Environment

A local nonprofit combines picking up litter with help for people who are homeless. You’re invited to their next event

The intentionally welcoming outdoors club celebrates birding season with events in spring, fall (and other seasons too) — for all people

Safer, healthier and more environmentally equitable neighborhoods are key to Philly’s future success. Here’s what a group of local organizations say our next mayor must do

The Memphis Grizzlies loaned its NBA star power to get citizens competing to pick up litter. Could a Philly “Litter League” help clean up our streets, too?

PhilaPort Communities are being ignored in the state’s push to build a local terminal for explosive gas. A Clean Air Council exec calls for accountability — to residents and the climate

A former Philadelphia firefighter has created an app that’s Uber for trash disposal to help landlords and small businesses keep the city clean. Now he’s ready to grow it big

Republicans and Democrats have worked together for good, meaningful environmental regulation in the past. They should continue to do so in the new legislative session.

Fossil fuel use is on the rise. What will it take, asks the MSNBC host, for us to stop?

Former Mayors Michael Nutter and Kasim Reed speak with Kate Gallego, mayor of Phoenix — one of the hottest cities on earth

Eight years ago, Edmonton, Canada, started a citywide effort to celebrate its intense cold, rather than hide from it. Would doing the same here lessen social isolation, help spur local democracy and make this third Covid winter more bearable?