PHILADELPHIA — Even though the Phillies fell far short of their goal to win the World Series in 2024, their home runs are impacting the city in a very green way. Home Runs for Trees, a 13-years-and-counting partnership between Asplundh, the Phillies organization and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), plants one tree in the Greater
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On June 12 New England energy company Eversource broke ground on a networked geothermal pilot project in Framingham, Massachusetts. The geothermal pilot, a collaboration between Eversource and Framingham’s local government, aims to showcase the viability and benefits of geothermal technology in residential areas. The pilot program is set to span several years, with selected homes
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When news first broke of the catastrophic failure of a strip of I-95 this weekend, many initial reactions bouncing around the internet were classic Philly culture. Funny T-shirts were made; people sporting local long-‘O’ accents were interviewed; jokes about nearby Four Seasons Total Landscaping abounded. This is so Philly seemed to be a consensus take.
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At a recent investment industry conference, Tim Buckley, CEO of Vanguard, was asked about socially responsible, environmentally sustainable investing. “We’ve run out of time,” he jokingly claimed, uneasy about responding. According to climate activists like myself, Vanguard has “run out of time” to show the kind of leadership needed to avert the worst effects of
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Birds can fly safer around Springside Chestnut Hill Academy thanks to third graders who installed a window film with a pattern of white polka dots. On May 11 students at the school, which partnered with Bird Safe Philly, applied the window film in an effort to keep birds from getting injured or killed in collisions
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The Trust for Public Land has released its 2023 edition of ParkScore, which rates and compares park systems for cities across the country. Philadelphia is pretty much where it was in 2022, ranking 31 out of the 100 most populous cities in the country this year versus 32 last year. Behind that ranking are several
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The fourth annual #BlackBirdersWeek 2023 will take place nationwide May 28 through June 3, with events intended to raise the visibility of Black birders and build community. #BlackBirdersWeek took flight in 2020 as a result of social media discussions within the #BlackAFinSTEM community following an incident in New York City’s Central Park in which a
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The renovation of the Cobbs Creek Golf Course hit a small hurdle on May 10 as the Cobbs Creek Foundation sought approval from the Philadelphia Art Commission of the next phase of its construction, a pumphouse and reservoir for irrigating the golf course, with the commission asking the foundation to return at a future meeting
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Today’s the day! Philadelphians are taking to the polls to choose party candidates for mayor, City Council, judges and other elected posts. (It’s also the last day — until the next election cycle, anyway — for the robo-texts, campaign flyers and attack ads. Hooray!) Grid has endorsed Helen Gym in the Democratic mayoral primary race,
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On May 11 the EPA proposed carbon emissions standards limiting greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. If adopted, the standards would reduce total carbon dioxide (CO2) by 617 million metric tons — the equivalent of reducing the annual emissions produced by 137 million passenger cars — through 2042. The rule would also reduce particulate emissions
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Plastic is both an incredibly useful and an incredibly harmful material. Plastic is found everywhere – in the guts of up to 9 out of 10 seabirds, at the bottom of the ocean’s deepest trench, and even in our own blood. While plastic can at times be necessary, around four tenths of it is used
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