Posts tagged Ddoe
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Do Something: The week of March 11, 2024
This week on Do Something: weigh in on Rhode Island Avenue; the once and future Fort Myer asphalt plant; Moore Housing nears the finish line in Maryland; and get ready for endorsements in Virginia. Keep reading…
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DC is testing a way to curb stormwater pollution
What happens to all the water when snow melts? To keep our water clean, DC wants to limit the amount of stormwater runoff a property can have, and create a market for buildings that go over to buy credits from those who don’t. If it works, the program will serve as an example for other cities facing similar challenges. Keep reading…
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DC is committing to cheaper, renewable energy
People in DC can expect both lower utility bills and more sources for clean energy in the near future. This is because the DC government is shifting its environmental focus toward renewable energy. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Checklist
Go streetcar; Jump on the bus; No trains in my backyard; Mourning; Vision Zero or Zero Vision?; At home at DDOE; Now get back to work!; Runoff; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: You’re fired
Falling Starr; Coming out of retirement; A representative scofflaw; Gentrification in Ward 8; Wells’s environmental vision; An urban state?; Rail smash; More housing for NYC; Google that ride; And…. Keep reading…
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Tommy Wells will head DC’s environmental agency
Councilmember Tommy Wells will run the District Department of the Environment in Muriel Bowser’s administration. The mayor-elect is expected to announce the pick at an event this morning. Keep reading…
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Mary Cheh wants to break up DC’s transportation agency
The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) has gotten too large and unwieldy to carry out all facets of its mission, says DC Councilmember Mary Cheh. Cheh has introduced a bill to reorganize transportation-related functions, create some new agencies, and abolish one. Keep reading…
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Sustainable Energy Utility needs more than good intentions
Malcolm Kenton wrote last week about the DC Sustainable Energy Utility’s progress toward helping DC residents and businesses save energy. Here is a less sanguine view. The DC Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU) was created with the best of intentions and much fanfare. Unfortunately, after more than $30 million dollars and nearly 3 years, DC SEU has had trouble even changing… Keep reading…
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DC Sustainable Energy Utility saves energy and creates jobs
Five years ago, the DC Council created the DC Sustainable Energy Utility to help the city’s growing population use less energy. While it hasn’t been perfect, DC SEU can help achieve Mayor Gray’s goal of cutting the District’s energy use in half by 2032. Created by the Clean and Affordable Energy Act of 2008 and housed within the District Department of… 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…