Sustainability

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released final plans to protect endangered North American right whales.

Keeping a tidier house is one of the most popular resolutions. We'll talk about how to kick clutter to the curb with Lois Volta. Plus, Sharrona Pearl talks facial recognition.

A 15-cent bag fee passed City Council, then died on Mayor Kenney’s desk. Proponents aren’t giving up, but the new mayor’s stance isn’t clear.

In 2023, the city reached a benchmark of nearly 250 electric vehicles. That’s out of a fleet of over 5,000 vehicles.

University of Delaware is one of five institutions across the U.S. that received funding from the EPA to study how to measure methane in landfills more accurately.

Philadelphia takes steps toward renewable energy goals with a solar farm in Adams County.

Mayor Kenney has just a few days left to sign or kill a bill requiring stores to charge 15 cents for paper bags.

There are ways to help prevent Christmas trees, wrapping paper, and even string lights from ending up in landfills.

Research shows people create 25% more waste over the holiday season. Some shoppers are taking a different approach this year.

New Jersey environmental groups are working together to plant more trees in urban areas.

Here's a look at what these talks have yielded in the past, and what people in the Delaware Valley hope to get out of COP28.

We all feel good tossing our soup cans, milk jugs and shampoo bottles into the recycling bin, but how much of it really gets reused, and how efficient is the process?

Climate change costs tens of billions of dollars each year, hurts Americans' health and disrupts everyday life, including how we work, eat, play and mourn.

The city of Philadelphia will not move forward with the project unless negative impacts on Delaware County are addressed, an official said.

Pizza boxes with a little bit of grease can be placed at the curb.