The Anacostia Coordinating Council (ACC) has been serving the community of Ward 8 since 1983. You are invited to celebrate another year of progress at the ACC's annual meeting next Tuesday, May 30 at Anacostia High School.
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On Tuesday, May 30 the DC Council will be making recommendations and voting on the DC budget. Take action with APACC member Clean Water Action and urge the DC Council to restore $5 million for cleaning up toxics in the Anacostia River!
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DC Water has just named two of its newest skimmer boats "Flotsam" and "Jetsam", names selected by a competition on Twitter. We welcome the new vessels to the Anacostia River! DC Water operates these boats to pick up trash and debris from the Anacostia River. Each year, the boats pick up around 400 tons of trash.
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The Benning Road Community Advisory Group (CAG) has a meeting tonight, at 5:30pm to discuss the future of the Pepco Benning road plant. This monthly meeting is open to the public - please consider attending. All meeting dates are posted on Facebook (The Community Advisory Group: The RI/FS Benning Road Power Plant Study). The next meeting is scheduled for this Wednesday, May 24th at 5:30 pm at Educare DC.
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If you are reading this post, you must be at least mildly interested in learning more about sustainability. The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network SDG Academy's Sustainable Cities MOOC (massive open online course) is a good way to skill-up.
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Thanks to the hard work of many APACC members and other allies, the DC Council Committee on Transportation and the Environment responded to our requests during a meeting yesterday. The Committee shifted $4 million of the $5 million "missing" dollars back into the Fiscal Year 2018 budget for the Department of Energy & Environment to be able to clean up the Anacostia River and stay on schedule for completion of a remedial plan in mid-2018.
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In April, we helped put the word out about the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)’s no-questions-asked drug take-back program. Drugs that aren’t disposed of property can make their way into natural water bodies like the Anacostia River if they are flushed down the toilet or dumped into the sink. MPD reports that they collected nearly 350 pounds of drugs during the month of April!
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Residents and stakeholders have been calling on members of the DC Council, particularly the Committee on Transportation and the Environment, to add $5 million to the FY 2018 capital budget for the Department of Energy and Environment to fund the cleanup of Anacostia River and Kenilworth Park.
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The community push is on to get $5 million added back in to the Department of Energy and Environment for the cleanup of the Anacostia River and Kenilworth Park. APACC member Clean Water Action recently blogged about the situation and the actions taken April 28 at the DOEE budget hearing.
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The Urban Institute is hosting an event as part of DC Ideas Fest to "elevate the debate about how we can achieve an inclusive economy for all Washingtonians.
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Several community members and APACC organizations showed up to testify about the importance of including funds in next year's budget to keep cleanup efforts moving forward.
Read MoreYou don't have to be a Quaker and you don't have to live on Capitol Hill to join this potluck discussion about environmental stewardship and food justice in DC with the William Penn House. Check out the description below. The next meeting will be on May 7th.
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