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Philly’s Carbon Emissions Are Dropping – But There’s Still a Long Way to Go

Looking out at the Philadelphia skyline from the Allegheny SEPTA station in Kensington.
Kimberly Paynter
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WHYY
Looking out at the Philadelphia skyline from the Allegheny SEPTA station in Kensington.

Philadelphia’s planet-warming emissions are continuing to go down. Sophia Schmidt of WHYY’s PlanPhilly reports.

(Original air-date: 5/6/22)

Sophia Schmidt is a Delaware native, and covers the environment for WHYY’s PlanPhilly. Before coming to Philadelphia in 2021, Sophia reported on her home state of Delaware for Delaware Public Media and produced interviews for NPR’s “Weekend Edition.” Sophia was a 2021 Metcalf Fellow.