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Environmental nonprofit leader discusses impact of Trump funding interruptions
When President Donald Trump signed an executive order to halt federal spending on January 27, its impacts hit close to home.
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In 2022, PGW budgeted for a geothermal feasibility study. Three years later, they have nothing to show for it
What’s a fossil fuel utility to do in a rapidly warming world? That was the question posed by a study the City released ...
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Philly’s progress toward its carbon-neutrality goals is difficult to gauge
Mayor Cherelle Parker leads Philadelphia at a key point in the fight against climate change. By 2030 — that is, in a mere ...
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With an expansive and amorphous mandate, the Philadelphia Environmental Justice Advisory Commission is off to a sluggish start
Three years after its launch, the Philadelphia Environmental Justice Advisory Commission (PEJAC) has yet to assert itself as ...
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One year into the Parker administration, cycling advocates are celebrating some victories for street safety — and pushing for more
Philadelphia is often ranked among the best cities in the country for cycling. And yet, leading up to the 2023 mayoral ...
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Editor’s Notes: No Power, No Justice
I had never heard of the Philadelphia Art Commission back in 2022 when I tuned in to a Zoom meeting about plans to build a ...
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Protect Philly’s Trees: It’s Time to Act
Philadelphia is facing a silent crisis: the rapid loss of its urban tree canopy. Over the past decade, we’ve lost at least 7% of our trees—shade-giving, air-cleaning, life-enhancing sentinels that ...
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EV Infrastructure Buildout Uncertain as Federal Funding Falters
Philadelphia has received over $21 million in federal funding to expand its electric vehicle charging network. EV ownership has boomed in the city — the number of registrations increased from 475 in ...
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Cassie Jones: An Introduction
« What’s Left? An Event on the Climate Crisis with Malcolm Harris Phenomenal Black Philly Writers: Creating Our Essential Reading List » ...
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Why are there so many black squirrels in Philadelphia?
In 2003 former Tuskegee Airman and pioneering Black journalist Chuck Stone wrote “Squizzy the Black Squirrel,” about a Philadelphia boy who bonds with a black squirrel in Fairmount Park. Squizzy was ...
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With the help of a big federal grant, the City, nonprofits and volunteers are working to reverse the loss of urban tree canopy in Philadelphia
Nearly two years after the launch of the Philly Tree Plan, the City’s ambitious effort to reverse decades of urban canopy loss is still in its infancy. A $12 million U.S. Department of Agriculture ...