Washington Informer Environment: Climate Justice & Local Impact

Wesley Wiggins leads a training on climate resilience at MLK Library on Oct. 22. (Kayla Benjamin/The Washington Informer)

Spotlighting Black Environmentalists: A Q&A with Wesley Wiggins

by Kayla Benjamin November 9, 2022November 10, 2022

DOEE Creates Website on Reusing Secondhand Items

by WI Web Staff November 9, 2022November 9, 2022

The Milkman Model Makes a Comeback: Reusable Grocery Packaging Hits D.C.

by WI Web Staff November 2, 2022November 3, 2022

Demonstrators hold a casket symbolic of all the lives lost in their community due to environmental racism. The rally started at Freedom Plaza and headed to the White House part of the People vs. Fossil Fuels Campaign on Oct. 25, demanding a cessation of fossil fuel projects. (Marckell Williams/The Washington Informer)

‘Our Lives Are At Stake’: Protesters from Louisiana’s Cancer Alley March to the White House

by Kayla Benjamin October 26, 2022October 26, 2022

Poplar Point is one of the last great urban waterfront redevelopment opportunities on the East Coast. (Courtesy of DMPED.dc.gov)

Advocates Tap Institutional Knowledge in Renewed Fight for Poplar Point

by Kayla Benjamin October 26, 2022October 27, 2022

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine (at podium) announces a lawsuit against chemical manufacturer Velsicol during a press conference on Oct. 13. Environmental justice advocates from NAACP DC, the Sierra Club and Groundwork Anacostia River DC also spoke in support of the suit.

D.C. AG Suing Chemical Company Over Cancer-Causing Pollution

by Kayla Benjamin October 13, 2022October 18, 2022

Seven Ways to Protect your Family From Exposure to Lead in Water

by Kayla Benjamin October 12, 2022October 12, 2022

County Faces Increased Flooding with the Rise of Climate Change

by Richard D. Elliott October 7, 2022October 7, 2022

Lead enters drinking water when plumbing materials that contain lead corrode. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

New Report Calls for Mandatory Lead Pipe Removal – Are Policymakers Listening?

by Kayla Benjamin October 5, 2022October 14, 2022

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)

Environmental News Roundup Oct. 5

by Kayla Benjamin October 5, 2022October 5, 2022