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Climate activists say PGW’s plan for $19 million in new fossil fuel infrastructure conflicts with the city's climate goals.

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PGW has requested changes to public participation in budgetary processes calling them “overburdensome” and “inefficient.” Advocates say the utility wants to avoid transparency over city climate goals.

A Council hearing on moving Philadelphia Gas Works away from fossil fuels was the first time Seth Shapiro spoke publicly about the controversial bill.

Philadelphia City Council is holding hearings on how the city can decarbonize.

The hearing’s focus was the 81-page PGW Business Diversification Study. Utility CEO Seth Shapiro offered one view; environmentalists, another.

Philadelphia’s decarbonization goals run right up against PGW, the gas utility it owns. Some say the solution lies below the city.

Philadelphia is actively working to cut emissions with a goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The city’s own gas utility is sabotaging its efforts.

2021 was a big year for environmental issues in Philadelphia, and the fruits of many of the city’s efforts will come in the new year.

The PGW Business Diversification Study aims to tackle the question: How can the city meet its climate goals while owning a fossil fuel company?