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Penn Community Collaboratory for Co-Creation (Penn4C), an initiative led jointly by the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) and the Scho

Penn Community Collaboratory for Co-Creation (Penn4C), an initiative led jointly by the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) and the Scho

The former refinery site in South Philly is being rebuilt by Hilco Development Partners as a commercial and industrial complex.

Philadelphia community organizers, tenant activists, and faith leaders hold protest against 76 Place by Gensler and 76 DevCo.

The 76ers have called on Kevin Hart to help raise public support for their Center City arena proposal. The comedian, a diehard Sixers fan, filmed an ad that talks up the benefits of the arena. The 30-second ad has appeared on TikTok and other platforms as sponsored content. Critics say the team is using a celebrity for misdirection and that Hart may not be fully aware of the controversy surrounding the project.

Community leaders said Tuesday that a plan to build a $6.4 billion liquid natural gas export terminal would compound decades of environmental injustice in Chester, one of Pennsylvania’s poorest cities.

Yesterday, the Pennsylvania House Philadelphia LNG Natural Gas Export Task Force, chaired by Rep. Martina White (R-Philadelphia), held its third and final public hearing at Widener University in Chester, Delaware County. The purpose was to get public feedback on a proposal to build an LNG natural gas export facility in Chester. From the press accounts

More than 150 Philadelphia high schoolers came together at WHYY in a climate storytelling event organized by the public media company and the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities.

The company redeveloping the former PES refinery site has promised a “green, sustainable” project, but residents want more specific commitments.

Over the next few decades most of the oil refineries in the United States will close.