Environment

Ten states have legalized the energy- and money-saving home technology. Should PA become the first swing state to do so?

In a city whose tree canopy is diminishing faster than residents can replace it, one West Philly block stands up to a developer and takes matters into their own hands

Upper Roxborough is the last rural corner of Philadelphia, a place where forests and fields reign. Squeezed by development and climate change, how much longer can it last?

Philadelphians flush 310 tons of what could be money-making compost every year. Will fears of forever chemical contamination prevent us from cashing in?

For more than a decade, Penn researchers have found that greener neighborhoods are less violent. Now, Pew is helping PHS double down on this confirmed hypothesis

Prepping for a vacation out West was different this summer. Before we get used to the new environmental normal, do something

The E. coli don’t lie. Philly’s biggest river seriously stinks. Here’s what the City can — and must — do about it

Some of Philly’s parks are older than the Constitution. Now, Fairmount Park Conservancy’s CEO says, let’s use them to make us the civic and cultural capital of the nation

How one local resident is bringing neighbors together to fight flooding, one cleanup at a time

We asked the experts.