Philadelphia Hosts Thousands For National Safety Council Annual Expo
More than 10,000 environmental, health, and safety professionals are in Philadelphia this week for group discussions and networking during a convention in center city.
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More than 10,000 environmental, health, and safety professionals are in Philadelphia this week for group discussions and networking during a convention in center city.
An energy saving company has created new thermal imaging technology to assess the heat efficiency in your home.
"I've been wanting to do this since 2008, and we've been looking for funding all that time," says Sue Pringle of UC Green, "and then TD Bank said that they were able to help us."
As the search continues for survivors in eastern Turkey's devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake, one local man who grew up in that area of the country said the region has always been earthquake prone.
Experts point out that throwing pharmaceuticals in the trash or down the toilet can contaminate landfills and wastewater with biologically active chemicals.
A small conference next Saturday at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge aims to make a big impact on the complexion of birding.
The students from the Hybrid X Team at West Philadelphia High School are being honored with the Next Generation Breakthrough Award from Popular Mechanics Magazine.
"Charge it" now has another meaning at the Montgomery County shopping mecca.
Market Street West in center city and JFK Boulevard look a little different today. The city has begun a two-week test of reducing both thoroughfares by one lane.
During the early stage of demolition of Matheson Hall, at 32nd and Market Streets, workers found a metal box, tightly sealed against the ravages of time, behind a date plate.
In this country, shooting a whale is a crime, punishable by fines and jail time.
Weather plays a big part in the fall colors, and this year has gone from hot and dry to cool and wet. Experts say all of that change will have an impact on the leaf colors this fall.
Tracy Carluccio of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network says the proposed fees pale in comparison to the damage that can be done by fracking.
The governor is proposing a fee that would collect a total of $160,000 per natural gas well over a 10-year period.
A central Pennsylvania couple was lucky to be getting out of the hospital mere hours after after a bear attacked them in their home near Harrisburg.
The senior citizen advocacy group "AARP" and the Mayor's Commission on Aging are surveying various Philadelphia intersections to determine how safe they are for the city's 50+ population.
Rep. Pat Meehan (at lectern) figures some 2,600 jobs are on the line if three Delaware County refineries shut down.
National Public Lands Day was celebrated around the country yesterday with volunteer projects to clean up and care for our national public lands, including those here in Philadelphia.
Michael Tracht of Penn Environment says Philadelphia is the fifth smoggiest big city based on the number of days when the air was unhealthy, both in 2010 and this summer.
Most of it will break up and burn before hitting the earth's atmosphere, according to Derrick Pitts, chief astronomer at the Franklin Institute, but an estimated 26 pieces could hit somewhere on Earth.
Temple University is launching a program aimed at cutting down on wasted food and, perhaps, helping to prevent the "freshman fifteen."
The new building at 33rd and Chestnut is named for the late, visionary Drexel President Constantine Papadakis and the center of its atrium is a five story hydroponic planter, with things like rubber trees and ivy.
"We saw more flash flooding with Tropical Storm Lee," said a Montgomery County official. "With Hurricane Irene we saw more widespread flooding and flash flooding throughout most of the eastern section of the county."
States in the northeast are facing a pumpkin shortage after Hurricane Irene destroyed hundreds of pumpkin patches in the region.
Governor Tom Corbett told Talk Radio 1210 WPHT that he will draw up his own legislation to impose impact fees on natural gas drillers.
