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They called the president’s plan “bull——,” hence the manure, and they also carried signs that read, “Declare a climate emergency now” and “Biden’s 2030 plan = Mass death,” WUSA reported. Reilly Polka, a spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion, said Mr. Biden’s plan is “far too little, far too late.” “Biden is punting the crisis to future generations with targets that rely on unproven technologies sucking carbon out of the atmosphere,” she said in a statement. “This is a massive gamble to take when the well-being of the human species and the richness of life on ea...

Photograph by Askolds/via iStock. The District of Columbia plans to restart enforcing parking regulations on June 1. Also, if your license expired during the pandemic, you’ll have to renew it before July 1, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced in a news conference Monday. The District suspended enforcement of most parking regulations at the outset of the Covid crisis last year and began to ease back into ticketing violators in certain spots last month. Bowser also announced a ticket amnesty program. Rates for residential parking permits will change: Permits will cost $50 for a household’s first...

New Theater, Jazz, and a Beer-and-Pizza Fest: Things to Do in DC, February 25-28 Plus: How we're processing pandemic loss.   Here’s what you should check out this weekend: Art talk: Join the Phillips Collection’s virtual conversation series to hear from Nekisha Durrett, a DC artist known for large-scale work with a comics-like style—one massive 2019 print reads “Go-Go Belongs Here”—and public installations, like the time she mowed a James Baldwin quote (“Yes, Lawd”) in the grass at the Parks at Walter Reed. Durrett will speak about her art and process with Phillips cura...

Share The National Cathedral tolls a bell 500 time in memory of the 500,000 Americans lost to Covid. Photo by Evy Mages I grew up near a friary, where church bells were part of the fabric of my childhood. The Westminster Quarters ringing through the yard marked when it was time to go inside for dinner, and on Sundays the carillon resounded throughout the morning with familiar hymns. For me, bells will always evoke memories of family, of home, of summer Sundays spent reading on the hammock.  Yesterday’s peals from National Cathedral were different. There was no tinkling hymn, no melody of ...

In Durham, N.C., 1 in 5 adults had a suspended license because of unpaid fines or failure to appear in traffic court, with residents of color disproportionately impacted. Thanks to the Durham Expunction and Restoration program, $2.7 million in fines have been waived.   Have a tip for the links? Submit it here. Continue the conversation about urbanism in the Washington region and support GGWash’s news and advocacy when you join the GGWash Neighborhood! Latisha Johnson is a transportation planner and graduate student at Morgan State University. Her interest in planning stems from a desi...