Julie Hancher

City cut emissions by 44% in municipal emissions, according to a new update.

Philadelphia is on track to cut emissions by 50% by 2030, according to a 2022 Progress Update of the Municipal…

3 years ago

Riverfront North Partnership named Champion in Action

Citizens recognition for Supporting Environmental Sustainability includes $35K award Local nonprofit Riverfront North Partnership (RNP) was named a 2023 Champion…

3 years ago

How TD plants seeds to help ‘Sustainable Communities’ grow

The SustainPHL TD Bank Sustainable Communities Award 2022 highlighted several organizations giving back. Here's the backstory. Sustainability isn’t possible with…

3 years ago

Explore birds on a hyperlocal level at the Academy’s new exhibit

Conversations With Birds connects people with the natural world, kicking off on Saturday. Even in a highly urbanized city like Philadelphia,…

3 years ago

Making the case for clean: greening vacant lots increases property values, according to a new study

A new white paper from PHS & University of Pennsylvania analyzed over 4700 vacant greened lots. Here's what it found. In…

3 years ago

Give the Water Department feedback & enter to win a $100 gift card

PWD & ImpactED are conducting a customer satisfaction survey. Do you trust that your water is clean? Or, are you…

3 years ago

Skate & watch the Bearded Ladies sing about climate change

A combination of ice skating, drag, comedy and climate? The Bearded Ladies Cabaret has it all in one 'cool' event.…

3 years ago

Waste coalition asks the next Mayor to clean up the city

Frustrated with the state of the littered city, six groups are asking the mayoral candidates to commit to zero waste.…

3 years ago

Good news for sturgeon, bad news for striped bass & sea level rise according to a new report on the Delaware Watershed.

The Delaware Estuary & Basin has a "Fair" health rating according to the latest Technical Report for the Delaware Estuary.…

3 years ago