Environment
NewsBy Franziska Wild August 14, 2024
Revitalization for who, Museum Square tenants ask
The remaining residents of Museum Square say they have faced increasingly difficult conditions, yet they are determined to stay.
NewsBy Jessica Rich July 3, 2024
June DCHA meeting marked by resident dissatisfaction
The District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) addressed public housing, development plans, and subsidy swap operations in a recent meeting.
OpinionBy Aida Peery July 12, 2023
Wildfires
Vendor Aida Peery on the impact of the Canadian wildfires on the U.S. environment.
ArtBy Brianna Butler January 25, 2023
Clean Earth
Brianna Butler advises readers on how to keep the world clean.
NewsBy Jasper Smith June 16, 2022
DC misreports number of hypothermia-caused deaths
The Emergency Response and Shelter Operations Committee of the Interagency Council on Homelessness revealed there had been an error in the number reported of unhoused individuals whose main cause of death was hypothermia in 2021.
ArtBy Rochelle Walker June 15, 2022
Mr. Water Clean
Artist/Vendor Rochelle Walker shares a piece of poetry about water.
NewsBy Alex Lawler April 22, 2022
Earth Day doesn’t have to be a guilt-trip: Here are some things you can do this weekend
On Friday, April 22, organizations all around D.C. will celebrate Earth Day.
ArtBy Michele Rochon December 1, 2021
Weather and climate change
Michele Rochon on climate change.
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 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.
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.
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…
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