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Let's pass the DC Bottle Bill!

October 2, 2025 | By Maher Akremi

On Wednesday, the Washington DC City Council held a hearing on the Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Amendment Act of 2025: aka, the DC Bottle Bill! To get this important bill passed, we need you to make your voice heard and let your council member know that you support the it and the positive

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Ryan Zinke is out. What's next for LWCF?

December 18, 2018 | By Brent Bolin

LWCF funds projects in every state, and nearly every county, in the country. But Ryan Zinke supported slashing 2019 LWCF funding to a measly 1/50 of its 2018 budget. And Congress followed his lack of leadership and failed to reauthorize LWCF at all.

Swift River, White Mountain National Forest. Credit: haveseen / Shutterstock

Save the the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)

October 4, 2018 | By Brent Bolin

Authorization for the nation’s most successful conservation and recreation program, the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), expired September 30. Failure by Congress to save this essential program will put the outdoor places we love and America’s recreational economy at extreme risk. The LCWF

Getting Toxic Sediment out of the Anacostia River

May 4, 2017 | By Michael Bochynski

The Anacostia River corridor within the District of Columbia is comprised of 15 miles of shoreline, 1,200 acres of green space, and a string of 10 adjacent neighborhoods on the river’s east side in Wards 7 and 8. Polluted and neglected for decades, the Anacostia River is undergoing a renaissance

A view of the Anacostia River with Anacostia Park on the left and Seafarer's Yacht Club on the right

The Anacostia Park Community Collaborative: Comment on the Anacostia Park Management Plan / Environmental Assessment

March 24, 2017 | By Brent Bolin

Clean Water Action is proud to be a member of the Anacostia Park and Community Collaborative (APACC), a community-based coalition to improve Anacostia River parklands, increase access to parklands for local communities, and create a healthy river adjacent to thriving neighborhoods. The National Park

DC Imposes a Citywide Ban on Polystyrene Foam

July 15, 2014 | By Lily Biggar

For folks like me living in the nation’s capitol, this summer has brought unbearable humidity, another so-so season for the Washington Nationals, and continued congressional frustrations. However, DC has finally given us a reason to smile.