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The Sierra Club DC Chapter wrote to Mayor Muriel Bowser on February 28 asking that the Fiscal Year 2020 budget fully fund the Clean Energy DC Omnibus Act, extend the DC Streetcar, provide funding to replace lead pipes and expand the Office of Waste...

Amy Kelley, a member of the DC Chapter Zero Waste Committee, testified before the DC Council Committee on Facilities and Procurement about recycling and composting programs in DC schools.

DC Chapter Clean Water Committee Chair Larry Martin testified before the DC Council about DC Water's sewage sludge biosolid soil amendment product and re-structuring the Clean Rivers Impervious Area Charge (CRIAC)

Bradley Green, a member of the DC Chapter's Smart Growth Committee, testified at the DC Department of Transportation performance oversight hearing.

DC Chapter Vice Chair Catherine Plume provided testimony at the John A. Wilson building on February 15 before the Transportation and Environment Committee.

Chapter Chair Mark Rodeffer testified about implementation of the Clean Energy DC Omnibus Act before a DC Council performance oversight hearing on the Department of Energy and Environment.

The Sierra Club wrote to Mayor Bowser requesting speedy implementation of the Building Energy Performance Standard (BEPS) provision of the Clean Energy DC Omnibus Act.

The Sierra Club DC Chapter sent letters congratulating Public Service Commission Chairman Willie Phillips and Commissioner Greer Gillis on their confirmations to the commission.

Outline of the major provisions of the Clean Energy DC Omnibus Act, which the DC Council passed on December 18 and Mayor Bowser signed on January 18.

The Sierra Club has several recommendations for restructuring the stormwater runoff fee that funds DC Water's Clean Rivers projects.