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Photo of Anacostia River cleanup by Flickr user Deckerme

Posted on by Alison Beckwith

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

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

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

Mom’s Organic Market in College Park sells edible insects, part of a broader trend toward sustainable proteins. Continue reading

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

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

A new report on water quality looked at sites on the Anacostia River where D.C.’s ban on swimming could be lifted. Continue reading

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