Read the 2006 Environmental Agenda for the District of Columbia

About the D.C. Environmental Network
The network, spearheaded by Friends of the Earth -- is working toward a vision of rebuilding Washington, D.C.'s neighborhoods and communities for long-term economic stability -- accomplishing this by protecting and restoring the Capitol City's urban environment.

The undertaking is a challenge: Major environmental problems in the region include contaminated drinking water, air pollution, congested traffic, neighborhood trash, degradation of the Anacostia River and lead contamination. Rising to the challenge is a thriving coalition made up of over 120 local and national organizations including Friends of the Earth, the Sierra Club, the African-American Environmentalist Association, Clean Water Action, the Maryland Native Plant Society, the Anacostia Watershed Society and many more.

Meeting every month to focus on problems specific to the D.C. region, Network members exchange current information and develop campaign strategies. The Network then coordinates immediate action in response to these issues. The meeting on lead poisoning in the city, for example, helped to inform groups about the problem and highlighted the fact that for three years the city had not successfully applied for lead abatement funding available from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Network also enjoyed success in blocking the Barney Circle Interstate highway project, which would have brought beltway traffic streaming through an already environmentally and economically stressed neighborhood of Washington.

For more information, contact:
Chris Weiss
Friends of the Earth
1717 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 600
Washington, D.C. 20036-2002
202-222-0746