Opinion

This election is the most important one in our lifetime. Here’s why it’s imperative we vote blue for the environment. Although I’ve already dropped off my ballot at City Hall, I’m still making calls and encouraging people to vote for...

Recent protests at the refinery demonstrate the necessity of environmental justice and overall prevalence of environmental racism here. Let’s take a brief look at how pollution is segregated in our city. A recent report from the Shriver Center on Poverty...

It’s not a coincidence, and those in the climate fight have seen it before. The weather is beautiful, the sun is out and people are resuming (somewhat) normalcy with parks, outdoor dining, and hitting the salons again. It’s almost like...

Here’s why equity and anti-racism has to be at the forefront of our climate activism. We know police brutality is far from the only systemic form of violence and oppression black Americans are subjected to today; they also feel the...

Clean Air Council shares the problem and how to take action. This week city public health officials and advocates came together to oppose Trump’s damaging proposal to allow uncontrolled methane pollution from oil and gas facilities. We emphasized what we’re...

The city hasn’t announced where the $14 million will go. But how could those dollars make a safer, more sustainable city? “Philadelphia can’t breathe…” reads the opening line of the city council’s letter to Mayor Kenney this past Monday, informing...

Journalists have been arrested in Philly while covering protests this week. Here’s a letter local media outlets sent. (Note: This letter was sent to Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw on Thursday.) June 4, 2020 Dear Commissioner Outlaw: We represent the newsroom...

We are outraged and mourn the senseless murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tamir Rice, and too many black Americans. We stand in solidarity with the black community who have suffered injustices for too long. Over the past...

This piece originally appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer and is republished as a part of our Broke in Philly mini-series, the Hidden Environmental Costs of COVID-19, a partnership between Green Philly and Next City. Photographs of crowded parks filled my...