Posts Tagged ‘News’

Today, the Washington Post officially launched their climate & energy blog, Post Carbon. The blog is designed to give readers up-to-the-minute information on key international climate and energy issues – from Copenhagen talks to American energy legislation.

For the next few weeks, most of Post Carbon’s content will focus on Copenhagen, as one of its authors is currently at the conference. Post contributors Juliet Eilperin and Steve Mufson are the blog’s writers.

If …

Via DCist.com, the Shaw veggie joint voted DC’s Best Vegetarian Restaurant will soon be closing.

Vegetate (1414 9th St. NW) is famous for an all vegetarian menu that features locally grown, seasonal food, as well as delicious cocktails.

According to a note posted by Vegetate’s owners on the Convention Center Community Association website, the lease on the restaurant is up and they have decided not to renew. Instead, they …

Last night, District Department of Transportation Director Gabe Klein and Chief of Staff Scott Kubly held a public meeting on DC’s streetcar project at the Atlas theater on H Street.

Although it appears DC government is still committed to advancing the streetcar project, Klein could not give a timeline or estimated costs.

One of the areas of dispute for advancing streetcar installation is the potential power source. The simplest way to power streetcars …

City Renewed launched in February with the goal of becoming DC’s comprehensive green resource. No other site in town has a calendar of upcoming environmental events, a complete directory of local green businesses and a blog that focuses exclusively on living green in DC.

City Renewed is constantly improving to provide our fellow Washingtonians with the best, well-rounded information on everything green in the District. In that vein, we are excited to announce daily themed blog posts and 7 new contributors to the site.

The National Building Museum hosts a lot of great discussions and exhibits on sustainable cities & construction. It is at the front end of the green building movement and is helping push the conversation forward. Right now they’re running a “Green Community” exhibit that is really interesting. One of the other programs they host is green education for kids…check out the video on it below -…