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The Environment

Nick Russo: Retired Philly science teacher leads cleanup effort in Cobbs Creek Park

April 14, 2022April 14, 2022
Nick Russo
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How a retired Philadelphia high school teacher started an all-volunteer anti-litter movement in Cobbs Creek Park.
By Nick Russo

Energy

Gordon Tomb: EPA rule threatens Trainer refinery

February 15, 2022February 15, 2022
Gordon Tomb
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Renewable fuel compliance credits threaten the continued operation of Monroe Energy’s Trainer Refinery and its hundreds of jobs.
By Gordon Tomb

Energy

Jim Snell: PA’s energy revolution is bigger than Pennsylvania

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022
Jim Snell

With prices at the pump reaching levels not seen since 2014, it is critical that our elected leaders find ways to continue their support for oil and gas development.
By Jim Snell

The Environment

Ideas Philly should steal — planting more trees

January 21, 2022January 27, 2022
Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
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The benefits of trees go beyond health, heat and economic equity — though those are reason enough to increase Philly’s tree canopy. Here’s how other cities are doing just that.
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

Energy

Senator Gene Yaw: What critics get wrong about energy choice

January 6, 2022January 6, 2022
Senator Gene Yaw

Last month, seven environmental groups wrote a misguided letter to Philadelphia officials bashing legislation that I sponsored as counterintuitive to the city’s decarbonization goals.
By Senator Gene Yaw

The Environment

Eisenberg + Yeomans: Five ways to “rewild” Philadelphia

November 29, 2021April 14, 2022
Eisenberg + Yeomans
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Environmentalists have long focused on “pristine” spaces for conservation, ignoring the areas where most of us live: cities and densely populated inner suburbs. How can we “rewild” sections of Philadelphia to improve our riverways and land, and re-introduce a wild element back into the lives of everyday city-dwellers?
By Albert Eisenberg and Craig Yeomans

From The Editors

The Editors: Left-leaning states backpedal from harmful climate programs, will Wolf?

November 23, 2021November 23, 2021
The Editors

Politically speaking, Wolf and his fellow Democrats should let RGGI die. But that would be the sensical thing to do.
By The Editors

The Environment

State Senator Carolyn Comitta: The case for cap and invest in Pennsylvania

October 26, 2021October 25, 2021
State Senator Carolyn Comitta
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The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative should be Pennsylvania’s next step in addressing climate change and emissions.
By State Senator Carolyn Comitta

The Environment

Pennsylvania AG files charges against Mariner East 2 pipeline developer

October 6, 2021October 6, 2021
Christen Smith

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced 48 charges against the developer of the Mariner East 2 pipeline on Tuesday.
By Christen Smith

The Environment

Dr. Kimberlee Josephson: Apprehension about ESG criteria in business is warranted

August 24, 2021August 27, 2021
Dr. Kimberlee Josephson
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It’s important for businesses to care about the environment, community, and economy, but cementing themselves to fallible standards and culturally-dependent, subjective morality judgements just impedes progress.
By Dr. Kimberlee Josephson.

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