Posts tagged Environment
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Breakfast links: Follow the money
See Orange’s money orders; More in campagn finance; Election needs money; Nats Park area gets pop-up retail; Wheaton gets more residential; Help seniors with smart growth; Love bicycling and water infrastructure?; We’ve drunk our milkshake; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New directions
Pay-to-play fueled Cheh’s push; VRE down, MARC up; Nowhere to compost; MoCo wants land deal oversight; Transportation bill going nowhere fast; Pocket parks fail; City folk pay less in transportation; Katz out as planner; And…. Keep reading…
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Prince George’s bag fee wins key vote in Maryland House
This morning, delegates that represent Prince George’s County in the Maryland House of Delegates voted 12 to 9 in support of HB895, which would let let the county enact a 5¢ fee on disposable plastic and paper bags. This was the most significant hurdle, and the bill now has a very high chance of becoming law. The bill now moves to the Environmental Matters Committee of… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Taxes break
Taxes for truck tacos; Give me a break; Are mobile cameras about revenue?; Alerts for buses; Good plan sails through; More roads still needed?; DC cleaner than burbs; Photography still legal; And… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Millions
CaBi tops 1.5 million rides; Metro admits blame; Bill encourages complete streets; More seats for NoVa on transpo board; Old is the new green; One way around a height limit; And…. Keep reading…
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Prince George’s bag fee not dead, but needs your help
On Wednesday, a preliminary vote on the Prince George’s County disposable bag fee failed to move the measure forward. The Washington Post’s article explained many of the dynamics, but the headline suggested the bill was dead. It’s not, but it needs residents’ help to pass. Unlike in Montgomery County, where a 5¢ fee began last month on plastic… Keep reading…
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The Anacostia River can again be swimmable and fishable
The Anacostia River is widely called DC’s “forgotten river,” a term coined by Anacostia Watershed Society’s founding president, Robert Boone, to reflect the river’s second-class status in our nation’s capital city. The Anacostia should be a community asset: a river safe for swimming and fishing, per the federal Clean Water Act. In… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Groundhog Day
6 more weeks of… winter?; House transpo bill to markup; Metro finds more cracks; Not terribly deliberate speed; Main drag a drag; Food deserts not a huge issue?; Public safety and history collide; Preservation group didn’t stall Met Branch; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transportation funding
Transit funding rules change; Tough road for bill; Blame placed on wear; Metro fights union; Lots of money, little housing; Fix Clarendon; No BRAC here?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On time, over budget
Trains run on time; With more cars; Alexandria approves waterfront plan; DC leads in LEED; Garvey wins nomination; Convince drivers to pay more; Takoma gets TOD. Keep reading…