Environment

Longwood Gardens Granogue Reserve

Longwood Gardens to purchase 505-acre du Pont Estate in Delaware

Environmental coalition wants Philly's mayoral candidates to pledge to make the city litter free by 2028

dumping littering philly

Former Chester County golf course to be converted into public park

Loch Nairn Chester County Park

'Unusual' whale deaths have been occurring at shore since 2016 – years before work began on N.J.'s wind farms

humpback brigantine shore

SEPTA buses 'go green' with Eagles partnership aimed at reducing Philadelphia's carbon footprint

Eagles and SEPTA go green

Protestors claim N.J. wind farm project is killing whales, but a marine scientist says that's 'unlikely'

dead whale new jersey

Schuylkill Center to permanently preserve 24-acre Boy Scout Tract in Roxborough

Schuylkill Center Boy Scout Tract

Schuylkill River among four nominees for Pennsylvania's 2023 River of the Year

Schuylkill River DCNR

Watch the implosion of South Jersey's coal-fired Logan Generating Plant

Implosion Logan Generating Plant NJ

Former New Jersey councilman called cops on little girl for killing spotted lanternflies

Lanternfly New Jersey Girl

With the election over, here's how to recycle campaign yard signs

Election signs recycling

Philly is turning to civil prosecution – and mobile cameras – to fight its illegal dumping problem

Philly Illegal Dumping

Compost your pumpkins at these community drop-off sites in Philly

Halloween pumpkins compost

Here's how to get a free tree for your yard so you can help improve Philly's canopy

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Student protesters who interrupted Penn football game say they're facing trespassing citations, disciplinary action

Penn protesters football

N.J. sues oil companies for concealing information about impact of fossil fuels on climate crisis

Eagles add two reverse vending machines to incentivize recycling at the Linc

Eagles Reverse Vending Machines

The Green Resource Center, a PHS effort to reduce food insecurity in Montgomery County, to open to the public

PHS Green Resource Center

Find Pennsylvania's best spots to go leaf peeping using the state's fall foliage report

Pa. fall foliage

State park opens in Chester County as part of $45 million conservation investment

Chester County State Park

Clearing pollution helps clear the fog of aging — and may cut the risk of dementia

Pollution dementia

N.J. lawmaker considers amending state's single-use bag ban amid residents' grow piles of reusable bags

New Jersey Bag Ban

Wegmans to eliminate plastic bags at all of its Pennsylvania stores this month

'Severe' drought expands into South Jersey

South Jersey drought conditions

Philly, suburbs urged to conserve water during drought watch

PA Philly Drought

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Watch a live bee beard demonstration during Philadelphia's honey festival

Bees Honey Festival

Philly Naked Bike Ride returns this weekend to promote body positivity, cycling

Naked Bike Ride 2022

Pennsylvania children born near fracking sites may be at higher risk of leukemia, study finds

Wetland revitalization begins at FDR Park in effort to improve wildlife, plant habitat

FDR Wetland

New Jersey issues statewide drought watch, urges residents to conserve water

Drought Watch New Jersey

Eagles, Bellwether District join city's push for litter cleanups with community investment program

Eagles Litter Cleanup Program

Media Borough bans plastic bags as more suburban towns consider similar measures

AWSM Sauce, a local sustainable ketchup company, takes on Heinz with $57 million stadium naming campaign

AWSM Sauce Main

15-acre Chester County property to be permanently preserved to protect drinking water

Chester County Conservation Water

New ordinance requires School District of Philadelphia to install water fountains with lead filtration by 2025

Philly schools lead water

Wildfire burns at Wharton State Forest in South Jersey, leading to evacuations

Wharton State Forest fire

Penn breaks ground on one of state's largest solar projects in effort to reduce carbon emissions

Penn Solar Projects

Academy of Natural Sciences seeks to raise awareness about plastic pollution through art

Plastic Free Philly

Schuylkill River dredging to resume this summer near Boathouse Row

Schuylkill Dredging Boathouse Row

Philadelphia would impose fees on developers who don't replace trees they cut down in effort to improve city canopy

Tree Canopy Bill City Council

Philadelphia parks drop in national ranking due to funding cuts caused by COVID-19 pandemic

Parks Ranking

Community led study will measure urban heat, air pollution in effort to help fight climate change

Urban Heat Philadelphia

New Jersey’s ban on single-use plastic and paper bags goes into effect

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Reintroducing cougars to Pennsylvania would better control its deer population, some scientists say

Cougars Pennsylvania

Eye drops brand linked to string of drug-resistant bacterial infections, CDC says

EzriCare Eye Drops

Mailbag: Could the Eagles or Chiefs become the NFL's next dynasty?

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From 'Rocky' to 'Shazam,' the Philly art museum has appeared in more movies than any other Pennsylvania location

Art Museum Films

Learn about Black history through audio walking tours and storefront installations in Northern Liberties

Black History Month NoLibs