Philadelphia Gets High Marks For Green Energy
With all the controversy about natural gas production from Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale region, you might wonder where green energy fits in. Quite nicely, says an advocate.
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With all the controversy about natural gas production from Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale region, you might wonder where green energy fits in. Quite nicely, says an advocate.
Politics as the art of compromise was very evident in Philadelphia City Council with the apparent resolution of a dispute over a plan to require more lead paint testing in rental buildings.
SEPTA is upgrading a switching locomotive at Wayne Junction that services its trains, with the help of a $1.2-million EPA grant to reduce diesel air pollution and improve air quality.
School officials at Father Judge High School were meeting on Wednesday with members of a company they've hired to see if they can determine what sickened between 150 and 200 people over the weekend.
Thousands of dollars are being raised to increase the street canopy in Philadelphia.
But the rewrite is by no means a done deal.
Philadelphia fire commissioner Lloyd Ayers wants to make sure those families that celebrate by putting a Christmas tree in their living rooms do so safely.
Animal rights groups had tried to stop the hunt, arguing that the state was using flawed data to justify it.
Plans are in the works to turn Spring Garden Street into a greenway that is a hub of activity for drivers, cyclists and others, connecting the Art Museum area to neighborhoods around the Delaware River.
The $50-million project has begun, and officials say it will completely transform the plaza above and below ground.
The bill now goes to the mayor, who is expected to veto it and send it back to Council.
A gathering of movers and shakers in the "green roof" and "green wall" industry is taking place this week at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
At issues is developer Richard Snowden's plan for a parcel of land in the 8200 block of Germantown Avenue, where a Ford dealership closed a few years ago.
Monday is the first day of deer season in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Big deal, you say?
"Happy Feet" put its best feet forward. That's not quite so true of "Happy Feet Two."
New York is on record against fracking, and now Delaware indicates it will also vote no, given concerns over protection of drinking water.
No one was hurt, and no official confirmation of the sighting, but no surprise in the eyes of a local wildlife expert.
The brothers were born June 9th and have since grown to about 28 pounds each.
SEPTA is receiving two federal grants that will help the transit agency save energy dollars while adding to the bus fleet.
A new report by an environmental group finds that Pennsylvania power plants produce more mercury pollution than nearly every other state.
Sportsmen and farmers are facing off over a proposal to allow Sunday hunting in Pennsylvania.
City Council has tackled what some residents say is a growing problem in Philadelphia: increasingly aggressive raccoons getting into trash, and even chasing after children.
An icon on the South Jersey skyline is disappearing for a while, because of damage from the August earthquake.
The parking lane along the Market Street side of 30th Station was closed to create the 50-foot-wide sidewalk for a public space which will feature new plantings, a farmer's market, even occasional yoga classes.
A Pennsylvania House committee has approved a bill with wide-ranging provisions addressing natural gas drilling in the commonwealth.
