Free Movie Night!
August 13, 2012 | Paul Fugazzotto
Mark your calendars for the upcoming Cobbs Creek free movie night featuring The Lorax.
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Literally, Breaking News
August 7, 2012 | Paul Fugazzotto
Pipes, mains, lines – these water infrastructure words have been a hot topic in the Philadelphia news the past few weeks.
Read More →Soak It Up In Style: Enter the Green Infrastructure Design Exhibition
July 13, 2012 | Paul Fugazzotto
Traditionally, most stormwater management features, like pipes and basins, lie underground and don’t rely much on design beyond the functional.
Read More →Monday, July 9: PWD Rates Hearing
July 6, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
The Philadelphia Water Department recently announced its proposal to seek rate changes, beginning October 1, 2012 to maintain the City’s top-quality drinking water distribution, alleviate flooding, meet regulatory requirements and improve the quality of local rivers and streams.
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July 5, 2012 | Paul Fugazzotto
The spotlight is shining on Philadelphia at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Read More →New Video: Philadelphia’s First Porous Street
June 22, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
Pass by the 800 block of tiny Percy Street near the Italian Market in South Philadelphia and you may not even notice that you’re in the presence of Philadelphia’s first street to be retrofitted with porous paving.
Read More →UN Sustainability Conference in Brazil Puts the Spotlight on Philly
June 21, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
This week, world leaders are gathered at the UN Conference of Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. And what are they talking about? Philadelphia, for one –
Read More →A Tale of Two Cities: Philadelphia and Rio de Janeiro Lead the Transition to Sustainability
June 20, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
Hey, that doesn’t look like the Schuylkill River. Pictured above is Rio de Janeiro, Philadelphia’s sister city in the U.S.-Brazil Joint Initiative on Urban Sustainability (JIUS).
Read More →That’s Progress: Mayor Nutter Releases Greenworks Update for 2012
| Public Affairs
We’re at the halfway point of Greenworks—the plan that outlines how Philadelphia will become the greenest city in America by 2015—and giant steps have been taken toward sustainability.
Read More →The Clean Water Bargain: Our Two Cents
June 19, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
As we mentioned in our previous post comparing Philadelphia Water Department rates to those of neighboring utilities, the average Philadelphian uses about 600 cubic feet or almost 4,500 gallons.
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