Sustainability

WHYY asked the region’s residents to tell us how the rivers and creeks near them are changing. Litter and flooding are some of their top concerns.

More than 50 piping plover chicks were born along Delaware's beaches this year, well above the long-term species recovery goal.

The November election will likely have big consequences for climate policy in the United States.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be the first woman to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol on Friday.

Detractors include the insurance industry, SEPTA and the Kenney administration.

As people stay at home, they are putting out more trash, from pizza boxes to cardboard delivery boxes. That's putting a big strain on residential garbage collectors.

Legislation that comprehensively bans single-use plastic and paper bags along with foam products and plastic straws advanced in the New Jersey Assembly Thursday. 

With the right policies, Philadelphia’s development boom could be our Johnny Appleseed moment.

Traditional systems are designed to manage or redirect water. Natural solutions capture and absorb rains. The issue: predicting the unpredictable.

Energy issues in Pa. can be fiercely partisan, but a measure in the state legislature to encourage clean energy development is gaining support on both sides of the aisle.

Preliminary results of water samples collected by the EPA from flood waters during and after the storm found “little to no contaminants.”

On the heels of a storm that destroyed property, displaced hundreds of people and flooded the region’s waterways, the timing is particularly relevant.

The spill is one of more than 100 across the length of the pipeline.

The fridges live on city streets and offer free food to anyone willing to open the door.

If you can find a car, the sanitation dropoff centers are now open seven days a week.