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 ...

But the river's pollution has caused health concerns, especially for many who live nearby and restricted river activities. "Throughout history, the US government has unjustly igno ...

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

D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit against the federal government for its role in polluting the Anacostia ...

WASHINGTON - D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb has filed a lawsuit accusing the federal government of polluting the Anacostia River for more than a century. The suit claims the government has been a ...

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

The District of Columbia on Friday filed a lawsuit seeking to hold the federal government responsible for pollution in the Anacostia River, accusing it of systematically contaminating the river over ...

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

by Winston Rogers TOPICS: WASHINGTON ... of the NAACP DC Branch in a statement on Friday. “The federal government has been the number one driver of pollution in the Anacostia River for over ...

The 9-mile (14-kilometer) river flows through Washington ... according to DC Water, the city’s water utility. The final section of the Anacostia Tunnel System went online in 2023, and the ...