Climate Change

How do we keep in mind our wisest and most vulnerable while confronting climate change? Our new workshop, Staying Cool in a Changing Climate”, helps to tackle that question. Jessica Caum, Manager of the Philadelphia Health Department’s Bioterrorism and Public...

After mixed feelings about Trump announcing the US will pull out of the Paris Climate Accord, Philly took a cue from Rocky to fight back. On Wednesday, Jim Kenney and the Office of Sustainability announced new steps for Philly in...

“Well, what is the bar of the nation doing about this?”  In 1963, this question inspired 46 lawyers from around the country to bring attention to civil rights and spark the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In 2016, that same question...

Despite science practically screaming at us that our planet is in dire need of change, Trump foolheartedly announced that the US will pull out of the Paris Climate Accord yesterday. (Didn’t anyone tell Trump the pullout method doesn’t work?!) TL:...

I was so swamped prepping for last evening’s Beyond the Blog panel discussion that I almost missed the HUGE headlines. Trump terrified us again by signing an executive order to roll back Obama Climate Policies – with climate change denier...

PennEnvironment hosted a forum The Future of Climate Action in 2017: a discussion with Senator Bob Casey last evening, along with Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Patrick McConnell, Dr. Jerry Fagliano of the Dornslife School of Public Health, Drexel University and Adam Garber,...

It’s the age-old story (at least for the past 10 years): can humans break our bad habits and change the way we live in the face of climate change? When the Rain Stops Falling is a play is coming to the...

Philadelphia’s likely the city with the most to lose with climate change as we face a hotter, wetter city. Alisha Ebling looks to a current situation in Flint, Michigan to see how Philly can learn from another city’s mistakes.  As...

  (Or Psychology of Climate Change) Post by Dr. Raluca Ellis for CUSP. Raluca Ellis is the Environmental Scientist for The Franklin Institute and Program Director of the Climate & Urban Systems Partnership. Her expertise is in communicating complex topics...