Sophia Schmidt

A new website makes it easy to compare and download data about toxic air pollutants at refinery fencelines across the country.

Students are still pushing for fossil fuel divestment and money from Penn for affordable housing, despite arrests and looming disciplinary action.

Fallen leaves make great natural fertilizer and offer a place for insects to spend the winter.

The company redeveloping the former refinery plans to use a third-party facilitator to negotiate an agreement with community stakeholders.

The study is expected to inform solutions to keep Philadelphians safe from dangerous heat waves made worse by climate change.

Tropical Storm Isaias damaged hundreds of homes in Philly. In low-lying Eastwick, residents are still recovering.

The Art Commission was a hurdle for the project. But after including more environmental considerations, the project team finally got approval.

Shapiro said while his name was on the ballot, “it was always your rights, it was always your futures that were on the line.”

There are hundreds of farms and gardens in Philly, but many growers struggle with land security. The city released its first plan to help urban ag thrive.

I-95 south will be bad. Trains and buses may be crowded, but SEPTA is nearly doubling subway service to the stadium and offering free rides home.

When the Eagles won the Super Bowl, city crews picked up 92 tons of celebratory trash. “If we see that the game is going in our direction… we'll be ready.”

Residents want the tank farm associated with the former PES refinery permanently shut down, but the new owner has left the door open to restarting it.