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Get $500 to beautify your block

Registered Block Captains can get a Visa gift card to add plants, paint or clean their streets. Can your block…

2 years ago

Climate trends: June was cooler and wetter than normal

Junes in Philadelphia are increasingly hotter, so this past month was an exception. Despite temperatures rising (and even breaking the…

2 years ago

As air quality warnings for Philly return, more change their vacation plans

DEP declared Thursday a "Code Red" and Friday a "Code Orange" for Air Quality Action Day across the keystone state.…

2 years ago

Meet PA’s first urban composting on city parkland: Philly’s new public-private composting partnership

Parks and Recreation is teaming up with a local composting company to collect food scraps from 1 million meals served…

2 years ago

Watch your water: PA is in a Drought Watch

Wildfires are also up in PA. Here's what you can do to conserve water. After a record-breaking dry May, Pennslyvania…

2 years ago

Most Americans understand Climate Change is happening but aren’t talking about it.

A new study finds that most Americans understands that climate change is human-caused and think that individual choices make a…

2 years ago

Canadian wildfires lead to “Hazardous” Air Quality in Philadelphia: What you need to know

Climate change is contributing to more droughts, wildfires, and air pollution in the Northeast A thick, dusty haze of smog…

2 years ago

Our 15-year celebration has been postponed due to wildfire smoke/climate change.

Yes, we see the irony. Due to “very unhealthy” air quality from wildfires in Canada, we have made the difficult…

2 years ago

New mural connects the ‘fish’ in its backyard back to Fishtown

Mural features native species from the Delaware River to celebrate the area's biodiversity A new mural is putting the 'fish'…

2 years ago

“Plastic Reef” uses art as trash to help us reconsider our plastic addiction

Exhibit at the Delaware Contemporary calls for visitors to "sea" change; among collection that asks “What Nourishes You?” At first…

2 years ago