Environment

Plastic Straw

New Jersey's single-use plastic ban starts with making straws by request only

With Philly’s tree canopy declining, volunteers sought to plant saplings

PA Horticultural Society

Frankford High School's new lab aims to prepare students for solar energy jobs

Solar Energy Lab

Weckerly's Ice Cream, Birchtree Catering among Philly businesses joining effort to reduce food waste

Food Waste Program

People should not eat fish caught in Neshaminy Creek basin due to PFAS contamination, DEP says

Mariner East pipeline developer charged with environmental crimes for allegedly contaminating drinking water

Stink bug invasion could be worse than usual in Pennsylvania this fall

Stink bug Pennsylvania 2021

Lightning strikes Berkeley Township beach, killing Lifeguard, injuring seven

Lightning strike death

Philly councilmember joins EPA's Local Government Advisory Committee

Katherine Gilmore-Richardson EPA

July's full Buck moon may appear red this weekend due to wildfire smoke

As UFO research gains footing, a Philly man's strange sighting brings mystery and scientific caution

Philly UFO Orbs Videos

Philly plastic bag ban takes effect July 1: What you need to know

Massive wildfire breaks out at Bass River State Forest in South Jersey

Bass River State Forest

Pennsylvania's temperature will be 5.9 degrees warmer by 2050, climate report says

Pennsylvania Climate 2050

Di Bruno Bros. will donate proceeds from new wine to spotted lanternfly research

050521 di bruno bros. wine

Philadelphia Water Department looking for adoptable dog to help combat urban pollution

Philadelphia Water Department dogs

Drexel University joins national coalition to combat climate change

Drexel Climate Change

Worsening spring allergies linked to climate change, experts say

Apple trees, butterflies to be introduced in Centralia, Pennsylvania's abandoned coal town

Centralia Apple Trees

Philly, suburbs sue Pennsylvania to defend their plastic bag bans

Philly delays plastic bag ban again, now scheduled to take effect 2021

Urban beekeeping has Philly rooftops and backyards buzzing

At strategic site of Philly refinery explosion, Drexel report envisions community-informed future

Refinery Hilco Philly

Explore the world via the Philadelphia Environmental Film Festival lineup

Environmental Film Fest

Swimming prohibited at Delaware Water Gap due to high levels of bacteria

Swimming Delaware Water Gap

Philly launches pickup recycling service for clothing, electronics

Retrievr Recycling Philly

Philly reports drop in air pollution, delays plastic bag ban until 2021

Air Pollution Coronavirus

Delaware River named 2020 River of the Year by national environmental organization

Delaware River 2020

Plastic and paper bag ban passes the N.J. Senate and advances to legislature, again

Shuttered Philly refinery measured worst in U.S. for cancer-causing benzene, report says

PES Benzene Refinery

Renewable natural gas is now available to Philly residents

Philly Water Department refutes report claiming city's drinking water is contaminated

Philly Drinking Water PFAS

Philadelphia passes ban on single-use plastic bags

Philly plastic ban

Gov. Wolf funds two studies on fracking health impacts, possible cancer link in Pennsylvania

Fracking PA Studies

New Jersey to spend $13 million to combat harmful algal blooms

Gov. Phil Murphy funding toxic algae prevention

FBI reportedly opens corruption investigation into Pennsylvania's approval of Mariner East project permits

Healthier diets are usually also better for the environment, study shows

Food fruit vegetables environment study

The Snail Kite, a rare South American bird, was spotted in Pennsylvania for the first time — ever

Snail Kite bird Pennsylvania

Camden County officials ban single-use plastics in county buildings

New Jersey turns down permits for proposed 120-mile natural gas pipeline

Penneast pipeline new jersey

Pennsylvania could lose its state bird, the Ruffed Grouse, because of climate change

Ruffed grouse climate change

Pottstown is first in U.S. to test curbside recycling of bubble wrap, grocery bags, shrink wrap, more

RFlex recycling

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