Energy

Weatherizing your Home: Tips to Lower your Energy Bill & Carbon Footprint

Don’t let the heat get the best of your energy bill this summer. After a multiday heat emergency, we depend…

4 years ago

Where do Philly’s Carbon emissions come from?

In a big city like Philly there are many culprits. But these 3 take the cake. Philly’s Office of Sustainability…

4 years ago

Want to Convert to a Solar Friendly Home? Solarize Philly is Back Again, Saving The Environment and Your Wallet

Philadelphia Energy Authority Reopened Solarize Philly Program On Earth Day Have you wanted to make the switch to solar? Now…

5 years ago

Penn Announces Largest Solar Project in Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania signs Power Purchase Agreement with Community Energy, coming closer to their goal of 100% carbon neutral campus…

5 years ago

Philly homeowners are interested in solar energy. So why aren’t more installing panels?

To meet Philly's energy goal, at least 3,000 more homes must install solar panels each year. In the two-and-a-half years…

5 years ago

Power Purchase Agreement For Local Philly Solar Project For City-Owned Buildings; Generates Green Jobs

City moves forward with plan to use 100% renewable energy by 2030. There’s another step of progress to a greener…

5 years ago

How Butter Gritty Powers a Farm as Renewable Energy in his Next Life

Swoop, Steely McBeam, and Gritty may have taken center stage at the 104th Pennsylvania Farm Show, but they’re now making…

5 years ago

Why Maya Van Rossum continues her push for a New Jersey—and National—Green Amendment

As the battle against a proposed natural gas pipeline in Pennsylvania and New Jersey heads to the U.S. Supreme Court,…

5 years ago

Governor Wolf Signs Executive Order to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in PA

Pennsylvania would join 9 States in RGGI, an effort to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in a cap-and-trade system. If you…

5 years ago

New Jersey wants 100% clean energy by 2050. Here’s what the public has to say about it.

This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage…

5 years ago