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PGW
Grid Magazine

In 2022, PGW budgeted for a geothermal feasibility study. Three years later, they have nothing to show for it

What’s a fossil fuel utility to do in a rapidly warming world? That was the question posed by a study the City released jointly with Philadelphia Gas...
Urban farms
Grid Magazine

Urban agriculture continues to suffer from lack of land security

In the summer of 2023, farmers and gardeners in Philadelphia had good reason to be optimistic. Read more. Photo courtesy of Grid Magazine.
clean initiatives
Grid Magazine

What have Mayor Parker’s signature “clean” initiatives achieved thus far?

At her inauguration on January 2, 2024, Cherelle Parker said, “We will make Philadelphia the safest, cleanest, and greenest big city in the nation.”...
Climate action playbook
Grid Magazine

Philly’s progress toward its carbon-neutrality goals is difficult to gauge

Mayor Cherelle Parker leads Philadelphia at a key point in the fight against climate change. Read more. Photo courtesy of Grid Magazine.
Warning signs at illegal dumping hotspots, such as at this dead end of Lyons Place in Eastwick, can only do so much to reduce the problem. Photo by Troy Bynum.
Grid Magazine

What have Mayor Parker’s signature “clean” initiatives achieved thus far?

In her first year in office, Mayor Cherelle Parker’s administration rolled out or expanded a collection of programs overseen by the Office of Clean...