What if Spring Garden Street actually lived up to its name? Instead of an 80-foot-wide expanse that cuts a dreary and dangerous furrow across Philadelphia’s midsection, what if there were sidewalks edged with rain gardens, tree-shaded bike lanes, and planted...
President Biden’s commitment to slice carbon emissions by more than 50% by the end of the decade will likely have a substantial impact on Pennsylvania and its reliance on fossil fuels like coal and natural gas, but analysts and others...
Developers are continuing to focus on the future of the Hazelwood Riverfront Master Plan, and they’re asking the public for feedback. The Environmental Planning and Design and Pennsylvania Environmental Council spent six months gathering community input to come up with...
Philadelphia’s Spring Garden Street Greenway could soon see much-anticipated safety updates under President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan. The White House last week unveiled details of Biden’s substantial $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan to create jobs and improve the country’s highways, colleges and bridges...
The plan to connect the Delaware and Schuylkill River bike trails is finally making some headway. The Spring Garden Street Greenway plan was conceived 10 years ago. Now, with President Joe Biden’s commitment to upgrading the country’s infrastructure, biking advocates...
Want to help shape the future of the Hazelwood riverfront? You have your chance to do so at a virtual meeting on Wednesday, April 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. Environmental Planning & Design (EPD), the landscape architecture firm selected...
The city of Chester today hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of Eyre Park Levee Walk. Attendees included Chester City Council, the Stormwater Authority of Chester staff, representatives from the Pennsylvania Environmental Council and the East Coast Greenway...
POWR’s Tali MacArthur joins Freddi Hammer on “In Touch” to discuss the “Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Tour” ~Virtually; an event meant to inspire all of us to keep our rivers and streams clean and beautiful. The Wild and Scenic...
Allegheny County has been chalking up big wins for the environment recently, and here’s another: Last week, the county announced that it will purchase renewable hydropower energy from a new project on the Ohio River. The 35-year power purchase agreement...
The power used by the Allegheny County Courthouse, jail and other government buildings will be generated by hydroelectric energy harnessed from the Emsworth Lock and Dam, county Executive Rich Fitzgerald said Thursday. Fitzgerald was joined by Paul Jacob, CEO of...
After 10 hearings with over 400 voices from across Pennsylvania, and tens of thousands of written comments, the result is clear: A vast majority of Pennsylvanians support the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a proven cap-and-invest program that curbs climate...
Fighting climate change, planting more trees and funding environmental progress in tight times will be among the challenges confronting state lawmakers in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania when they gather in January in their respective capitals. … In Pennsylvania, environmental groups...