The mayor has talked about making Philadelphia, “The New River City,” but right now public access and green space along both of our rivers is limited, and so far he has done little but talk about the idea that our rivers are an assett.  Meanwhile, the only plans for the rivers that are recieving his […]

Gwen Shaffer keeps us updated on PGW who is still pushing for a Liquified Natural Gas station in Port Richmond DESPITE the fact that the neighborhood overwhelmingly opposes it and City Council passed a resolution against it.
 This is BS and a half and we need to help fight this.

Biologists are perplexed by beached mammals at the Jersey shore including dolphins not native to these waters and the northern most sighting of a manatee ever documented.
“We’ve never had this rate of strandings in the summer months, and we really have no definitive idea why it’s happening,” Schoelkopf said. “And why these animals are turning […]

I have to give big props to my friend Sharon who works for Parade magazine. She helped push for a recent cover story on why we can’t ignore global warming.
For those of you not familiar with Parade, it is that circular that is put in just about every Sunday newspaper in the country. With a […]

Ahh… the frustration satisfaction found when cynical politicians public servants, actually serve… special interests big money the public! The common good has a big birthday party every fall during election season. Some years people remember your special day more than others. With so many big races this year, our incumbants want to […]

My former employer, Philadelphia Weekly has just put out a Green Issue with this cover story by Gwen Shaffer discussing, in large part, City Hall’s efforts and lack thereof:
Philadelphia City Hall lacks a department of the environment or a sustainability director, like many progressive local governments have created. To date, few efforts to reduce greenhouse […]

My former employer, Philadelphia Weekly has just put out a Green Issue with this cover story by Gwen Shaffer discussing, in large part, City Hall's efforts and lack thereof:
Philadelphia City Hall lacks a department of the environment or a sustainability director, like many progressive local governments have created. To date, few efforts to reduce greenhouse […]

The Inky is reporting today that this August may be the dryest ever for the region.
Which is crazy after it seemed to rain every weekend for June and July. The article quotes the chief meterologist at the National Weather Service saying it’s just one of those things.
In unrelated news who’s coming out on Thurs (global […]

My friend Liz passed along this link to an absolutely incredible multimedia story from the Chicago Tribune. Five different well put together and much better than YouTube quality flash ~5min videos [probably the best compression I've seen for a widely available video like this from a large paper], accompanying photographs for each video segment […]

Bruce Schimmel in the City Paper and the South Philly Review both recently had articles on the new equipment that he Community/Labor Refinery Tracking Committee now has to safeguard air quality in south philly.
The Cerex UV Hound uses ultra-violet light to detect pollutants in the air. Previously local groups have used the famous […]