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Bennett Compost and Circle Compost announce merger

For nearly a decade, Philadelphians looking to begin their composting journeys have looked to one of two options for private ...
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OPENING RECEPTION: Nature on the Rocks by Guy de Potesta

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In the last century, Pennsylvania and New Jersey battled New York City to control water from the Delaware River. With sea levels rising and droughts looming, another fateful ...

Most of the big brother–little brother act between New York City and Philadelphia is all in good fun. Eagles versus Giants, Mets versus Phillies, international metropolis versus city of neighborhoods ...
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How recycling lost its way in Philadelphia and what can be done to get it back on track

In July 2020, after spending several months of the pandemic wondering whether her trash and recycling would be picked up, Sarah Ausprich was frustrated. When it was collected, Ausprich, a resident of ...
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A global climate debate heats up as a liquefied natural gas terminal looks for a home in Chester

The table was set, powerful people already gathered round and talking about the future, when Carol Kazeem walked in about 15 minutes late and popped the balloon. Kazeem, a first-term Pennsylvania ...
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Reckless developments put residents in floods’ path

Chris Deatrick’s girlfriend called him early in the morning on Thursday, September 2, 2021, pleading with him to leave his apartment at the Apex on Venice Island in Manayunk. Deatrick didn’t think ...
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At former PES refinery, pollution concerns persist under the surface

In the 340 years since Philadelphia’s founding, the city’s landscape has constantly shifted, as waves of development and redevelopment shipped out with the old and in with the new. Unfortunately, on ...
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Opportunities exist for Philadelphia to lead the nation in recycling again. Private companies and advocates tell us what needs to change

It has been five years since the pandemic disrupted Philadelphia’s recycling program, leading to service delays that stretched on for weeks and consigning the contents of so many blue bins into trash ...
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Mariposa Food Co-op in West Philadelphia was founded in the 1970s as a democratic alternative to top-down corporate grocery stores. Today, some workers and member-owners say it ...

Myriam Siftar cried tears of joy. It was March 2012, and she was at the grand opening of Mariposa Food Co-op’s new home, a Greek-revival style former bank building on Baltimore Avenue in West ...
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With the help of a big federal grant, the City, nonprofits and volunteers are working to reverse the loss of urban tree canopy in Philadelphia

An ambitious investment in Philadelphians’ well-being, the Philly Tree Plan was released in 2023 by Philadelphia Parks & Recreation (PPR). The plan aims to expand the city’s tree canopy to 30% in ...
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West Fairmount Park’s trolley system is reborn as a multi-use path

Beginning by the Chamounix Mansion, The Fairmount Park Trolley Trail passes through acres of lush forest. It curves and slopes past trees that are home to birds and squirrels, trees whose trunks ...