A local food bank is turning spoiled produce into farm-fresh eggs. Here’s how
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Unfit for pantry shelves, hundreds of pounds of produce are redirected to a farm, where the chickens' "salad bar" curbs waste, cuts costs and helps fight hunger.
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Saving the ‘sky puppies’: How one wildlife rehabilitator is working to rescue bats in Pa.
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In the face of devastating population loss throughout the region, every bat that the Pennsylvania Bat Conservation and Rehabilitation is able to save is making a difference.
3 Pennsylvania cities ranked among worst places to live for people with asthma
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The 2025 U.S. Asthma Capitals report identifies cities with high rates of asthma-related emergency room visits and deaths.
‘Cartoon villainy’: Former regulators say EPA’s planned rollbacks would reverse 50 years of environmental progress
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The EPA administrator Lee Zeldin announced planned rollbacks of 31 rules to help promote industry and lower the cost of living. He didn't mention protecting the environment or public health.
So beautiful but so terrible: Philly exhibit traces the ecology of fashion
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The exhibit at Drexel University spans fashions of the past to the waste of today's industry. “We have enough clothes on the planet to clothe the next six generations."
A Delaware inventor wants you to consider raising bees
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A unique hive design aims to reduce the physical demands on beekeepers while drastically improving colony survival rates.
Croydon Woods awarded for ‘environmental excellence.’ It’s a toxic Superfund site
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The Bucks County site, which has been under federal remediation for 30 years, is one of Pennsylvania’s last remaining coastal plain forests.
‘Bird Town’ borough is embracing its new designation as a bird-friendly place to live
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Media, near Philadelphia, became the latest Pennsylvania municipality to become a "Bird Town," a program that promotes community-based conservation.
Home repair and energy efficiency program resuscitated in Shapiro’s budget proposal
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The proposed budget includes $50 million for the Whole-Home Repairs program that provides grants for things like climate-friendly heat pumps and basic home repairs.
Climate activists bike hundreds of miles through Pa. to demand change
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Five riders and two support people rolled into Philadelphia as part of a 300-mile bike ride across the state organized by Pennsylvania Action On Climate.
