Sophia Schmidt

The Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit saved households in Pa., Del. and N.J. more than $200 million in a recent tax year.

Plastic bags are already banned in Philadelphia. Paper bags will come with a fee.

A bill would prevent Philadelphia from signing new contracts for waste incineration, forcing the city to send all of its waste to landfills.

With the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program delayed, over 300,000 Pa. households will wait longer for help heating their homes.

Members of the Senior Environment Corps wade into streams, peer through microscopes and teach kids how to identify aquatic critters.

Republican lawmakers want to see faster permitting and an end to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

Forty additional city employees have been given authority to issue notices of violation against illegal dumpers. They hit the streets next month.

State officials say Pa. has not received its federal allocation for LIHEAP. Assistance could open on Dec. 3, if the funds begin to flow before then.

The fee is meant to encourage Philadelphians to bring their own bags. Parker’s administration worries it could hurt low-income residents.

The lots were once tangled up with privately held tax liens. The Land Bank can now transfer them to gardeners and land trusts.

Packing a go-bag ahead of time can help your family during an evacuation.

The municipality has invested millions to pressure cook sewage sludge, in hopes of cutting its climate pollution.