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EDITORIAL: Earth Day’s Over, But Plastic is Still Here — And It’s Mostly in Our Communities

by WI Editorial Staff April 24, 2024April 24, 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 Benjamin April 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)

D.C.’s New Plan to Slash Its Trash

by Kayla Benjamin April 17, 2024April 17, 2024

Artwork by Environmental Justice Artivist Sherri Lumpkin (Courtesy of Lumpkin)

D.C. Nonprofit Launches 9-Month Fellowship for Environmental Justice Artivists

by Kayla Benjamin April 17, 2024May 1, 2024

**FILE** A new Gallup survey shows that Black Americans are more likely to express concerns and experience an environmental crisis where they face challenges in relocating. (WI photo)

Racial Disparities in Environmental Concerns Highlighted in New Gallup Survey

by Stacy M. Brown April 16, 2024July 3, 2024

New York City skyline as seen from Weehawken, New Jersey (Joanne Wan/Flickr)

Earthquake Centered in New Jersey Causes Tremors as Far as Baltimore

by Kayla Benjamin April 7, 2024April 8, 2024

A volunteer contributes to the cleanup of a river in Ward 8. (Kayla Benjamin/The Washington Informer)

Volunteer for the Ward 8 Woods Conservancy Creates A Cleanup Tracker

by Asha Taylor April 5, 2024April 8, 2024

close up photo of black stones

JEALOUS: Tireless Activism and the Latest Region to Go Coal-Free

by Ben Jealous April 3, 2024April 3, 2024

The plot of land on Howard’s campus that had been the Halo G.R.E.E.N. Garden for 13 years, shortly after university administration dismantled the garden, removing plant beds and uprooting fruit trees. (Courtesy of Halo G.R.E.E.N. Garden Club)

Howard University Demolishes Garden Bison Tended for 13 Years Following Rat Complaints

by Asha Taylor and Kayla Benjamin April 3, 2024April 3, 2024

Brothers from Florida check out the cherry blossoms with their parents, who booked the D.C. family vacation after a planned class trip was canceled. “I’m lucky that we came in the spring… I really loved to see all of this,” Dory Pardieu, 10, said. (Kayla Benjamin/The Washington Informer)

Longer Cherry Blossom Bloom Expected After Record Early Peak

by Kayla Benjamin March 20, 2024March 20, 2024

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