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A nitrogen dioxide monitor sits next to a gas stove in a River Terrace home during an air quality test. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Climate, Environment, Health, National

National Tensions Heat Up Over Gas Stove Regulations

by Kayla BenjaminJanuary 13, 2023August 16, 2023

Naadiya Hutchinson speaks at a climate rally in front of the Supreme Court building in D.C. on July 6. (Kayla Benjamin/The Washington Informer)

Climate, Environment

EPA Announces $100M in Environmental Justice Grants

by Kayla BenjaminJanuary 12, 2023August 16, 2023

**FILE** Volunteers work with Clean Waterways to collect trash around the Anacostia River. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

Climate, Environment

Three MLK Day Opportunities to Preserve Green Space

by Kayla BenjaminJanuary 11, 2023August 16, 2023

The Chesapeake Bay from Virginia's Eastern Shore (Ken Lund via Flickr)

2022 Report Shows Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Efforts Remain Stalled

by Kayla BenjaminJanuary 9, 2023January 9, 2023

Students from KIPP DC College Prep tour a solar facility and speak with leaders involved in the project's construction on Dec. 19. (Kayla Benjamin/The Washington Informer)

Community, Environment

Ward 5 Community Solar Facility Celebrates Construction Progress

by Kayla BenjaminDecember 26, 2022December 26, 2022

Nathan Brown, a fourth-generation Washingtonian and former resident of the Temple Courts housing complex, joins D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and other government leaders as his daughter Jade cuts the ribbon to celebrate the opening of the apartment building constructed in the same spot more than a decade later. (Kayla Benjamin/The Washington Informer)

Residents of Former NoMa Public Housing Complex Return to a Long-Awaited New Building

by Kayla BenjaminDecember 23, 2022December 24, 2022

D.C.-based environmental justice activist Michele Roberts delivers spoken word poetry at a National Environmental Justice Advisory Council meeting in Alexandria on Nov. 29. (Kayla Benjamin/The Washington Informer)

Community, Environment

Spotlight on Black Environmentalists: Q&A with Michele Roberts

by Kayla BenjaminDecember 23, 2022December 23, 2022

A rendering of the 11th Street Bridge Park design, which got final approval in October (Courtesy of OMA+OLIN and Building Bridges Across the River)

Community, Environment

New Year, New Park: Construction for 11th Street Bridge Park Set to Begin in 2023

by Kayla BenjaminDecember 23, 2022December 23, 2022

President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Félix Tshisekedi speaks during the Climate Session during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in, D.C. Dec. 13. (Scott Taetsch/U.S. Department of State)

Environment, International

Climate Crisis Looms Large at U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit

by Kayla BenjaminDecember 19, 2022December 19, 2022

Andres Jimenez, executive director of nonprofit Green 2.0, speaks at a launch event on Dec. 13 for the group’s newest report on diversity in the environmental sector. The event also included a panel discussion with leaders from groups included in the report. (Kayla Benjamin/The Washington Informer)

Business, Environment

Annual Report on Diversity in Environmental Sector Shows Incremental Progress

by Kayla BenjaminDecember 14, 2022December 14, 2022