Environment
DuPont execs react to villain role in ‘Dark Waters’ film
Company executives react to DuPont’s role as the villain in a new film about chemical contamination starring Mark Ruffalo and Anne Hathaway.
7 years ago
What are you actually supposed to do when you get a tornado warning?
Safety experts recommend taking shelter when you get the alert on your phone — and seeking out more information when possible.
7 years ago
Philly is creating first-ever urban agriculture manifesto
City kicks off $125K urban agriculture plan to promote community gardens and farms. Interface Studio and Soil Generation picked to develop the plan.
7 years ago
Bringing Jenkintown Creek back to nature, to improve water quality downstream
A section of the creek will be moved out of a concrete pipe to clean it and slow it down, reducing flooding and improving water quality downstream.
7 years ago
Listen 1:56On Sandy anniversary, Murphy announces new climate change initiatives
Resilience program will seek to make New Jersey better prepared for the next huge storm to make landfall.
7 years ago
Giving schools — and students — the tools they need In the fight to save the planet
If you want to get students fired up about climate change, poop is a good place to start.
7 years ago
Philadelphians can opt for renewable natural gas come January
The Energy Co-op is expanding its renewable natural gas service area to Philadelphia. The fuel comes from methane captured at landfills.
7 years ago
New evacuations, power outages near California wildfire
Authorities ordered at least 50,000 residents to evacuate towns near a massive Northern California wildfire Saturday.
7 years ago
Nearly 6,000 volunteers removed trash from N.J. beaches Saturday
Thousands of volunteers swept beaches from Bergen County to Cape May County Saturday as part of a New Jersey-based organization’s annual program.
7 years ago
This week; the move to ban single-use plastic bags in Philly, providing free menstrual products in Pa. schools and facilities, and the Philly origins of candy corn.
Air Date: October 21, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:01Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793: ‘All was not right in our city.’
Join us on an audio walking tour through Philadelphia's Old City to discover how the yellow fever epidemic challenged the city’s health and political infrastructure.
7 years ago
What Philly can learn from Copenhagen’s response to the climate crisis
City officials from Philadelphia visited Copenhagen for the C40 World Mayors Summit. Here’s what Philly can learn from the city’s design.
7 years ago
Philly Council committee moves plastic bag ban to final vote, but kills 15-cent fee
Philadelphia took one step closer to banning single-use bags Tuesday but axed a 15-cent fee on thicker plastic and recyclable paper bags.
7 years ago
Thousands to scour N.J. beaches during massive fall trash sweep
Volunteers will scour tidal waterways for debris, documenting the quantity and types of garage found.
7 years ago
How Philly narrowly avoided disaster after refinery explosion
Federal regulators released a report that revealed just how close the city came to catastrophe after the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery explosion in June.
Air Date: October 21, 2019
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