Posts tagged Environment
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12 Councilmembers co-introduce 5-cent fee for disposable bags
At today’s DC Council legislative session, twelve of the thirteen members of the DC Council all co-introduced the Anacostia River Cleanup and Protection Act. As we discussed last week, this will impose a 5-cent fee on all free carryout bags, paper or plastic, from food and liquor stores. Stores keep 1 cent, or 2 if they offer (as Giant does) a 5-cent rebate to customers who bring… Keep reading…
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Get plastic bags out of the Anacostia
Many of the plastic bags from supermarkets and other stores end up in the Anacostia River, clogging up small tributaries, killing fish and birds, and eventually ending up in tiny pieces in our food supply. Next week, Councilmember Tommy Wells will introduce a bill to push shoppers and stores to use reusable bags instead of the disposable plastic bags. Delegate Al Carr of Montgomery… Keep reading…
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It’s “Crossover Day” in the Virginia legislature
Virginia’s legislature is now about halfway through their session. The state constitution limits the length of the session to 60 days (90 days for a budget year), and bills have to be passed by today, called “crossover day”, for the other house to consider the bill. Here’s an update on some of the transportation and land use bills for the 2009 session:… Keep reading…
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Oh, right, the environment
Because this is an important issue, I’m splitting the stimulus section out of the lunch links. See the comments there for previous comments on the stimulus. Keep reading…
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Why I support the Brookland Small Area Plan
Ryan, a Brookland resident, just sent this to the Brookland neighborhood list. It elaborates on many of the points in his petition calling on the DC Council to approve the plan. Fellow Brooklanders, For the past 18 months, the DC Office of Planning has worked with planners, business people, and residents of Brookland to put together a small area plan for the area around the… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The morning after (the stimulus vote)
Counting our chickens: State and local officials have started discussing how to spend the stimulus money. Maryland’s John Porcari says they’ll prioritize repairs over new projects, which is the right choice; VDOT head Pierce Homer wants to pay for repairs and some of the delayed projects, meaning potentially more freeway widenings or new freeways. Most likely, according… Keep reading…
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Weekend reading II: The federal environment
Paper or plastic? How about neither? Marc Fisher delves into the familiar question. He determines that the only eco-friendly option for your shopping bags is to “do what our counterparts do in many other countries of the world—bring [your] own dang bag to the store.” Keep reading…
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Wheeler Terrace: a step in the right direction in River East
East of the Anacostia River lie beautiful neighborhoods like Deanwood, Anacostia, and Bellevue, full of historic houses and tree-lined streets. They’re also DC’s poorest wards. There’s no shortage of land to be developed, and plans like those for Poplar Point and Benning (PDF) have slowly but surely shifted focus across the river to areas that were previously… Keep reading…
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Town of Chevy Chase takes ball, goes home, calls referee a cheat
The Town of Chevy Chase’s official comments (large PDF) on the Purple Line DEIS Keep reading…
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Bloomingdale is not Alaskan tundra
Ryan Avent had the same reaction I did to the new No Drilling at McMillan blog. Its intro reads, Keep reading…