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Environment

Holiday Earth Day
Earth Day 2022

Celebrate Earth Day by joining a recycling drive, nature walk or volunteer opportunity

Children's Health

New research hub to address Philly's childhood asthma, lead poisoning rates
Philly environmental health

Government

Philly to start enforcing plastic bag ban on April 1

Lawsuits

Bucks County sues companies, alleging contamination of water, soil
Bucks County PFAS lawsuit

Education

Five new electric yellow buses unveiled at the School District of Philadelphia's garage
Electric School Buses

Environment

Homeowners in Philadelphia can now lease, install solar panels with no upfront cost
Solar Panels Solarize Philly

Environment

Some Philly neighborhoods bear an undue burden of environmental hazards; a new effort aims to change that
Philly Community Health Act

Government

N.J. environmentalists sue Murphy administration over alleged inaction on climate change
Environmentalists Sue Murphy

Environment

Camden tops list of New Jersey food desert communities, state looks for resident feedback
NJ Food Insecurity

Environment

Bartram's Garden, FDR Park projects get funding to enhance Delaware Estuary
Delaware Estuary Projects

Environment

New PGW study maps out scenarios for success in reducing carbon emissions
Gas Works

Environment

Sunoco agrees to clean Chester County lake damaged by Mariner East pipeline
Sunoco Mariner East pipeline settlement

Environment

Bok Building's newest tenant, Fabscrap, brings textile recycling hub to Philly
FABSCRAP Philly Main

Nature

Pennsylvania bans sales of popular landscaping plant Japanese Barberry
Japanese Barberry ban Pennsylvania

Environment

Philly Shipyard gets $200 million contract to build offshore wind turbine construction vessel
Philly Shipyard wind turbine

Environment

Small earthquake in Berks County is the third to shake the region in a week
Earthquake Berks County

Nature

State police responded to a floating island of plants that broke free in a Jersey Shore river
New Jersey River Reeds

Environment

Pennsylvania lagging behind N.J. in green energy growth, report shows

Environment

13 Philly schools recognized for green schoolyards
School District Water Department

Environment

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

Environment

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

Environment

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

Environment

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

Environment

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

Investigations

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

Environment

Stink bug invasion could be worse than usual in Pennsylvania this fall
Stink bug Pennsylvania 2021

Investigations

Lightning strikes Berkeley Township beach, killing Lifeguard, injuring seven
Lightning strike death

Environment

Philly councilmember joins EPA's Local Government Advisory Committee
Katherine Gilmore-Richardson EPA

Sponsored

Delaware River Fellows raise environmental awareness in their communities
Limited - PXzy-Nayé Campbell, PEEC Fellow and Mafanta Swaray, The Watershed Institute Fellow

Environment

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

Odd News

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

Government

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

Environment

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

Environment

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

Food & Drink

Di Bruno Bros. will donate proceeds from new wine to spotted lanternfly research
050521 di bruno bros. wine

Environment

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

Environment

Drexel University joins national coalition to combat climate change
Drexel Climate Change

Wellness

Worsening spring allergies linked to climate change, experts say

Environment

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

Lawsuits

Philly, suburbs sue Pennsylvania to defend their plastic bag bans

Environment

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

Environment

Urban beekeeping has Philly rooftops and backyards buzzing

Development

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

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Investigations

Temple terminates $55 million gift from embattled board member

Temple Gift Terminated

Events

Upcoming events in Philly

Stock Philly Skyline in Summer

Health News

The wait times at Pa. hospitals' emergency departments are among the longest in the country

Emergency Department Wait Times

Movies

M. Night Shyamalan teases a creepy romance in trailer for 'Remain'

Remain Shyamalan trailer

Careers

Laid off, now what?

Philly Hired - Laid Off, What Now

Eagles

The top 10 Eagles storylines entering 2026

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