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Smoke drifting into the D.C. region from Canadian wildfires shrouds the Capitol Building on June 8. (Kayla Benjamin/The Washington Informer)

Climate, Environment

Wildfire Smoke Returns to D.C.

by Kayla BenjaminJune 29, 2023August 16, 2023

Smoke from Canadian wildfires once again drifted into the District this week, causing a Code Red air quality alert Thursday.

parked trucks under clouds

JEALOUS: Big Chance to Cut Climate Pollution from Big Trucks

by WI Web EditorJune 21, 2023June 21, 2023

Climate change is making wildfire seasons longer and more severe. (Josh O'Connor/USFWS)

Climate, Environment, Health

Worries Remain While Wildfire Smoke Moves On: ‘We Aren’t Meant to Breathe This’

by Kayla BenjaminJune 14, 2023August 16, 2023

Smoke drifting into the D.C. region from Canadian wildfires shrouds the Capitol Building on June 8. (Kayla Benjamin/The Washington Informer)

Climate, Community, Environment

‘Don’t Be Outside’: D.C. Area Hit With ‘Very Unhealthy’ Air

by Kayla BenjaminJune 8, 2023August 16, 2023

D.C.'s Department of Energy and Environment will use federal grant money to install three new air quality monitors around the city. They will likely look similar to this monitor, which DOEE currently operates at the National Zoo.

EPA Funds Four New Air Quality Monitoring Projects Around the DMV

by Kayla BenjaminNovember 22, 2022November 23, 2022

A new and popular trend has parents covertly placing CO2 monitors in their children’s backpacks. (Courtesy of Masterfile, Royalty-Free Div.)

Health, Stacy M. Brown

Concerned Parents Now Sending Youth to School with CO2 Monitors

by Stacy M. BrownOctober 20, 2021December 21, 2021

In Smog Battle, Industry Gets Help from Unlikely Source: Black Business Group

by Washington InformerSeptember 29, 2015October 30, 2020

Beyond the Rhetoric: EPA Stunts Economic Growth

by Reporter IIJune 8, 2015October 30, 2020

Every Breath You Take: State of the Air 2015

by Washington InformerApril 30, 2015October 30, 2020

Obama Presents Climate Change as Hazard to Your Health

by Washington InformerApril 7, 2015October 30, 2020