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Play Ball! Washington Nationals will play in first U.S. green-built stadium		28 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 4:00 PM on 28 Mar 2008 The Washington Nationals will play their baseball season opener Sunday in the first green-built professional stadium in the U.S. The LEED Silver certified ballpark was built on a restored brownfield, and many building materials were produced locally. The stadium boasts efficient lighting and plumbing, drought-resistant plants, a concession area with a green roof, filters to keep stormwat ...
Topics: green building, green living, news, placemaking, sports, Washington DC (all these topics)

Snowballing support Congress bombarded with requests for renewable tax package	Joseph Romm	06 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Congress, energy, legislation, politics, renewable energy, Washington DC (all these topics)

LEED score and seven years ago Abe Lincoln's summer home goes green	Sarah van Schagen	12 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: green building, placemaking, Washington DC (all these topics)

Nation's phallus hit with grafitti Greenpeace pulls off a doozy of a stunt	David Roberts	31 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: climate, grassroots activism, Greenpeace, politics, Washington DC (all these topics)

'Even Santa is rethinking his position on coal!' Coal industry kicks off a PR campaign aimed at influencing lawmakers	David Roberts	19 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: coal, energy, holiday, Washington DC (all these topics)

Mass transit in D.C. is a triumph Metro is succeeding, but like all public transit systems, it needs our support	Ryan Avent	19 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: placemaking, public transportation, Washington DC (all these topics)

They've got solar Solar decathlon underway in D.C.	Sarah van Schagen	17 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: energy, green building, solar voltaic power, Washington DC (all these topics)

Hey hey, ho ho ... Climate protesters arrested outside State Department	David Roberts	27 Sep 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, grassroots activism, politics, Washington DC (all these topics)

Revenge of the offset nerds Thursday event in D.C. seeks carbon questions	Glenn Hurowitz	19 Sep 2007	Gristmill

Topics: carbon offsets, climate, energy, Washington DC (all these topics)

Cleaning house The House of Reps leads the way to a greener capitol	Kate Sheppard	22 Jun 2007	Gristmill

Topics: energy, energy efficiency, legislation, politics, renewable energy, US House of Representatives, Washington DC (all these topics)

Grist D.C. reader party: Thanks for the memories A good time was had by all	David Roberts	21 Jun 2007	Gristmill

Topics: jackassery, shameless self-promotion, Washington DC (all these topics)

Dingell and Boucher back off worst elements of Energy Committee proposal Chalk up a win for Pelosi	David Roberts	18 Jun 2007	Gristmill

Topics: coal-to-liquid fuel, Congress, energy, John Dingell, legislation, Nancy Pelosi, politics, US House of Representatives, Washington DC (all these topics)

D.C. Wherein I chat with House types	David Roberts	18 Jun 2007	Gristmill

Topics: coal-to-liquid fuel, Congress, energy, John Dingell, legislation, Nancy Pelosi, politics, US House of Representatives, Washington DC (all these topics)

Authenticity	David Roberts	12 Jun 2007	Gristmill

Topics: shameless self-promotion, Washington DC (all these topics)

Sure It's Not the Politics? Wildlife waste blamed for pollution in D.C.-area waterways		29 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
Sure It's Not the Politics? Wildlife waste blamed for pollution in D.C.-area waterways Tired of being left out, nature has decided to join in the fun and pollute itself. A significant amount of harmful bacteria in Virginia and Maryland waterways has been pinned on, well, wildlife poop. The Potomac and Anacostia rivers and an additional two dozen or so streams have been declared federally &quo ...
Topics: news, Potomac River, Washington DC, water pollution, wildlife (all these topics)

A Little Exhibit of Heaven New museum exhibit shows visitors how to build green	Ethan Goffman	20 Jul 2006	Arts and Minds
Sometimes it feels tough to get through a day without despoiling the planet. The products most of us use come through a wasteful global production chain; discarding old stuff is cheaper than repairing it; and our energy supply is inefficient and hard on the earth. Making matters worse, most of this excess centers around the heartwarming center of our existence, the home: U.S. households a ...
Topics: placemaking, Washington DC (all these topics)

