Don’t let the tiny town of Edmonston, Maryland fool you. Despite its size, P.G. County’s minute municipality is on the cutting edge of environmental awareness – as evidenced by the groundbreaking of its new “green street” last week.
The $1.1 million Recovery Act project (issued through the EPA) will fund the reconstruction of Decatur Street, saving energy, reducing water pollution to the adjacent Anacostia River and Chesapeake Bay, and improving local air quality.
The project came about …
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Lately, DC has received its fair share of rain. Ordinarily, this rain runs off of impervious surfaces like buildings, streets, sidewalks, etc. and flows into drains built at the bottom of slopes and in depressions. Those drains dump the rain into streams and rivers, carrying chemicals, oil and toxins with it.
Back in 1990, a developer in Prince George’s County came up with a solution to stop rain water from flowing into …
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