Tag Archives: environment
An event to allow swimming in the Anacostia River was postponed again after water quality tests failed. Continue reading
- Posted in Bladensburg, Brentwood, College Park, Edmonston, Greenbelt, Hyattsville, Mount Rainier, Riverdale Park, University Park, Woodridge
- Tagged Anacostia River, Anacostia Riverkeeper, Anacostia Watershed Society, environment
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How Prince George’s New Plastic Bag Ban Will Help the Anacostia River
Shoppers along the Route 1 corridor will no longer get disposable plastic bags at most stores, as a new county law went into effect this week. Continue reading
- Posted in Bladensburg, Brentwood, College Park, Edmonston, Greenbelt, Hyattsville, Mount Rainier, Riverdale Park, University Park
- Tagged environment
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You can legally swim in the Anacostia River for a few hours in September. Swimming has been illegal in the river since 1971 due to pollution, but infrastructure improvements and other efforts have improved water quality enough that D.C. is allowing the sanctioned swim. Continue reading
Cool Green Shelters Brings ‘Living Canopies’ to Hyattsville Bus Stops
The city will add 10 new stations with solar panels and living vegetation from Cool Green Shelters, an offshoot of the local business Living Canopies. Continue reading
- Posted in College Park, Hyattsville
- Tagged buses, Cool Green Shelters, environment, Living Canopies, mass transit, transit, transportation
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Mom’s Organic Market in College Park sells edible insects, part of a broader trend toward sustainable proteins. Continue reading
- Posted in College Park
- Tagged environment, grocery stores, MOM's Organic Market
- 1 Comment
This Earth Day, one of the best ways that residents of the Route 1 corridor can help the environment is to focus on the Anacostia River. Continue reading
- Posted in Bladensburg, Brentwood, College Park, Edmonston, Greenbelt, Hyattsville, Mount Rainier, Riverdale Park, University Park, Woodridge
- Tagged Anacostia River, Anacostia Watershed Society, composting, environment
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A NASA plan to sell 105 acres of forestland in Greenbelt is being criticized by environmental groups, who want to see the land preserved. Continue reading
- Posted in Greenbelt
- Tagged environment, Patuxent Research Refuge
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