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**FILE** DC Water advised residents in several Northwest neighborhoods on May 9 to boil their tap water for at least one minute and let cool before drinking or cooking with it. (Kayla Benjamin/The Washington Informer)

Community, Environment

Water Boil Advisory in Effect for Some Northwest D.C. Areas

by WI Web EditorMay 9, 2024May 10, 2024

Bill Washburn, NAACP DC’s Climate Justice Chair, speaks in support of the Healthy Homes Act among a group of advocates who gathered on the steps of the Wilson Building on March 12, three weeks before the D.C. Council passed the bill. (Kayla Benjamin/The Washington Informer)

Climate, Community, Environment

Three Key Environmental Issues on D.C.’s Budget Chopping Block

by Kayla BenjaminMay 8, 2024July 3, 2024

A butterfly lands on some goldenrod, one of the flowers native to the D.C. area that DMV student groups planted as part of the first Wild Visions Habitat Creation Challenge hosted by Garden for Wildlife. (Courtesy of Trisha Singh/Garden for Wildlife)

Education, Environment

DMV Students Grow Native Plant Gardens in New ‘Wild Visions’ Contest

by Kayla BenjaminMay 8, 2024May 8, 2024

As part of a river cleanup guided by Living Classrooms, Sheree Pendleton paddles along the Potomac with children Olivia Grace and Hannah Bell during a family day at Kingman and Heritage Islands October 2023. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Mothering with Mother Earth

by Kayla BenjaminMay 8, 2024May 8, 2024

Trees planted by The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (Courtesy of CBF)

The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Adopts New Tree Canopy Goals

by Asha TaylorApril 29, 2024April 29, 2024

Google Street View image of Rodgers Brothers Custodial Services, Inc. demolition waste site in 2011

Ward 5 Trash Facility Ordered to Pay $100,000 for Polluting D.C. Waterways

by Kayla BenjaminApril 29, 2024April 29, 2024

Air quality in D.C. and nationally is getting better, but vulnerable communities continue to bear the burden of harmful pollution. (Pixabay/Pexels.com)

Climate, Environment, Stacy M. Brown

American Lung Association Report: People of Color Breathe Dirtier Air Nationwide

by Stacy M. BrownApril 25, 2024July 3, 2024

Rock Creek, as seen from Meadowbrook Local Park in Silver Spring, Maryland, where Nature Forward held a launch event April 18 for its new “State of the Streams” report (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Five DMV Creeks Do Just OK on New ‘State of the Streams’ Report Card

by Kayla BenjaminApril 22, 2024April 22, 2024

Volunteers and event attendees stop by a clothing/item swap station at a March 30 Zero Waste DC Community Fair hosted by D.C.'s Department of Public Works and Department of Energy and Environment. (Cleveland Nelson/The Washington Informer)

Environment, Supplements, Sustainability

D.C.’s New Plan to Slash Its Trash

by Kayla BenjaminApril 17, 2024April 17, 2024

A citywide composting allows Howard to give back to the environment with an increase in greenery and plant life across campus. (Jada Ingleton/The Washington Informer)

Environment, Supplements, Sustainability

Howard University Gets Green with Sustainability Initiatives

by Jada IngletonApril 17, 2024April 18, 2024