Green

Wednesday marks one month since the City of Philadelphia launched its 13-week cleaning program, with a commitment to clean up every single neighborhood by the end of the summer. NBC10’s Rosemary Connors has a look into the progress.

The project still requires an additional federal approval of its construction and operations plan, along with two state-level permits, before construction can begin.

More local communities are entering a new phase of banning plastic products, including Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania. NBC10’s Deanna Durante explains.

Customers will no longer be able to use plastic forks or spoons at restaurants in Upper Merion, Pennsylvania, as phase two of the township’s single-use plastic ban went into effect on Monday, July 1, 2024.

The Philadelphia Eagles have gone green in more ways than one and now the Birds and the stadium they call home have received a historic environmental honor for their efforts.  

Philadelphia Eagles fans bleed green and now the Birds’ home field is about as green as it gets. Lincoln Financial Field is the first NFL facility to get a new acknowledgement — LEED Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

A hotly contested East Coast natural gas pipeline has been given the go-ahead to start operating. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval Tuesday comes six years after construction began on the Mountain Valley Pipeline in West Virginia and Virginia. Environmental groups, landowners and some elected officials have long opposed the projec...

NBC10 cameras captured plenty of trash still on the ground in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood Monday afternoon as the city’s 13-week One Philly, United Citywide Cleaning and Greening Program began.

Philly workers will collect trash, sweep streets, fill potholes, mow lawns and deal with illegal dumping over the course of 13 weeks as part of Mayor Cherelle Parker’s One Philly, United Citywide Cleaning and Greening Program.

Work will begin next week on an ambitious plan to collect trash, sweep streets and fill potholes in every neighborhood in Philadelphia. Mayor Cherelle Parker announced the plan earlier this month but now city leaders share how they will pull it off. NBC10’s Isabel Sanchez has all the details. 

Earlier this month, Mayor Cherelle Parker made headlines when she signed an executive order aimed at the ambitious task of cleaning up every block of Philadelphia this summer. Now on Friday, May 31, 2024, we will learn how the new office city Office of Clean and Green Initiatives plans to pull off the seemingly monumental task.

So long plastic rings, hello paperboard for drinks packaged at Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages in Philadelphia

NBC10’s Keith Jones and Erin Coleman react to Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages’ new cardboard packaging for bottles.