PA’s Secret Weapon to Fight Climate Change

A bipartisan Philadelphia-based group is spreading the word about Pennsylvania’s Environmental Rights Amendment in the hopes the 53-year-old law can protect our endangered environment today

By Courtney DuChene
Listen

Ali Velshi Inside Project 2025 and … Hurricane Helene?

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member on the plan to gut FEMA and undermine our nation's ability to prepare for and recover from natural disasters

By Ali Velshi
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The Kindred Podcast

It’s easy to forget that we humans are literal animals. Two Philadelphia-area sisters remind us, one audio episode at a time

By Courtney DuChene
Business for Good

Carbon Reform

Could a Philadelphia company’s clever carbon capture capsule transform how buildings breathe — and impact climate change?

By Courtney DuChene
Guest Commentary

Right Up Our Alley

Philly’s downtown has 2.5 miles of alleys. Here’s why the President/CEO of Center City District sees the potential for beauty and community instead

By Prema Katari Gupta
Citizen of the Week

Elena Jadach and Gen Z for Sustainability

The William Penn Charter School senior launched a nonprofit that empowers her peers to pitch in on protecting the planet

By Stephanie Ostroff
Mystery Shopper

Does City Council Answer Residents, Like, Literally?

Our Gen Z Mystery Shopper reached out to each member of Philadelphia City Council via email and phone to ask what they are doing about climate change. Here’s what happened

By Citizen Mystery Shopper
Business for Good Update

Glitter Grows Up

The three-year-old “Lyft for litter” is an essential, ethical solution to Philadelphia’s ongoing trash problem on 700 blocks. If only the City would hire them to expand everywhere

By Courtney DuChene
Ideas We Should Steal

Cool Down Creatively

Rio, Seville, Singapore and Munich have all implemented common-sense to high-tech ways to handle the hotter days ahead

By Valeria Morales-Soto
New Urban Order

It’s Time For a Shademaking Movement

It’s getting hotter. We need to start planning for it.

By Diana Lind