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A portion of the birds that Lights Out DC volunteers found dead from collisions in 2021 (Courtesy of City Wildlife)

Flight Risk: Migrating Birds are Dying from Window Crashes in D.C.

by Kayla Benjamin October 23, 2024October 23, 2024

Katrina Davis hosts a satirical late-night talk show on YouTube for the Black Public Media series “BE HEARD: #ShopLikeNana,” a social awareness campaign about the adverse impact on the environment by low-priced clothes. (Courtesy of Andrew Max Levy)

Rethink the Value of Online Clothes Shopping vs. Climate Change

by Brenda C. Siler October 23, 2024October 23, 2024

person pouring water photography

JEALOUS: Indigenous Communities Continue to Lead in Some of Our Most Crucial Environmental Fights

by Ben Jealous October 16, 2024October 16, 2024

Integrated with Uber, To Go Green offers an environment-friendly dining experience, where customers can pick up or deliver food directly through the online platform and receive their orders in durable reusable containers designed to withstand at least 1,000 uses. (Courtesy photo)

Inaugural Reusable Takeout Service Comes to Northwest D.C.

by Jada Ingleton October 9, 2024October 9, 2024

**FILE** President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday the immediate deployment of 1,000 active-duty troops to assist in the response and recovery efforts following Hurricane Helene. (WI photo)

Biden Orders Immediate Deployment of 1,000 Troops to Aid Hurricane Helene Recovery Efforts

by Stacy M. Brown October 2, 2024October 2, 2024

CEO and co-founder Antonique Smith performs with New Bethel Choir at Climate Revival’s launch event on Sept. 13, a reflection of the nonprofit’s commitment to integrating faith with creativity in a call to action. (Jada Ingleton/The Washington Informer)

Antonique Smith, Rev. Lennox Yearwood Launch Climate Revival

by Jada Ingleton October 2, 2024October 2, 2024

**FILE** Birds fly around the Anacostia River. A new study has found that the water in waterfront towns with significant Black populations is far less likely to be subject to water-quality monitoring. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

The Untested Waters of Black Lakeside Communities

by Willy Blackmore, Special to The Informer via Word in Black September 25, 2024September 25, 2024

**FILE** Sen. Chris Van Hollen co-introduced the Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act, requiring the biggest polluters in America to begin paying their fair share to confront the climate crisis. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Sen. Chris Van Hollen Sponsors Tax on America’s Biggest Polluters to Fund Climate Change Solutions

by Richard D. Elliott September 18, 2024September 18, 2024

An in-person session at the Environmental Justice Symposium titled “Environmental Justice Issues in Washington, DC” featured: Dennis Chestnut, board chair of the Ward 7 Resilience Hub Community Coalition; ANC commissioners Rhonda Hamilton (Buzzard Point) and Sebrena Rhodes (Ivy City); Xavier Brown, UDC’s Anacostia ambassador and director of C2 Academy; Anthony David environmental justice community organizer with Empower DC; and Tené Lewis, volunteer leader with NAACP DC’s Campaign to Reduce Lead Exposure and Asthma. (Kayla Benjamin/The Washington Informer)

DMV Academics and Activists Host 10th Annual Environmental Justice Symposium

by Kayla Benjamin September 18, 2024September 18, 2024

Members of the environmental group Extinction Rebellion DC wore costumes to highlight endangered species at a Sept. 3 press conference protesting the rehabilitation plan at Rock Creek Park Golf Course. (Kayla Benjamin/The Washington Informer)

Controversial Rock Creek Park Golf Course Renovation Receives Final Green Light

by Kayla Benjamin September 11, 2024September 14, 2024