DC Environmental Agenda '99
Contents
- Cover Page
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- Preface to the Electronic Edition
- Endorsements
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- II. Trash, Toxics, and Recycling
- Expand Recycling
- Improve Trash Collection and Management
- Restore Household Hazardous Waste Collections
- Encourage "Deconstruction" before Demolition
- Implement Integrated Pest Management
- III. Safe Drinking Water and Clean Rivers
- Modernize Our Drinking Water System to Reduce Health Threats
- Protect the Source of Our Drinking Water
- Reduce Our Exposure to Lead in Drinking Water
- Manage Stormwater Discharges to Reduce Pollution
- Restore the Anacostia River
- Help Get the Chesapeake Bay Clean-Up Back on Schedule
- Set Maximum Pollution Loads that Protect Our Waterways
- Complement Infrastructure Needs with Water Conservation Measures
- Protect and Restore Urban Riverfronts
- IV. Protection of Parks and Trees
- Adopt a General Policy on Parkland Conservation
- Restore Washington's Street Trees - Our Urban Forest
- Reject the Oxon Cove Prison Proposal
- Protect Kingman and Heritage Islands
- Speak Out on the General Management Plan for Rock Creek Park
- Complete the Georgetown Waterfront Park
- V. Transportation, Energy, and Improved Air Quality
- Plan for Clean Transportation
- Promote Clean Transportation
- Restore MetroBus Service
- Phase Out Diesel Buses
- Improve Energy Efficiency and Promote Renewable Energy
- Join the Cities for Climate Protection Campaign
- VI. Sustainable Development and Economic Revitalization
- Redevelop Brownfields
- Mixed-Use and Transit-Oriented Development
- Split the Property Tax Rate
- Encourage Location-Efficient Mortgages
- Remove Illegal Billboards and Enforce the Sign Code
- Enforce the Sign Code
- Remove Graffiti
- Rebuild Federal Employment in the Nation’s Capital
- Fully Investigate the New Convention Center
- VII. Improved Tools for Protecting Our Environment
- Implement the District of Columbia Environmental Policy Act
- Launch the Green Government Initiative
- Raise Money and Pride for D.C.’s Anacostia River:
- Offer an Environmental License Plate and an Income Tax Check-Off
- Establish an Environmental Agency for the District of Columbia
- Contact Information for
the D.C. Environmental Agenda