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Rev. Lennox Yearwood, president and CEO of the Hip Hop Caucus, speaks at the Lincoln Memorial for the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

‘Racial Justice is Climate Justice’: Hip Hop Caucus CEO Emphasizes Environmental Justice at March on Washington

by Kayla Benjamin August 28, 2023July 3, 2024

On Aug. 8, the Hawaii Wing conducted two aerial survey, capturing photos and videos of the extensive damage caused by the Maui brush fires. (U.S. Civil Air Patrol via Wikimedia Commons)

What On (Our) Earth is Going On?: August Roundup

by Kayla Benjamin August 28, 2023August 30, 2023

Najwa Womack, founder of Ward 7-based creative compost education company SiStained8 (Courtesy photo)

Black Business Month Spotlight: Compost Education Company SiStained8

by Kayla Benjamin August 23, 2023August 23, 2023

At a vigil held Aug. 17, one District Dogs employee brought a poster picturing the 10 pets lost when the canine day care on Rhode Island Avenue Northeast flooded earlier in the week. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Eckington Community Gathers in Mourning Following District Dogs Tragedy

by Kayla Benjamin August 18, 2023August 19, 2023

city skyline under blue sky and white clouds

JEALOUS: Having Our Say Against Carbon Pollution

by Ben Jealous August 16, 2023July 3, 2024

Flooding in the 600 block of Rhode Island Avenue in Northeast has long been a problem for Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church which moved to the location in 1991. District Dogs which opened in 2022 experienced a great loss when 10 dogs died at the Northeast center. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Flash Flood Breaks Through Glass Wall at Canine Daycare, Leaving 10 Dogs Dead

by Kayla Benjamin August 16, 2023August 16, 2023

Team members from the Festival Center, construction company Usource, solar installer New Columbia Solar, the D.C. Sustainable Energy Utility and the Department of Energy and Environment cut the ribbon on a solar installation with over 100 panels above the Festival Center building in Adams Morgan on Aug. 10. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

The Festival Center Installs Solar Panels Generating Five Households’ Worth of Power

by Kayla Benjamin August 15, 2023August 16, 2023

Rev. Dr. Ambrose Carroll Sr. (Courtesy of The Green Church)

Why Green The Church Connects Faith With Climate Justice

by Maya Richard-Craven, Special to The Informer via Word in Black August 9, 2023July 3, 2024

smoke stacks against blue sky

JEALOUS: Unlikely Allies and Uncomfortably Large Coalitions

by Ben Jealous August 9, 2023August 9, 2023

**FILE** Wesley Wiggins leads a training on climate resilience at MLK Library in October 2022. (Kayla Benjamin/The Washington Informer)

Climate Change 101 with Wesley Wiggins

by Kayla Benjamin August 9, 2023July 3, 2024

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