energy use

To Democratic supporters, the Green New Deal is a touchstone, a call to arms to combat climate change with the full measure of the nation’s resources and technological might. “A mission to save all of creation,” in the words of Massachusetts Sen. Edward Markey, one of the plan’s lead authors. To Republican opponents, the much-hyped plan is a dystopian nightmare,...

Philadelphia has been announced as one of the winners of an award that could total $2 million for the city’s efforts to address climate change and sustainability.

New Jersey’s largest regulated utility has a $4 billion plan to make the Garden State greener and advance the state’s bid to become a clean energy leader.

Philadelphia Gas Works is seeking its first rate increase since 2009. Under a new proposal, the average homeowner would pay PGW at least $10 more every month. NBC10 Investigators reporter George Spencer found out why the Philly plan could influence the way utilities calculate everyone’s rates.

Philadelphia Gas Works seeks rate increase that would cost average consumer nearly $11 monthly.

Want to save the amount of energy you use at home, as well as reduce your carbon footprint? Why not plant a tree! The Energy-Saving Trees program by the Arbor Day Foundation is giving away free potted seedlings to environmentally-minded citizens who want to minimize their energy use and maximize their property value.

The environmental impacts of a large-scale transformation of the Northeast Corridor rail line would be greatly outweighed by an eventual decrease in energy usage and greenhouse gas production, as well as an increase in economic activity and mobility, a draft environmental report released Tuesday concluded.

Apartment buildings in Philadelphia may soon join commercial buildings in having to report their energy use.