Environment
ArtBy Jackie Turner February 9, 2022
2022-2023
Jaqueline Turner shares the changes she wants to make during 2022 in order to make the world a better place.
NewsBy Kaela Roeder / Candace Y.A. Montague January 18, 2022
District set to receive millions to boost lead removal
Thanks to the passage of the infrastructure bill and the American Rescue Plan, the District is set to receive millions in federal funding with the goal of completely removing lead pipes from its infrastructure by 2030. However, both the city and advocates say the available money falls far short of what is needed to address the full amount of lead pipes and lead-based paint found in properties and public space across D.C.
ArtBy Michele Rochon December 1, 2021
Weather and climate change
Michele Rochon on climate change.
NewsBy Kaela Roeder October 7, 2021
Floods and extreme heat: how climate change affects unhoused populations in the District
As extreme weather persists and increases nationally, floods, excessive heat and poor air quality in the District disproportionately harm those living outside, people of color and people living east of the Anacostia River.
OpinionBy Shuhratjon Ahmadjonov August 18, 2021
Our trees are dying where they stand
Artist and vendor Shuhratjon Ahmadjonov explains why trees are dying rapidly in D.C.
ArtBy Jackie Turner June 2, 2021
Why Are People so Destructive?
Artist/Vendor Jackie Turner wonders why people take the Earth for granted.
ArtBy Ayub Abdul May 5, 2021
Earth Day
Ayub Abdul shares a poem reflecting on how every day should be Earth Day.
ArtBy Daniel Ball March 31, 2021
First day of spring
Ball reveals the harsh effects weather has on his living conditions.
ArtBy Reginald Scott February 28, 2021
Technology and our future, part 3
Human beings, our future, and technology
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia November 9, 2020
Solar Works DC program creates jobs and can reduce expenses for low-income households
Solar Works D.C., through the DDOE, employs low-income residents in a solar installation and job training program. Panels are installed across the District, and low-income residents can request installations for free.
NewsBy Athiyah Azeem November 4, 2020
DCSEU green energy program helps people who have lost their homes
When Andre Roberson and Yolanda Hayden lost their jobs and homes, the DCSEU Workforce Development program helped get them back on their feet.
OpinionBy Kathryn McKelvey September 30, 2020
How the climate emergency exacerbates homelessness
Kathryn McKelvey explores the connection between climate disasters and homelessness.
OpinionBy Ayub Abdul September 28, 2020
The danger of diesel
Street Sense artist and vendor Ayub Abdul writes about the harm caused by diesel fuel.
NewsBy Reginald Black November 27, 2019
DC attorney general focusing more on environmental issues
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine participated in an event with The Sierra Club to tout his offices work with the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and lead hazard enforcement.
NewsBy Christian Zapata July 25, 2018
Barry Farm residents fear displacement as housing authority reconfigures plans for decade-old redevelopment
A handful of residents of Barry Farm, a public housing complex in Anacostia, breathed a sigh of relief earlier this year when plans to demolish and redevelop the neighborhood were sent back for revision.
NewsBy Christian Zapata July 11, 2018
Traveling exhibit visualizes redlining and systemic inequality
“Undesign the Redline” is an interactive look at how the effects of discriminatory selling practices present in the 1930s housing market still affect low-income neighborhoods today. The Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers (HAND) featured the exhibit as the centerpiece of its annual meeting and housing expo this year and in its downtown D.C. office throughout June.
NewsBy Annie Albright February 10, 2018
DC Council examines city’s bathroom shortage
The D.C. Council Committee on Transportation and the Environment held a public hearing Jan. 10 to discuss Bill 22-0223, the Public Restroom Facilities Installation and Promotion Act of 2017. The bill seeks to increase access to restrooms in downtown neighborhoods where they are scarce. Community representatives testified to the benefit such an initiative would have for tourists, residents, and the homeless alike.
NewsBy Aida Peery / James Marshall January 11, 2018
Seeking Justice: Cory Booker talks housing, environment & employment for all
Street Sense Media Vendor Aida Peery interviews Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) about jobs, homelessness, the housing crisis, health care, incarceration and more.
NewsBy Adam Sennott / Amelia Ferrell Knisely / Lilah Burke September 26, 2017
Thousands left homeless in wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma
Houston, Texas Residents living in the homeless encampment under House’s U.S. 59 overpass got some good news recently when they…
ArtBy Jennifer McLaughlin September 6, 2017
Oxon Run: A preview of things to come?
Jennifer McLaughlin shares her feelings on the closure of Oxon Run Park.
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