Sophia Schmidt

Hundreds of people live outside in the Philly area. Data shows some of the weather conditions they deal with are becoming more extreme.

The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program provides cash grants to help cover heating bills that don’t need to be repaid.

The average residential customer that uses PECO’s default service will see their monthly bill go down by around $5 starting Dec. 1.

The 1978 protest brought thousands to The Gallery Mall, which lacked Black-owned businesses and usurped potential affordable housing funding.

Volunteers are needed to help PHS Tree Tenders groups plant 1,800 trees in Philly and surrounding suburbs.

The city of Philadelphia will not move forward with the project unless negative impacts on Delaware County are addressed, an official said.

PGW customers’ gas bills go up at the end of November. But the rate increase regulators OK’d is much smaller than what PGW asked for.

After 11 years on City Council, Oh said he’s not sure what he’ll do next — other than “rest and relax and spend a little more time with the family.”

Unpredictable sales and tight margins make it hard for food trucks to source anything but the cheapest bags, a former food truck operator said.

The group of gardeners and advocates hopes to hold a similar conversation with Republican mayoral candidate David Oh.

“The community has to have a determining voice,” one critic said. “This policy doesn't do that.”

Over $4 million in federal grant money will flow to nonprofits and local governments to support environmental justice in the Philly region.