Last Wednesday, Delaware County Council voted to approve the Zero Waste Master Plan presented by the Office of Sustainability. The plan is an important roadmap to reducing the county’s overall waste and the human and environmental health impacts from it. You can read the full Zero Waste plan here. The plan includes key life cycle analysis findings: Now we need to pressure Delco Council to fund this […]
Along the Delaware River, the communities of Chester and Eddystone are facing the possibility of a new $7 billion liquified gas facility that will export Pennsylvania’s plentiful fracked gas. By Nina Sablan August 30, 2025 Link to full article: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30082025/chester-eddystone-pennsylvania-activists-oppose-lng-terminal/ CHESTER, Pa.—In this small city south of Philadelphia, trash is a problem. A thick white cloud rising from Reworld’s Delaware Valley […]
On Friday, July 11th, CHOICES participated in Fusion Friday, hosted by CMP Radio at Chester Park. CHOICES is an environmental youth advocacy and leadership group, and a branch of CRCQL, including students aged 8-18. The students were able to talk to new members, and represented CHOICES on CMP’s broadcast, while enjoying the nice weather. They will participate in other Fusion […]
On Friday, June 27th, 2025, students from CHOICES visited Swarthmore College’s campus to learn about solar energy. Professor Carr Everbach led the students in a tour of the solar lab, and they spent some time on the roof looking at solar panels. Then, they got to visit the greenhouses, and were able to explore the different plants grown there. Professor […]
On Friday, June 20th, 2025, CHOICES (CRCQL’s Environmental Youth Advocacy Group) joined other students and community members for a Fireside Stories session at Reentry Farm. Reentry Farm is a community farm in West Philadelphia “for formerly incarcerated people to build community and find freedom through agriculture” (Reentry Farm). They center reconnection with the land as a way to heal and […]
On Thursday, June 26th, 2025, Ms. Zulene Mayfield, chairperson of CRCQL was honored at the Tribute to Change event, hosted by the Bread and Roses Community Fund. This event occurs yearly, and aims to connect grassroots organizations who center social justice, and raise money for the year ahead. The theme of this year’s Tribute to Change was ‘Turning the Tide: […]
