Save Some Green Store In Center City Celebrates It's First Anniversary
Today marks a year of life for a little sprout of a store, a beacon of green amid brick and concrete.
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Today marks a year of life for a little sprout of a store, a beacon of green amid brick and concrete.
The Junior League of Philadelphia will hold an eco-friendly fashion fundraiser this Saturday.
Officials at Valley Forge Park say the first year of a four-year plan to thin the deer population was successful -- and the park's actions also benefitted hungry residents throughout Pennsylvania.
Massachusetts health officials say they have detected low levels of radiation in rain water samples, likely from the Japanese nuclear power plant. They also say similar levels have been found along the east coast, even here in Pennsylvania. What does it mean?
There is high anxiety in Japan over the safety of their water and food supplies, amid the prolonged nuclear power plant crisis.
Two eggs are now being scrutinized by nature experts -- and by thousands of nature fans via the Internet -- as a pair of red-tailed hawks settle in for a third straight nesting season at the Franklin Institute, just off Logan Circle in Philadelphia.
One of the most devastated areas of Japan will get rebuilding help from the State of Delaware. The "First State" is reaching out to its Japanese sister state.
The nuclear disaster unfolding in Japan is bringing back bad memories for some of the people involved in a similar accident 32 years ago, at Three Mile Island, in central Pennsylvania.
Temple University is taking steps to evacuate students from its Temple University Japan location. The main campus is working with International SOS to arrange a chartered flight to Hong Kong for some time on Saturday.
A sure harbinger of spring - the annual Greek Independence Day Parade down the Ben Franklin Parkway is on Sunday.
"Just in the last three days we've had two very generous corporate donations," a local Red Cross spokesman told KYW Newsradio on Tuesday.
What does the nuclear power plant crisis in Japan mean for Hawaii, the west coast of the US mainland, and the rest of us in the United States?
The nuclear power plant crisis in Japan has raised concerns about an envisioned new nuclear plant on the Salem County site where three nuclear plant already operate.
Government regulators in the United States will be taking a closer look at a nuclear power plant in Limerick Township, to see if it's at risk from seismic activity.
So what makes a tsunami so powerful and deadly? Some local experts explain.
For Philadelphia area residents with family in Japan, now is a time of waiting and worrying.
EPA officials held a seminar on Thursday for local environmentalists, state and local governments, and others interested in the threat to our area's drinking water.
Pennsylvania state officials say results for the first two months of testing show no radioactive contamination of water in Pennsylvania waterways located in the Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling region.
The Eastern Cougar hasn't been seen in 70 years. And after four years of research, is now declared extinct.
It wasn't too long ago that going green was something reserved strictly for tree huggers. But today, the sustainability wave is sweeping across the land.
The man tapped to become Pennsylvania's environmental protection chief says he's "ruminating" over a New York Times article raising concerns over radioactivity and other pollution in wastewater from natural gas drilling.
From Asbury Park to Avalon and beyond, many of us have a favorite shore point. And if so, now's the time to be counted.
The issue of whether to impose a severance tax on companies looking to drill in Pennsylvania's Marcellus shale was front and center on Wednesday at a Pennsylvania House hearing in Montgomery County.
The Great Backyard Bird Count, an effort billed as citizen science, is going on now through Monday.
