Energy

On Tuesday evening, Green Philly hosted our second Beyond the Blog panel. After 45’s announcement that the US will pull out of the Paris Climate Accord, we aptly named the discussion Paris Postmortem: How to Make Philly a Clean & Energy...

Guest post by Mei Chung How are public health, energy efficiency, and poverty connected? The Philadelphia Energy Authority (PEA), recently hosted a panel “Bridging the Gap Between Public health, Energy Efficiency, and Poverty”  to explore how public health and energy...

One of the main ways we can reduce our carbon footprint – greatly – is to choose a clean energy supplier. If you haven’t touched your supplier choices (whether you’ve moved recently or haven’t checked your options in a few...

Professor Interview Series: Dr. Metin Duran, Environmental Engineering Driving home from Phillies games, I would watch the lights of the city race by in the backseat of my dad’s car. Along what seemed like an endless stretch of highway, I always...

What would happen if the Philadelphia Oil Refinery had an incident? Do you know what to do if there was a shale oil train explosion? Whether you’ve considered these questions before, Philadelphia is in a danger zone. MNN declared Philadelphia...

The Clean Air Council and Solar States are teaming up to teach a class devoted to solar workforce development at YouthBuild Philadelphia this fall. The opportunity to teach this class has been made possible by the great folks at YouthBuild Philadelphia, grants...

How are Philly's buildings faring with energy use? Just like we hinted in our recap of what Philly's doing to prep for climate change, the Mayor's Office of Sustainability (MOS) released results of Philly's Energy benchmarking program yesterday. The Year Two benchmarking results are available online to download. Don't feel like reading the whole thing? Highlights of the 2014 Philly Building Energy Benchmarking Report include:

Over 400,000 individuals invaded New York on Sunday to make a statement to world leaders about climate change. Mayor's National Climate Action Agenda Yesterday, Mayor Michael Nutter announced the formation of the Mayor's National Climate Action Agenda with Mayors Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles and Annise Parker of Houston. Nutter is currently in New York City for the Clinton Global Initiative meeting and was announced on day one of Climate Week, an international platform for government, business and civil society to work together on low carbon solutions to the climate change crisis. Find out more about the Mayor's new initiative, and what Philadelphia & Pennsylvania are doing about climate change, after the jump.

This post is brought to you by Solar States. We may have heard mixed messages about Hydraulic fracturing or “fracking”: it’s good for the local economy because we do not have to import it/it is a “transition fuel” however, the  contaminated water, radioactive water and threat of pipelines locally outweigh any of these menial pros that fracking fans may conjure up.  Plus, continuing to risk natural resources as Governor Tom Corbett recently signed legislation allowing fracking in state forests and parks. Continuing to risk natural resources- especially spaces that were once protected by state and national law - is unacceptable. There's good news though:  We already have an acceptable alternative that works locally: solar.