EPA Cleans Up New Power Plant Standards

The Obama administration’s tightening of pollution regulations for new coal-fired power plants Tuesday is a step in the right direction, Maryland politicians and environmentalists said, but some said it doesn’t go far enough.

Anacostia River to Receive $5 Million Toward Restoration

The Anacostia will no longer be the region’s “forgotten river” promised Washington Rep. Eleanor Norton as she announced the creation of the $5 million Anacostia River Revitalization Fund.