by Ramsen Shamon & Mary Cirincione | Aug 22, 2011 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON — On Saturday, 65 protesters holding a sit-in in opposition to the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline outside the White House were arrested for violating sidewalk traffic laws. From Aug. 20 through Sept. 3, activists with the Tar Sands Action group will...
by Ramsen Shamon & Mary Cirincione | Aug 20, 2011 | Environment, Topics
2:45 p.m. update: WASHINGTON — The Tar Sands Action sit-in started at 11 a.m. today, with protesters who had volunteered to be arrested lining up and sitting on the sidewalk in front of the White House. Others protesters who had not signed up to be arrested...
by Ramsen Shamon & Mary Cirincione | Aug 20, 2011 | Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON — Saturday is the kickoff of what organizers are billing as possibly the largest civil disobedience action in the history of the American environmental movement. From Saturday to Sept. 3, protesters are expected to stage sit-ins in front of the White House...
by Jacqueline Klimas | Aug 16, 2011 | Environment
During August, which is National Water Quality month, you may wonder where the District’s water goes once it has run down the drain. Before it streams back into the Potomac, water goes through a series of treatments at the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment...
by Ramsen Shamon & Mary Cirincione | Aug 15, 2011 | Environment
WASHINGTON — The oil and natural gas industry called a U.S. Department of Energy panel’s recommendations for regulation of hydraulic fracturing “disappointing and confusing.” An environmental watchdog group also was disappointed but for...
by Matt Mansfield | Aug 9, 2011 | Environment
WASHINGTON — The price of crude oil is plummeting on world markets, but when do consumers get a break at the pump? The answer: It’s hard to say. Gas prices in the United States actually have risen steadily over the past several weeks, from an average of $3.63...
