The lawsuit argues that federal agencies and military sites created landfills, allowed waste to flow into the river and ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An Anacostia Riverkeeper boat passes along the river during a tour on May 1, 2024, at Anacostia Park in ...

Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb sues US government for 150 years of pollution in Anacostia River, seeking accountability ...

To reduce littering and increase recycling, the D.C. council will consider implementing a so-called “bottle deposit bill.” ...

The D.C. Council is pushing a “bottle bill” aimed at boosting recycling around the city and reducing one of the leading ...

Trey Sherard of Anacostia Riverkeeper, a group dedicated to restoring the river, welcomed the lawsuit for what he described as the federal government’s “reckless and significant pollution of ...

On Friday, the D.C. Attorney General’s Office filed a lawsuit accusing federally owned agencies and facilities of having ...

FILE - An Anacostia Riverkeeper boat passes along the river during a tour on May 1, 2024, at Anacostia Park in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner) ...