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Jan 1, 2025 · Toward A Sustainable Philadelphia. Sam Calisch has electrification bona fides. There’s the MIT engineering degree, the years spent in a lab tinkering with electromagnetic devices and his time on Capitol Hill as a scientist-turned-advocate, successfully campaigning for the inclusion of historic climate measures in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.
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Featured Jan 19, 2022 A band of intertwined, small businesses and local makers are what’s kept South Philly yarn shop in business for 17 years Jan 19, 2022 Read More → Jan 19, 2022 Jan 12, 2022 Sustainability, through love for the earth and the people on it, remains a strong intention behind the design and drive of this Black, Indigenous, and woman-owned home floral studio Jan 12, …
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Grid is a free, monthly print publication focused on sustainability issues and initiatives in the Greater Philadelphia area. Grid was born out of a potent combination of inspiration and frustration.With enthusiasm fueled by reading the growing library of books about sustainability, we looked at the current media and found it lacking.
Philadelphia’s LED streetlight rollout is an energy win that is not ...
Feb 1, 2024 · When he first saw workers changing out the streetlights on his block in Chestnut Hill, Timothy Breslin didn’t think much of it. He went to bed that night in the summer of 2022 without issue. In the daylight, he still didn’t register the changes. But when night fell, his street full of modest rowhomes was lit so brightly it may as well …
The City of Philadelphia has no plan to accommodate the …
Aug 29, 2022 · In 2007 the City of Philadelphia launched the Electric Vehicle Parking Space program, in which EV owners could apply for permission to put a charging post at the curb in front of their house. The parking space by the charging post would be for electric vehicles only. Since few people own electric vehicles, the homeowner effectively gained a private street parking spot, which did not go over ...
The fight over FDR Park is only the latest tussle over how to design ...
Dec 1, 2024 · In Philadelphia, there was once a large public park where humans had previously intervened but where nature was reasserting itself. Residents flocked there to leave the noise and rigidity of the city grid behind and bathe in the wild unruliness of trees and meadows. This was a world unto itself, but not for long: one day word came that chainsaws and bulldozers would soon arrive to chop down ...
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Dec 1, 2023 · Everyone loves Green City, Clean Waters — at least in theory. Twelve years ago the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) rolled out the ambitious, 25-year plan meant to deal with our combined stormwater-sewer system. When it rains, stormwater that flows off of roofs and pavement tends to overwhelm the system, sending raw sewage into our rivers and creeks. Aside from just being disgusting and ...
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Oct 31, 2022 · The Philadelphia Department of Public Health’s Air Management Services, the division responsible for monitoring air quality in the city, is holding a hearing on Wednesday, August 10 at 6 p.m. for public input into proposed revisions to its regulations.
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Jan 11, 2022 · Grid’s illustrious neighbor, the Reading Terminal Market, has some exciting new occupants. The New Jersey-based Valley Shepherd Creamery, due to open in November, will truck in milk three times a week, allowing customers …