Environment

The City’s former Litter Czar gives Mayor Parker mixed reviews on her cleaning and greening agenda so far — and offers ways to step it up

Noise pollution adversely affects marginalized communities in Philly and other cities. Is there a way to find peace and quiet here?

The design for the Municipal Services Building plaza is like too many of our public spaces: bland and uncomfortable. Here, some ways we could do better

The Kensington-based solar panel installer has always had a mission to grow jobs for Philadelphians while helping the planet. Now, it’s training a new cohort of workers who’ve been through the justice system

A Painted Bride project combines urban farming, art and education to empower Black and Brown Philadelphians to grow their own futures

In the next in a series of policy recommendations for presumptive Mayor-elect Cherelle Parker, a local environmental activist makes a plea for the planet — and Philadelphians who live on it

A partnership between the City and a number of organizations is working to filter Philly’s waterways the way nature intended

The next in a series of political and policy advice to presumptive Mayor-elect Cherelle Parker looks to New York City for an idea she should steal: Appoint a sanitation commissioner

New Jersey is the first U.S. state to mandate climate change education in every grade and nearly every subject. Can a similar solutions-based curriculum help prepare Philly kids for a green future?

MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board member says the climate crisis is here. We'd better deal with it.