Environment

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Here's how to get a free tree for your yard so you can help improve Philly's canopy

Student protesters who interrupted Penn football game say they're facing trespassing citations, disciplinary action

Penn protesters football

N.J. sues oil companies for concealing information about impact of fossil fuels on climate crisis

Eagles add two reverse vending machines to incentivize recycling at the Linc

Eagles Reverse Vending Machines

The Green Resource Center, a PHS effort to reduce food insecurity in Montgomery County, to open to the public

PHS Green Resource Center

Find Pennsylvania's best spots to go leaf peeping using the state's fall foliage report

Pa. fall foliage

State park opens in Chester County as part of $45 million conservation investment

Chester County State Park

Clearing pollution helps clear the fog of aging — and may cut the risk of dementia

Pollution dementia

N.J. lawmaker considers amending state's single-use bag ban amid residents' grow piles of reusable bags

New Jersey Bag Ban

Wegmans to eliminate plastic bags at all of its Pennsylvania stores this month

'Severe' drought expands into South Jersey

South Jersey drought conditions

Philly, suburbs urged to conserve water during drought watch

PA Philly Drought

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Watch a live bee beard demonstration during Philadelphia's honey festival

Bees Honey Festival

Philly Naked Bike Ride returns this weekend to promote body positivity, cycling

Naked Bike Ride 2022

Pennsylvania children born near fracking sites may be at higher risk of leukemia, study finds

Wetland revitalization begins at FDR Park in effort to improve wildlife, plant habitat

FDR Wetland

New Jersey issues statewide drought watch, urges residents to conserve water

Drought Watch New Jersey

Eagles, Bellwether District join city's push for litter cleanups with community investment program

Eagles Litter Cleanup Program

Media Borough bans plastic bags as more suburban towns consider similar measures

AWSM Sauce, a local sustainable ketchup company, takes on Heinz with $57 million stadium naming campaign

AWSM Sauce Main

15-acre Chester County property to be permanently preserved to protect drinking water

Chester County Conservation Water

Wildfire burns at Wharton State Forest in South Jersey, leading to evacuations

Wharton State Forest fire

New ordinance requires School District of Philadelphia to install water fountains with lead filtration by 2025

Philly schools lead water

Penn breaks ground on one of state's largest solar projects in effort to reduce carbon emissions

Penn Solar Projects

Academy of Natural Sciences seeks to raise awareness about plastic pollution through art

Plastic Free Philly

Schuylkill River dredging to resume this summer near Boathouse Row

Schuylkill Dredging Boathouse Row

Philadelphia would impose fees on developers who don't replace trees they cut down in effort to improve city canopy

Tree Canopy Bill City Council

Philadelphia parks drop in national ranking due to funding cuts caused by COVID-19 pandemic

Parks Ranking

New Jersey’s ban on single-use plastic and paper bags goes into effect

Community led study will measure urban heat, air pollution in effort to help fight climate change

Urban Heat Philadelphia

City Council pushes for more funding to address quality-of-life issues in underserved communities

Just Services Campaign

Pennsylvania joins Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative with goal of cutting emissions

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

PHS gets 1,550 trees from PECO as power company sets out to replace every tree it cuts down

Trees PHS PECO

Philadelphia music shops are celebrating Earth Day by recycling used instrument strings

D'Addario String Recycling

Haverford Township bans plastic bags as more suburban towns begin to take action

Celebrate Earth Day by joining a recycling drive, nature walk or volunteer opportunity

Earth Day 2022

Children's Health

New research hub to address Philly's childhood asthma, lead poisoning rates

Philly environmental health

Philly to start enforcing plastic bag ban on April 1

Bucks County sues companies, alleging contamination of water, soil

Bucks County PFAS lawsuit

Five new electric yellow buses unveiled at the School District of Philadelphia's garage

Electric School Buses

Homeowners in Philadelphia can now lease, install solar panels with no upfront cost

Solar Panels Solarize Philly

Some Philly neighborhoods bear an undue burden of environmental hazards; a new effort aims to change that

Philly Community Health Act

N.J. environmentalists sue Murphy administration over alleged inaction on climate change

Environmentalists Sue Murphy

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