Updates
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 12:35pm
Washington, DC, December 12, 2011
A toxic problem a century in the making is finally getting the attention it deserves. Today the District of Columbia and its federal partners announced a...
Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 11:27am
January 1, 2012:
Montgomery County's Bag Bill will go in to effect. There will be a 5 cent fee on all carryout bags, both plastic and paper.
Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 2:15pm
DDOE is partnering with the Anacostia Riverkeeper, Groundworks Anacostia DC and Stormwater Systems to install two new trash trap in Ward 7 at Marvin Gaye Park and at the outfall at James...
Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 1:57pm
November 4, 2011
Contact: Raviya Ismail, Earthjustice (202) 745-5221
Clean Water Advocates Challenge EPA on Inadequate Clean Water Permit
Permit falls short of cleaning up pollution in...
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 4:15pm
EPA Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin today announced new performance standards for DC Stormwater. "This new permit includes a number of green performance measures for preventing...
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 5:28pm
A wonderful history of the Anacostia and portrait of the River today.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/anacostia-river-from-then-till-now/2011/08/08/...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 4:01pm
Last night there were reports of an oil spill on the Anacostia between Benning Rd and the 11th St Bridge. Tests today do not confirm the presence of petroleum products but there is still a distinct...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 3:57pm
Court Gives DC, Maryland One Year to Develop New Anacostia Pollution LimitsLimits on sediment fail to assure clear water, Judge rules
Washington, D.C. — A federal court today ruled that the U.S...
Friday, July 1, 2011 - 12:54pm
June 30, 2011
It was just another day on the Anacostia River yesterday.
A day full of contrasts and contradictions, beauty and betrayal, grand gestures and every day needs.
Here's just...
Friday, June 3, 2011 - 3:40pm
Prince George's County is once again taking up the issue of how to manage and control the polluted runoff that is entering its streams and the Anacostia River. This "stormwater" as it...
