Environment

Drought Watch Pennsylvania

Pa. issues statewide drought watch, urges residents to voluntarily conserve water

Exposure to lead, arsenic and cadmium linked to higher risk of cardiovascular disease, report finds

M. Night Shyamalan sells 90 acres of Chester County farm to preservation group

Kirkwood Farm

Burlington County wildfire threatening multiple homes

Burlington County Wildfire

U.S. Supreme Court narrows scope of Clean Water Act

U.S. Supreme Court

EPA will invest $14 million in cleaning polluted Pennsylvania brownfields

Owner of Tequilas Restaurant explores mezcal and the environmental implications of its new popularity

Sephora adds recycling bins for empty beauty products at U.S. stores

North Wildwood gets emergency approval to fix eroded beaches before Memorial Day

North Wildwood Beaches

After year of enforced plastic bag ban, Philly residents are starting to use less paper bags, too

EPA to ensure Pennsylvania reduces pollution in the Chesapeake Bay

Philadelphia high school students plan climate strike for Friday

student climate strike

Pinelands wildfire engulfs 3,800 acres, prompts evacuations in Ocean County

New Jersey Wildfire

Philly's drinking water is safe and will not be impacted by chemical spill, officials say

Philly Water Safe Delaware River Chemicals

Philly tap water remains safe to drink through at least Wednesday, officials now say

Delaware River Water Chemical Spill

Philly's water safe to drink through at least Monday night after Bucks County chemical leak

delaware river chemical leak

North Wildwood's beaches are disappearing as officials prepare for summer season

wildwood beach sand.jpg

Pennsylvania lags behind nearly every state in renewable energy production

renewable energy PA

Planting trees in neighborhoods may help residents live longer, study finds

Tree Canopy Study

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

Longwood Gardens Granogue Reserve

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

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

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

free tree.jpeg

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

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