Environment

A retired educator and school volunteer demands better — and greener — playgrounds for our students. Here, some ideas for getting there

The head of the Clean Air Council warns: If you think climate change is bad now, just wait until Trump’s EPA really gets going

A Texas-based corporation charges us $50 million a year to process trash and recycling. Could the City give a slice of that pie to local sustainable waste companies instead?

Just because the Philadelphia Zoo President and CEO represents a lot of firsts for America’s oldest zoo, doesn’t mean she doesn’t get Philadelphians — even if we like to fancy ourselves a species all our own

The horticulturist created an urban garden on an abandoned Northeast Philly lot to heal the land and community members like her beloved late grandfather: veterans

Why do so many Pennsylvanians oppose Amazon (and other tech giants) building “innovation campuses” in their counties?

Two local nonprofits launched resourcePhilly, a “zero waste” search engine to help people donate or recycle their trash … just when we’re all thinking about what we throw away.

The surprising — and easy — ways to shrink your weekly piles of trash and recycling, including composting, bespoke recycling and shopping smarter

Mayor Cherelle Parker campaigned on a cleaner city. More than a year into her term, Philly’s streets seem dirtier. How can we fix this, for real?

A scientist-in-training helped coordinate a letter-writing campaign to protect federal science funding. Here’s what the Philly-born scientist says is at stake for the town she loves