Region Forward Blog Metropolitan Washington Continues to Lead on LEED and Other Green Energy Initiatives October 23, 2014 For the past several years COG has tracked the region’s progress in addressing climate change and meeting the ambitious goals of its 2008 National Capital...
News Release COG Honors Local Governments with Climate and Energy Leadership Awards October 8, 2014 Washington, DC – The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments presented the First Annual Climate and Energy Leadership Awards to the City of Falls Church,...
Region Forward Blog Building a Climate Resilient National Capital Region October 2, 2014 As the UN Climate Conference in Bonn Germany gears up this month the National Capital Region is working on climate change locally. Over the past year federal...
News Highlight Leaders Celebrate Safe Drinking Water Act at 'Toast to Tap' October 2, 2014 Area water leaders celebrated the 40th Anniversary of the Safe Water Drinking Act in Downtown Washington, D.C. last week at the Toast to Tap event sponsored by...
News Release Cleaner Air: D.C. Region Records Second Straight Summer with No Code Red Days October 2, 2014 At a joint meeting of the Climate, Energy, and Environment Policy Committee and the Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee, officials discussed making...