Environment

Upper Roxborough is the last rural corner of Philadelphia, a place where forests and fields reign. Squeezed by development and climate change, how much longer can it last?

Philadelphians flush 310 tons of what could be money-making compost every year. Will fears of forever chemical contamination prevent us from cashing in?

For more than a decade, Penn researchers have found that greener neighborhoods are less violent. Now, Pew is helping PHS double down on this confirmed hypothesis

Prepping for a vacation out West was different this summer. Before we get used to the new environmental normal, do something

The E. coli don’t lie. Philly’s biggest river seriously stinks. Here’s what the City can — and must — do about it

Some of Philly’s parks are older than the Constitution. Now, Fairmount Park Conservancy’s CEO says, let’s use them to make us the civic and cultural capital of the nation

How one local resident is bringing neighbors together to fight flooding, one cleanup at a time

We asked the experts.

The City’s former Litter Czar bemoans what could be a missed opportunity for real environmental and sanitation changes in Philly. Here’s how we can do better

Mayor Parker wants to renew the City’s waste contract with a notorious Chester incinerator. Can City Council be our “clean and green” hero?