fossil fuels

Many of our traditional ideas and practices need to be reconsidered to facilitate the swift transition away from fossil fuels to clean energy. We will consider the impact of our built environment, transportation, the natural environment, food, our stuff, disinformation,...

On June 21st, explosions and a fire ripped through the Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) Girard Point refinery in South Philly. These seriously damaged the facility, and that same day Mayor Jim Kenney called for an advisory group to begin meeting...

UPDATE via Fossil Fuel Penn’s Facebook: a meeting with senior members of the administration has been scheduled. After last week’s election results, city and organization actions proved more vital than ever. University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann has previously denied student...

As a thank you to our readers we’re giving away a copy of the educational and entertaining children’s book, “What’s So Bad About Gasoline? Fossil Fuels and What They Do ” What’s the occasion? Nada… we just like you! “What’s So Bad About Gasoline?” written by Anne Rockwell and illustrated by Paul Meisel is a worth-it read for kids with straight forward answers to the question’s title. Click through to read on!

Fossil fuels are used to fertilize, harvest and process much of the food we eat.  Ample gas is spent transporting food from processor to manufacturer. Considering the valuable resources spent on food processing, it’s disturbing that over 40% of food produced in America is...