That'll Anacostia A plan to spruce up D.C.'s Anacostia River has some residents anxious	Ethan Goffman	15 Mar 2006	Main Dish
In the southeast corner of Washington, D.C., the capital of the most powerful nation in history, lies a polluted, neglected neighborhood known as Anacostia. Slated for a grand renewal project centered on the local river that gives it its name, the area stands at the juncture of poverty and opportunity. If plans move forward, it will one day be a showcase of urban design, with revi ...
Topics: environmental justice, green space, placemaking, politics, Poverty and the Environment, public lands, Washington DC (all these topics)

Rank and Rile We must hit the streets to demand action on global warming	Ted Glick	30 Sep 2005	Soapbox
"Given the urgency and magnitude of the escalating pace of climate change, the only hope lies in a rapid and unprecedented mobilization of humanity around this issue ... that some spark might ignite a massive uprising of popular will around a unifying movement for social survival and the promise it holds for a more prosperous, more equitable, and more peaceful world."��-- Ross Gelbspan, B ...
Topics: climate, non-government organizations, Washington DC (all these topics)

Run Away, Train D.C. approves stricter regs on transporting toxic chemicals		03 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
Run Away, Train D.C. approves stricter regs on transporting toxic chemicals Worried about a possible catastrophic release of toxic chemicals that one study says could kill up to 100,000 people, Washington, D.C.'s 13-member city council has approved a measure limiting the transport of toxic chemicals within a 2.2-mile radius of the Capitol building. Shipments of explosives, flammable gases, and other highly dangerous che ...
Topics: placemaking, toxics, Washington DC (all these topics)

Plumbing New Depths D.C. Lead Contamination Casts Doubt on EPA Testing Methods		05 Mar 2004	Daily Grist
Plumbing New Depths D.C. Lead Contamination Casts Doubt on EPA Testing Methods The ongoing drama over lead contamination in Washington, D.C., tap water promises to spill over (ahem) to the rest of the country, as a hearing on Capitol Hill today examines how federal agencies handle local drinking-water safety. Extensive testing of residential tap water by the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority -- conducted in an ...
Topics: toxics, US EPA, Washington DC, water pollution (all these topics)

Pipe Down D.C. Issues Warning Over Lead in Residential Pipes		25 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Pipe Down D.C. Issues Warning Over Lead in Residential Pipes Washington, D.C., health officials will announce today that pregnant women and children under the age of 6 who live in homes in the city with lead service lines should immediately stop drinking unfiltered tap water and have their blood tested for lead. D.C. Water and Sewer Authority officials plan to distribute free water filters to up to 10,000 of ...
Topics: health, toxics, Washington DC, water pollution (all these topics)

Google Gaga Google Bans Ads from Environmental Group		13 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Google Gaga Google Bans Ads from Environmental Group The popular search engine Google is facing accusations of censorship after it refused to carry ads from an environmental group that is protesting a major cruise line's sewage-treatment methods. The Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Oceana paid Google to run an ad that read &qu ...
Topics: business, Florida, green living, oceans, placemaking, pollution and waste, solid waste treatment and disposal, Washington DC (all these topics)

Morose Code		04 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Morose Code In a move that should mean cleaner air for Washington, D.C., a federal appeals court yesterday rejected the U.S. EPA's decision to accept a D.C.-area proposal to delay enforcement of Clean Air Act-mandated pollution levels for several years past the act's 1999 deadline. The area was classified as being in "severe" violation of federal ozone ...
Topics: air pollution, environmental justice, politics, pollution and waste, US EPA, Washington DC (all these topics)

We're Not Gonna Rock Down to Electric Avenue		05 Mar 2003	Daily Grist
We're Not Gonna Rock Down to Electric Avenue The electric car could soon go the way of the dodo, as California moves toward eliminating a rule first approved in 1990 to force automakers to sell a fixed number of electric cars in the state. The proposed changes to the zero-emissions-vehicle rule would allow car manufacturers to earn credits for low-emissions hybrid vehicles, instead o ...
Topics: California, cars, electric vehicles, energy, hydrogen, Washington DC (all these topics)

Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, Where Did All the Protesters Go?		30 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, Where Did All the Protesters Go? Nearly three years after some 20,000 anti-globalization demonstrators all but shut down the city of Seattle, a fraction of that crowd showed up to protest this weekend's meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington, D.C. The disappointing turnout (police, of whom there were plenty, placed the numbers at between 3,000 and 5,000) was widel ...
Topics: globalization, Washington DC, World Bank (all these topics)

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