Sustainability

Philadelphia takes steps toward renewable energy goals with a solar farm in Adams County.

Mayor Kenney has just a few days left to sign or kill a bill requiring stores to charge 15 cents for paper bags.

There are ways to help prevent Christmas trees, wrapping paper, and even string lights from ending up in landfills.

Research shows people create 25% more waste over the holiday season. Some shoppers are taking a different approach this year.

New Jersey environmental groups are working together to plant more trees in urban areas.

Here's a look at what these talks have yielded in the past, and what people in the Delaware Valley hope to get out of COP28.

We all feel good tossing our soup cans, milk jugs and shampoo bottles into the recycling bin, but how much of it really gets reused, and how efficient is the process?

The city of Philadelphia will not move forward with the project unless negative impacts on Delaware County are addressed, an official said.

Pizza boxes with a little bit of grease can be placed at the curb.

Over $4 million in federal grant money will flow to nonprofits and local governments to support environmental justice in the Philly region.

Environmentalists say lawn conversions prevent flooding and runoff pollution, and provide habitat for pollinators and birds.

The event hosted by WURD radio’s EcoWURD featured panels, on-stage interviews, and workshops at a community center in West Philly.

It’s the “largest investment” in Philadelphia’s urban forest in decades, per city officials, who aim to make tree coverage more equitable.

The new Office of Outdoor Recreation has a $422,000 operating budget, so officials say the key to its success will be building relationships rather than lavish funding.

We'll talk with James Patterson about his new release, Lion and Lamb. Plus, missing summertime already? How to preserve the bounty of your garden for months to come.