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New state budget adds investment into essential environmental initiatives The new Pennsylvania state budget passed by lawmakers last week includes wins for environmental efforts. The annual budget includes $884.75 million that will have impacts on clean water, green spaces, parks,...

The city’s overall recycling rate remains at historic lows A year and a half after Philadelphia temporarily suspended separate collection, officials say recycling is no longer being mixed with trash. But many residents reported seeing it throughout the spring and...

Saleem Chapman will become the next Director of Sustainability. The City of Philadelphia announced that Christine Knapp will step down as Director of the Office of Sustainability. Knapp will leave the role at the end of August after six years...

Temperature trends show an increase in local temps July is the hottest month of the year, and only getting hotter. Over the past 40 years, July has increased by 3.7°F in Philadelphia according to Climate Central. Nationally, July temps have...

The Academy of Natural Sciences, Water Department and BOMA are teaming up for the new initiative There’s a new initiative to kick plastic use. The Academy of Natural Sciences is kicking off Plastic-free Philly, a volunteer effort to reduce single-use...

Climate change is already making Philadelphia hotter and wetter. Monthly temperatures are trending hotter and wetter in line with climate change, and this past month was no exception. May was hotter and wetter than normal. The average temperature of 67.5°F...

The space provides students access to an outdoor learning space and decreases the park equity gap in the Olney neighborhood. A newly renovated community schoolyard at James R. Lowell Elementary School in Olney provides green space to students while integrating green...

Climate change trends are shifting us towards warmer temps earlier in the year. May heating up is another reminder of climate change. Climate change not only shifting us towards hotter weather but also coming earlier in the year. In Philadelphia,...

The conference returns to the Navy Yard in person On Friday, over 450 local sustainability professionals attended the Green Building United Sustainability Symposium. The symposium was hosted at Penn State at the Navy Yard, a low-energy intensive Living Laboratory featuring...