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Sustainability

Catherine Reuter, the new Community Farmer and Urban Agriculture program manager at the NKCDC, shows where irises and lenten roses have emerged in late winter at the Greensgrow Farms site.(
Community
Billy Penn

The future of Greensgrow Farms could look like its past, with a lot of work

The Kensington spot won’t become condos — and could be home to a garden center once again

2 years ago

A plant-based diet is not just good for your health, it's good for the planet. (Alexander Spatari/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

This diet swap can cut your carbon footprint and boost longevity

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.

2 years ago

West Laurel Hill Cemetery's
Studio 2
Science

Eco-Friendly Burials on the Rise, Learning to ‘Speak’ Whale

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.

Air Date: February 27, 2024 12:00 pm

Listen 49:59
Rich Guffanti and Andrew Wheeler co-founded the volunteer clean-up effort in 2018.
Community
Billy Penn

Meet the Cobbs Creek Park Ambassadors

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

2 years ago

A registered scavenger walks in a landfill in Indonesia.
NPR
Science

Reduce, reuse, redirect outrage: How plastic makers used recycling as a fig leaf

For more than 30 years, industry leaders knew recycling couldn't deal with increasing amounts of waste, according to documents uncovered by the Center for Climate Integrity.

2 years ago

Rain water puddled inside Fort Mifflin
PlanPhilly
Weather

Extreme rain and rising tides threaten Philly’s Revolutionary War-era Fort Mifflin

Fort Mifflin sits right along the Delaware River. It’s one of many historic sites across the country at risk from climate change.

2 years ago

Listen 5:44
3 miles of the Big Elk Creek, which feeds into the Chesapeake Bay at the Elk River, is part of the newly designate Big Elk Creek State Park in Chester County, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Pennsylvania park officials drop campground plans for Big Elk Creek State Park

DCNR officials say they’re focused on ecological restoration for Big Elk Creek State Park.

2 years ago

Listen 1:11
File photo: A North Atlantic right whale surfaces on Cape Cod Bay, in Massachusetts, on March 27, 2023.
Politics & Policy

U.S. sets plans to protect endangered whales near offshore wind farms; firms swap wind leases

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.

2 years ago

Studio 2

Declutter for Good, Gov. Murphy’s State of the State, What’s Face Blindness?

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.

Air Date: January 10, 2024 12:00 pm

Listen 49:34
Pedestrians carry plastic bags in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

After Kenney pocket veto, future of single-use bag fee in Philly uncertain

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.

2 years ago

Listen 0:58
Philadelphia street sweeping vehicles worked to clear debris from Columbus Blvd. after a storm brought heavy rain to the region and the Delaware River overflowed onto the road on December 18, 2023. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

The city of Philadelphia’s vehicle fleet is getting cleaner, but it has a long way to go

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

2 years ago

A view of trucks on a landfill
Science

University of Delaware researching how methane leaks from landfills

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.

2 years ago

An aerial view of the 80 MW solar field in Adams County.
Science

Philadelphia will power up to 25% of its buildings with solar energy from Adams County array by early 2024

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

2 years ago

Listen 1:05
Single-use plastic bags
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Future murky for Philly paper bag charge

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

2 years ago

Recycling awaiting pickup in the Queen Village neighborhood, next to trash.
Community
Billy Penn

How to recycle holiday waste in Philly, from Christmas trees to broken string lights

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

2 years ago

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