Environment

After taking office, Parker promised to make Philly the “safest, cleanest, and greenest big city in the nation.” Advocates for parks and youth sports have high hopes.

The Delaware Riverkeeper Network and other groups objected to the fact that the public meeting was being held at the steamfitters union hall.

A new study published in Nature measures whether land across 32 U.S. coastline cities is sinking or rising, and combines it with sea-level projections.

Protect Our Coast New Jersey and Defend Brigantine Beach and Downbeach filed an appeal to the approval in state court.

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly is forecasting rain showers every day this week, except for Friday.

“It's anybody's guess as to whether we're on track for 2050,” one witness said.

A new study finds swapping half of your typical red meat intake for plant protein, reduces your diet-related carbon footprint by 25% and may also your boost lifespan.

The project is part of an initiative from NASA and the National Science Foundation to collect data and give students a chance to learn about scientific ballooning.

PWD customers will foot the bill for a massive infrastructure improvement plan. You can learn more about it at a series of upcoming meetings.

Does climate change exist? And does a character know it? Barbie, Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One and Nyad met the criteria for a new challenge.

The annual Flower Show inside the Pennsylvania Convention Center asked designers to conceive landscapes where we come together.

Philly winters have been trending warmer. El Niño made this winter one of the city’s warmest and wettest on record.

Residents with private wells in parts of Montgomery County have relied on bottled water or filtration systems since the 1990s.

Eco-friendly funerals are popular. We'll talk about composting, green burial and the death industry. Plus, do you speak whale? Exploring new research on whale communication.

The volunteers are a formidable force wielding buckets, trash cans, wire cutters and even chainsaws in the fight against trash.