Water

Local recipients include Riverbend Environmental Center & Stroud Water Research Center The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced grants to 63 local environmental education projects. Applicants either demonstrated priorities of water, climate change and/or environmental justice, expanded the public’s understanding...

Philly was the 8th warmest location out of 180 locations that Climate Central monitors Lions & lambs aside: it wasn’t just you: those warm days of March were above average. Philadelphia had an average temperature of 47.8°F, which was 4.2°...

Chester County’s Stroud Water Research Center is delivering a “Fresh Perspective” on bridging the environmental education equity gap. After five decades of pioneering freshwater research, education, and water restoration, Stroud Water Research Center is taking its renowned programming on the...

Check out these orgs and places to get immersed in water. Today is World Water Day, to highlight the importance of fresh water by the United Nations. Here are 5 local ways to engage with our watershed through local organizations....

After months of warning periods for businesses, the city will start issuing violations with penalties of $150. After a few introductory periods, Philadelphia’s plastic bag ban will be finalized on April 1st. The past 6 months (since October 1st) served...

As climate change brings more precipitation to Philadelphia, a resiliency plan is essential for one museum to keep future exhibits coming. A local museum on the front lines of climate change is already confronting rising waters. Pool: A Social History...

It wasn’t just you (and those springlike days) — climate change was here in February Climate change is making Philadelphia hotter and wetter. This past February was no exception. The average temperature was 3.8° above normal, and the 2.87 inches...

A proposed rule for the ‘forever chemical’ are stricted limits than the US EPA Want to give feedback to the state of Pennsylvania about what’s in your water? The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has opened a comment period...

IPCC releases sixth assessment report on impacts of climate change on people & nature The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability report today. The report discusses how human-induced climate change has...