Posts tagged Weather
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Don’t want to venture outdoors? Take cover in one of these indoor shortcuts.
Stepping off Metro and want to avoid chilly winter winds for a few more moments? There might be an indoor shortcut along your route that could shave some distance off your walk, or at least let you enjoy a few moments of extra climate-control en route. Keep reading…
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Salt with care to protect your drinking water
Every winter nationwide we dump more than 20 million tons of salt onto our roadways, parking lots, driveways, and sidewalks. Road salts are increasingly contributing to poor water quality in our streams, rivers, and lakes across the country. Keep reading…
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Shovel your sidewalks! And send us pictures of buildings that don’t
Send us pictures of egregious non-shoveling! Take a picture (horizontally, please!) and send it to snow@ggwash.org for our “Sidewalk Snow Shoveling Hall of Shame.” Keep reading…
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Trump wants to gut funding for affordable housing, transportation infrastructure, and accurate weather reporting
A few days ago, the Trump administration released a budget proposal that included steep cuts to the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the US Department of Transportation. Keep reading…
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Here’s what Metro delays look like in bad weather (like last week’s freezing temperatures!)
Bad weather tends to go hand in hand with longer Metrorail delays. Delays usually last the longest when it’s freezing outside, with the situation being a bit better when it’s snowing and even better when it’s only raining. Keep reading…
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Shovel your sidewalks, DC! You can get fined if you don’t.
For years, it was the law in DC that property owners had to shovel sidewalks after a snow, but there was no practical way to enforce the law. That stopped being the case last year, and owners of homes and buildings that don’t shovel can now get fines. Keep reading…
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Sniffling and sneezing? Too many male trees are (partly) to blame.
With February's early warm weather, DC's pollen counts are climbing earlier than usual. What you might not know is that decades of urban landscaping sexism are partly to blame for high pollen counts. Keep reading…
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When it rains in Alexandria it pours…sewage into the Potomac River
Every year, the city of Alexandria ejects 11.3 million gallons of sewage into its surrounding waterways including the Potomac River. This is nearly enough to fill the Reflecting Pool by the Lincoln Memorial twice. State lawmakers are now threatening to strip the city of funding if they don’t make major reductions to the pollutant level. The city is working to fix the problem, but that will take several decades. Keep reading…
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Breakfast Links: Kill the “Road Kill Bill”?
Larry Hogan wants to repeal the bill that scores transportation projects. Petworth residents are suddenly hearing shaking and rumbling from Green Line trains under their homes. Will using ride-hailing service damage transit systems in the long run? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Protecting immigrants in the Trump era
Sanctuaries may not be safe; A sprawl tax in Montgomery; Early warnings for track workers; Tripartisanship; Getting ahead of the weather; Get your plane tickets; And…. Keep reading…