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Clearing the Air: The Series

The Washington Informer Presents Clearing the Air A solutions journalism series examining air pollution across the DMV — its real impact on our communities, and what’s actually being done about it. Take the Survey DC received an “F” for air quality in 2025 · Solutions Journalism · We don’t just report the problem. We follow […]

Spotted salamanders chill on a log by a vernal pool on Kingman Island on Feb. 16. (Courtesy of D.C. Department of Energy and Environment)

Kingman Island Reopens After Weeklong Cleanup Removes Toxic Debris

by Kayla Benjamin February 19, 2024February 19, 2024

snow capped mountains under full moon

JEALOUS: Protecting a Way of Life and the Planet

by Ben Jealous September 13, 2023September 13, 2023

President Biden will not veto the Republican backed legislation blocking changes to the D.C. Criminal Code. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

JEALOUS: One Year Later, Wins for the Environment and the Economy

by Ben Jealous August 23, 2023August 23, 2023

Michele Roberts, a D.C.-based environmental justice activist, was one of the last public commenters to speak at the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council’s meeting in Alexandria on Nov. 29. (Kayla Benjamin/The Washington Informer)

National Environmental Justice Advisory Council Hosts Alexandria Conference

by Kayla Benjamin December 1, 2022December 1, 2022

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 Benjamin November 22, 2022November 23, 2022

Environmental justice leader Mustafa Santiago Ali joined other advocates from around the world at the first-ever Climate Justice Pavilion at this year’s COP. (Courtesy of Kiara Worth via UN Climate Change)

D.C. Environmental Justice Advocates Join Push for Global Climate Justice at COP27

by Kayla Benjamin November 22, 2022November 23, 2022

DOEE Creates Website on Reusing Secondhand Items

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

woman with dogs standing near the lincoln memorial reflecting pool

D.C. Agency Publishes Plan on Keeping Cool in the City

by WI Web Staff September 23, 2022September 23, 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)

Black Youth and Young Professionals Join the Climate Fight

by Kayla Benjamin August 10, 2022October 14, 2022