Local Food Prices Remain Stable Despite Drought In Midwest
Produce prices in our area have been stable this summer and should remain stable until locally grown produce is gone.
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Produce prices in our area have been stable this summer and should remain stable until locally grown produce is gone.
The EPA is considering more protective limits of particle pollution from 15 down to 12 or 13 micrograms per cubic meter.
A nearly snowless winter melted into some later months with less rainfall, and now, in the swelter of July, drought concerns arise.
The PBS program "Frontline" on Tuesday night profiles the "Hybrid X" team from West Philly High, which two years ago beat 90 of 111 teams in a $10-million global competition for cars that get more than 100 miles per gallon.
State officials say smoke from the area may be affecting traffic on the Black Horse Pike and the Atlantic City Expressway, which border the area.
The press conference was held inside the parking garage of the Pennsylvania Convention Center at 11th and Arch Streets, which contains 18 plug-in charging stations -- the largest number in the area.
Amidst record-breaking heat, the forecast is calling for more severe storms on Saturday and Sunday in South Jersey and Delaware, and Atlantic City Electric and Delmarva warn residents to be prepared.
Saturday's temperature could be at 100 degrees or above, and your plants are showing signs that they've had enough.
Police say two young cousins camping with their families have been killed in New Jersey after a tree fell on their tent during a summer storm.
It's part of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's "Green City Teachers" program.
SEPTA officials are calling it a "first-in-the-world achievement" for public transit: several stations are now converting the kinetic braking power of trains into electricity.
Ocean surface temperatures along the South Jersey shore are already in the upper 70s.
Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection is considering whether to let a Texas company dig in to the Brandywine Creek in order to replace a natural gas pipeline.
Philadelphia and its surrounding counties are under a "code orange," meaning the air contains unhealthy levels of ozone.
Charges have been filed against South Street Fillit Recycling of Riverside and its two top officials.
As part of the fanfare surrounding the release of his new album Welcome to the Fishbowl, country superstar Kenny Chesney is performing a free show tonight smack dab on the beach in Wildwood, New Jersey.
The Phillies hosted the announcement at Citizens Bank Park by EPA regional administrator Shawn Garvin.
If you think it's hot today, just imagine what it was like in 1776 with no air conditioning. "You didn't go out in the noon sun unless you were are farmer or something like that."
Plans are moving ahead to replace the Scudder Falls Bridge, which carries I-95 across the Delaware River.
They set out from Florida on May 12th, following the route of the East Coast Greenway, a system of trails connecting all the cities on the east coast.
If it seems as if you're getting bitten by mosquitoes around the clock, it may not be your imagination.
City Council's Rules Committee is expected to get an earful today from residents of the Eastwick section of southwest Philadelphia and from environmentalists.
More than 97,000 customers have signed on since the program began, not only because of the potential bill reduction but because of the additional $120 credit a participant receives over the course of the summer.
Philadelphia City Council this past week signed off on plans for a new trash-to-energy plant, despite concerns by some environmental groups that it could do more harm than good.
Zoo visitors sang to the birthday boys -- first for Lucha, a jaguar cub, and then for Dian, a snow leopard, both born at the Philadelphia Zoo, less than a week apart, last year.
