Topic: Climate Change

Climate Dads
This Father’s Day, we tip our hat to a Philly duo who’s giving like-minded men agency over a seemingly daunting problem
By Jessica Blatt Press
The Youth Are Fed Up
The winner of last year’s Raju Foundation Essay Contest urges youth—and their adult supporters—to protest for climate change Friday
By Hadley Ball
Voting Green
Why aren’t our elected officials talking more about climate change and pollution? This election, WURD’s afternoon host says, voters should demand it
By Charles D. Ellison
“The Trees are the Lungs”
On this Arbor Day, we celebrate the arborists who care for our trees
By Sabina Louise Pierce
Water—An Essay Contest
The Pamela & Ajay Raju Foundation, along with the Zoo, offers $15,000 to a student who can help solve our water crisis
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Solar States
The growing B Corporation is bringing solar energy to houses and businesses throughout the region—and bringing blue collar Philadelphians into the green energy economy
By Quinn O'Callaghan
Rouse the (Hot) Masses
WURD’s afternoon host urges the city and its residents—especially minorities most affected by pollution—to start a real fight against climate change
By Charles D. Ellison
Rehka Dhillon-Richardson
The University City resident has turned her passion for the environment into a local girls climate summit and two trips to the U.N.—all by the age of 17
By Gillian McGoldrick
Plant More Trees
Trees provide shade, reduce energy consumption and prettify our city. But still Philadelphians—and even the mayor himself—have made it harder to plant as many as we should. Why can’t we be more like D.C.?
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy