiring and sobering look at a planet in peril.
WAMU: D.C. Environmental Film Festival Tackles The Trump Agenda
While the Trump Administration finalizes its plans to reassess the human contribution to climate change, over 160 films about the environment will be screening in Washington as part of the annual D.C. Environmental Film Festival.
WTOP: On the wings of love: Eagles Liberty, Justice are apparently back together
And you thought romance was dead.
DCist: In Shocking Twist, Justice The Eagle Returns To His Nest
The denizens of Washington, D.C. have learned a great many life lessons this bald eagle mating season: all good things must come to an end, community is a crucial coping tool, grief is a catalyst for change.
WTOP: Beak-ing news: DC bald eagle Justice returns to nest
There’s so much drama going on with this D.C. bald eagle family that you’d think feathers are about to fly on some sordid daytime TV show.