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Sustainability

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Politics & Policy

Easttown Township bans plastic bags, as advocates push to eliminate Styrofoam across the ‘burbs

Easttown Township has become the seventh municipality in Pennsylvania — and the third in Chester County — to pass a plastic bag ban. More bans are on the way.

1 year ago

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Community

‘We’re all abuzz’: Media Borough nationally certified as a ‘Bee City’

The national initiative designed to save the bees has found a partner community in Delaware County. Media wants other communities to follow in its steps.

1 year ago

Philly rowhouses
Science

For the first time, electricity beat out natural gas to heat homes nationwide

For the first time, electricity beat out natural gas as a home heating source nationwide. Climate activists are pushing to retire fossil fuel in favor of heat pumps.

1 year ago

Hayden Gould, Executive Project  Manager, Seabin North America, holds up a container of micro plastics collected out of the Delaware River Watershed at a demonstration of their trash collecting devices at Bartrams’ Gardens on June 7, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Could these simple ‘Seabins’ give us better information about the plastics hiding in Philly’s rivers?

The “Seabin” trash capture devices will help the EPA, along with the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, to gather important data on what types of plastics are in the water.

1 year ago

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Community

Consumer advocates in Pennsylvania caution against switching electric suppliers as utilities raise rates

Electric rates will rise for most customers in Pennsylvania June 1, and consumer advocates say switching to an alternative power supplier won’t be beneficial.

1 year ago

The Philadelphia Streets Department and environmental groups announced a plan to increase recycling in the city on May 26, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Advocates suggest recycling overhaul to address ‘growing waste crisis’ in Pa.

Proposals include a landfill ban on aluminum cans and more food waste composting programs.

1 year ago

Puerto Rican artist Antonio Martorell stands in front of an artwork depicting a tree.
Arts & Entertainment

New exhibition at Taller Puertorriqueño takes a deeper look at Puerto Rico’s struggles

Antonio Martorell, 83, installed a tropical forest inside Taller Puertorriqueño in North Philadelphia for an exhibition about the island’s woes.

1 year ago

People fish on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay, with a bridge visible in the background.
Politics & Policy

Pa. among states to receive millions in federal funding to restore the Chesapeake Bay

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced $40 million to help restore the Chesapeake Bay. The funding comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

1 year ago

The Chester Covanta incinerator on Lewis Street
Community

Delco to host public workshop series as it seeks a ‘path toward zero waste’

Delaware County is starting to update its 10-year Municipal Waste Management Plan — and it wants the community’s help to achieve an ambitious goal.

1 year ago

A car is flipped over after a tornado tore through the area in Arabi, La., Tuesday, March 22, 2022. A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans and its suburbs Tuesday night, ripping down power lines and scattering debris in a part of the city that had been heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina 17 years ago. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Science

Weary of many disasters? U.N. says worse to come

A disaster-weary globe will be hit harder in the coming years by even more catastrophes colliding in an interconnected world, a United Nations report issued Monday says.

1 year ago

Habitat for Humanity is hosting Rock the Block events in Montgomery and Delaware Counties for Earth Day. (Habitat MontDelco)
Community

Habitat for Humanity MontDelco will plant 250 trees and start neighborhood revitalization projects for Earth Day

The Montgomery and Delaware counties Habitat will plant about 250 trees this Saturday in Pottstown, Norristown, Upper Darby, and Lansdowne for Earth Day.

1 year ago

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PlanPhilly
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Eyes on the Street

Philly city government needs to take more action on climate change

In spite of efforts to preserve Philly’s natural environment, recent actions call into question whether city government is failing the climate challenge.

1 year ago

Nidhi Krishen speaks from a podium
Urban Planning

A brighter solar future could come to Philly via excess energy credits

Solarize Philly helps solar power users donate energy credits to install renewable power in areas where people can’t afford the cost of installation.

1 year ago

oil pipeline
Politics & Policy

Biden finalizes rule restoring broad environmental review of big projects

A rule finalized Tuesday will restore key provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, a bedrock environmental law.

1 year ago

The Susquehanna River in Harrisburg as seen on Aug. 19, 2019. The river is the largest tributary to the Chesapeake Bay. (Ian Sterling for WITF)
Science

Pennsylvania’s plan fails to meet goal for reducing pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, the EPA says

The agency says it will take stronger actions to curb water pollution in the state.

1 year ago

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