EPA Archives - The Washington Informer

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JEALOUS: Big Chance to Cut Climate Pollution from Big Trucks

by Ben Jealous June 21, 2023June 21, 2023

We’ve finally as a nation started to acknowledge the scope of the change it will take to preserve our fragile and already damaged planet.

D.C.'s Capitol Power Plant (Photo by Flickr user Apasciuto)

May Roundup: EPA Passes Critical New Climate Rules

by Kayla Benjamin May 24, 2023August 16, 2023

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)

EPA Announces $100M in Environmental Justice Grants

by Kayla Benjamin January 12, 2023August 16, 2023

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

The Climate Action Campaign calls for the Biden administration to move faster on strengthening soot pollution rules in a projected image on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce building in D.C. on Nov. 17. (Courtesy of Climate Action Campaign)

Advocates Push for Stronger Soot Pollution Rules as Biden Admin Misses Deadline

by Kayla Benjamin November 17, 2022November 18, 2022

black woman in pandemic standing with bread in market

EPA Launches New National Office Dedicated to Advancing Environmental Justice and Civil Rights

by Stacy M. Brown September 25, 2022September 26, 2022

Protesters gather at the Supreme Court on July 6 before marching to the Capitol building. (Kayla Benjamin/The Washington Informer)

What You Should Know About the Supreme Court’s Landmark EPA Ruling

by Kayla Benjamin July 13, 2022October 14, 2022

Adeoye "Oye" Owolewa, an advisory neighborhood commissioner for 8E01, wants to be the next District shadow representative. (Courtesy photo)

D.C. Shadow Rep Joins Rally Against SCOTUS Decision on EPA

by WI Web Staff July 7, 2022July 7, 2022

EPA Administrator Michael Regan (Courtesy photo)

EPA Director Stays Focused
on Clean Air and Water for
Communities of Color

by Stacy M. Brown May 11, 2022May 11, 2022

Pollution from factories continue to destroy the environment. (Courtesy photo)

MABSON: Eric Garner, Earth Day and the EPA at 50

by WI Guest Author April 14, 2021December 21, 2021