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Superintendent William Hite, Mayor Jim Kenney, Solis-Cohen principal Michelina Serianni, and school district officials celebrate the new building with a ribbon cutting ceremony. (Emily Rizzo WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Solis-Cohen Elementary celebrates its brighter and greener new home

The building was made with sustainability and clean energy in mind. There’s a new air filtration system, a rooftop garden, and solar panels covering the roofs.

5 years ago

A wind turbine in front of a steaming coal power plant
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Science

Glasgow climate pledges are ‘lip service’ without far more aggressive plans

A new analysis finds that of the many pledges to zero out climate emissions, just four — Chile, Costa Rica, the E.U. and the U.K. — have concrete plans to achieve that.

5 years ago

Offshore wind farm
Community
NJ Spotlight

Offshore wind farm builder tries to calm worries

Some residents fear turbines will damage tourism, but Ørsted says they will be barely visible.

5 years ago

Activists dressed as the Pokemon character Pikachu hold a sign that says,
Politics & Policy

U.S., China, and India absent from countries pledging to phase out coal

Existing targets for curbing global warming require countries to stop burning coal, but many major economies including the U.S., China, and India have set no formal dates.

5 years ago

Artists paint a mural on a a wall next to the Clydeside Expressway that reads
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Politics & Policy

The COP26 summit to fight climate change is about to start. Here’s what to expect

Biden will address the COP26 climate change conference. He will speak about the United States strategy to reach its climate goals, but he doesn't have any commitments.

5 years ago

In this May 15, 2011 photo, hundreds of drilling pipes are stacked at a rail center in Gardendale, Texas. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
Urban Planning

$6 billion plant turning natural gas to fuel planned in Pennsylvania

A Texas-based company has announced plans to build a multibillion-dollar plant on the site of a former coal mine in northeastern Pennsylvania.

5 years ago

The Asia Vision LNG carrier ship sits docked at the Cheniere Energy Inc. terminal in this aerial photograph taken over Sabine Pass, Texas, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. Cheniere said in a statement last month. Cheniere Energy Inc. expects to ship the first cargo of liquefied natural gas on Wednesday to Brazil with another tanker to be loaded a few days later, marking the historic start of U.S. shale exports and sending its shares up the most in more than a month. (Lindsey Janies/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Science

Despite their climate pledges, the U.S. and others export huge amounts of fossil fuels

5 years ago

Vehicles are under water during flooding
Science
State Impact Pennsylvania

In Pa., poll shows many people aren’t confident in knowledge of climate change or its effects

Less than a third of poll respondents said they feel “very well informed” about the consequences of global warming.

5 years ago

Libby Madarasz displays a protest placard against a pipeline
Politics & Policy

Shapiro breaks with Wolf over strategy on climate change

Wolf has worked for two years to finalize regulations to make Pa. the first major fossil fuel state to adopt a carbon pricing policy by imposing a price on emissions.

5 years ago

Mark Hornick (left), Suzanne Hornick (center) and Susan Cox (right) on the Ocean City, N.J. beach in August 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Ocean City residents worry an offshore wind farm will destroy the resort without easing climate change

Some say it will bring damage to a fragile ecosystem and a horizon now free of human intervention and industry. That will drive away tourists, they say.

5 years ago

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Wind farm silhouette
The Pulse
Science

New fronts in the fight against climate change

The search for solutions to address climate change is urgent. People want action now, something that will move the needle. But every solu ...

Air Date: October 22, 2021

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Emissions rise from the smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant
Politics & Policy

UN study: Planned fossil fuel production ‘dangerously out of sync’ with emissions goals

The report also found that 20 major economies have invested more into new fossil fuel projects than into clean energy since the start of 2020.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Gas Works at 1601 S. Broad Street. (Nathaniel Hamilton for WHYY)
Money

Eligible families can now apply for up to $1,500 in aid to pay for heating bills

One in three Philadelphia households could qualify for a federal grant to pay off heating bills. The aid is free and does not have to be repaid.

5 years ago

In this Aug. 1, 2018 photo weeds engulf a playground at housing section of the former Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster in Warminster, Pa. the foams once used routinely in firefighting training at military bases contained PFAS. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Science

Environmental advocates applaud EPA plan to address PFAS, but say more is needed

EPA has released a “road map” to prevent PFAS from being released and to speed up the cleanup process. Local environmental advocates say it’s an important first step.

5 years ago

Protesters of Sunoco’s Mariner East Pipline kayaked to a clean-up site on Marsh Creek Lake in Chester County, Pa., where the DEP says 8,000 gallons of drilling mud migrated into the stream. (Kimberly Paynter / WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Some Democrats call for halt to Mariner East following charges, but don’t expect action from legislature

The top Democrat on the state senate’s environmental committee says the legislature likely won’t take any action on pipeline safety.

5 years ago

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