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How do we confront environmental challenges in the city of Philadelphia equitably and sustainably? With a recent grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Academy partnered with West Philadelphia’s Overbrook Environmental Education Center to help create a way: the Science Shop. Created in the 1970s, the Science Shop model hails from Europe and is commonly done in the public health sectors around the world.
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On December 16th, 2024, the Delaware Highlands Conservancy’s beloved founder, Barbara Yeaman, will celebrate her 100th birthday! Barbara founded the Conservancy thirty years ago, in 1994. Since those early days, the organization has grown from a small group of dedicated volunteers to a prominent organization with offices on both sides of the Delaware River and nearly 19,000 acres of farms and forests, clean waters, and wildlife habitat protected to date.
Asadi, A., Khodadoost, F., Daglioglu, N., & Eris, S. (2024). A systematic review on the occurrence and removal of microplastics during municipal wastewater treatment plants. Environmental Engineering Research, 30(2), 240366–0.
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Negative wholesale electricity prices and renewable curtailment in California sure seem alarming. The truth, however, is that money isn’t being wasted.
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Speaker: Laurie Schoeman Director, Climate & Sustainability, Capital
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