Environment

Justice, the male bald eagle that has been missing from a nest in Washington for about three weeks, was apparently spotted Wednesday back at his old perch.

Two lonesome little eggs still lie in a nest directly above the D.C. police academy in Southwest, the only remaining proof of the nearly 15 years of domestic bliss shared here by Liberty and Justice, the area’s longest-lasting and most…

Two bald eagle eggs won’t hatch this spring at a nest that sits 110 feet up an oak tree at the D.C. Police Academy property in Southwest Washington, officials said, after their stressed-out mother and father fled.

Liberty the bald eagle, a staple presence in D.C.’s skies and one-half of the city’s longest-lasting eagle couple, is having a terrible year.

WASHINGTON — The soap opera unfolding in an eagle nest 110 feet above D.C. took a sad turn Friday.

If you’ve ever been for a hike in Rock Creek Park after a rainstorm, you probably know the smell.

Over the last six years residents of Forest Hills may have noticed regular late fall bulletins from the National Park Service (NPS) announcing a “window of opportunity” for sharpshooters to kill deer in Rock Creek Park. NPS claims that the…

Want to know what climate change will bring, sixty years from now? To get a taste of D.C.’s future weather, no need to wait. Just hop in the car, hit the road, and drive 970 miles southwest, to Greenwood, Mississippi.

Dozens of residents in Northwest Washington near the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center say they have noticed a foul odor emanating from the facility for more than a week.

Could solar power soon be readily available in every DC neighborhood?

Georgetown University has a bold plan for cutting greenhouse gas emissions: by later this year, it will get nearly half its electricity from solar power. However, building the new solar farm in Charles County, Maryland to power the…

If a homeowner wants to put solar panels on a roof facing a street, is that a laudable step toward fighting climate change or an affront to historic preservation? With a recent preservation board ruling, DC's historic preservation system…

WASHINGTON — If D.C. were a state, it would rank first again on an annual list of the top 10 states for leadership in energy and environmental design, the most widely-used green building rating system.

Warning letters in hand, Zach Rybarczyk patrolled the food court at Union Station, looking for offenders.

A proposed solar array would deliver power to the people of Ward 8.

On June 1, 2017, President Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, and we became one of only two countries (along with Syria) not signed onto the accord. Four days later, on June 5, I stood…

A few blocks down the street from the White House, two dated 1970s office buildings are being combined and renovated into a space that will cut energy use and emissions by more than half. Soon, around half of the existing buildings in the…