In every other state in the nation, when some industrial entity pollutes an area, the state government can sue that entity and force it to pay for cleanup without the federal Environmental Protection Agency having to come in and take over.
You know what comes next: Not in the District.
Although in 2000 the Council created incentives [...]

In December, I wrote several times about the McMillan Sand Filtration Plant site, a 25-acre parcel of land by the intersection of North Capitol Street and Michigan Avenue, Northwest. Recently, a development team unveiled plans re-imagining the land as a mixed-use community with up to 1,200 housing units, a grocery store, retail—the works.
Soon after, Bloomingdale resident Paul [...]