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With an expansive and amorphous mandate, the Philadelphia Environmental Justice Advisory Commission is off to a sluggish start
Three years after its launch, the Philadelphia Environmental Justice Advisory Commission (PEJAC) has yet to assert itself as ...
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One year into the Parker administration, cycling advocates are celebrating some victories for street safety — and pushing for more
Philadelphia is often ranked among the best cities in the country for cycling. And yet, leading up to the 2023 mayoral ...
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In 2022, PGW budgeted for a geothermal feasibility study. Three years later, they have nothing to show for it
What’s a fossil fuel utility to do in a rapidly warming world? That was the question posed by a study the City released ...
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Philly’s progress toward its carbon-neutrality goals is difficult to gauge
Mayor Cherelle Parker leads Philadelphia at a key point in the fight against climate change. By 2030 — that is, in a mere ...
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Editor’s Notes: No Power, No Justice
I had never heard of the Philadelphia Art Commission back in 2022 when I tuned in to a Zoom meeting about plans to build a ...
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Urban agriculture continues to suffer from lack of land security
In the summer of 2023, farmers and gardeners in Philadelphia had good reason to be optimistic. The City had just published its first urban agriculture plan, called “Growing from the Root,” which ...
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Mayor Parker and administration officials answer Grid’s questions on sustainability efforts
The soaring rhetoric of campaign trails often meets the hard realities of governance once candidates take office. Competing demands, limited budgets and City Council’s own priorities can make for a ...
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Why are there so many black squirrels in Philadelphia?
In 2003 former Tuskegee Airman and pioneering Black journalist Chuck Stone wrote “Squizzy the Black Squirrel,” about a Philadelphia boy who bonds with a black squirrel in Fairmount Park. Squizzy was ...
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Mayor Cherelle Parker: Year One
Environmental issues are rarely at the top of the political agenda. If they were, we might not need this special issue looking at Mayor Cherelle Parker’s first year. Given the long list of ...
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Visit the Wagner Museum 2025
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Self Care Sundays
Black Lotus Holistic Healing Collective is known for is a space designed for BIPOC healers/practitioners to be centered in the healing in order for them to heal those in the BIPOC community.