Mayor Jim Kenney

It’s been five years since Mayor Kenney announced ambitious plans for combating climate change locally. Here’s a look at how it’s going Former President Trump’s approach to climate policy was not the best. But his 2017 withdrawal from the Paris...

The Mayor’s 6th budget address makes no mention of climate or environment. Councilmember Gilmore Richardson calls him out. Today, Mayor Kenney delivered his sixth budget address to City Council. However, there was not a single mention of climate change, the...

Mayor Kenney and businesses announce collaborative at the Franklin Institute Last evening, Mayor Kenney and business leaders announced the launch of the Climate Collaborative of Greater Philadelphia, a “coordinated effort to address the contributing factors to climate change in the...

Yesterday, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney signed two clean energy bills into law halfway into the city’s Solar Week. The bills target both residential and commercial buildings, providing incentives to build solar projects on both. “Philadelphia is ramping up our efforts...

Philadelphia’s getting a little extra help to meet climate goals. Bloomberg Philanthropies announced that Philly was a winning city in the American Cities Climate Challenge yesterday. Philadelphia will receive a package of around $2 million, including a City Advisor that...

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...

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...

Ever since Mayor Jim Kenney was elected in November (or May…), there’s been a buzz about what he’d prioritize as Mayor. Former Mayor Michael Nutter created the Greenworks plan to make Philadelphia the most sustainable city in America. Would Kenney have...