PHILADELPHIA JUGGLES SHORT-TERM BUDGET PLANS AND LONG-TERM CLIMATE GOALS

PHILADELPHIA—This summer has brought the full force of a changing climate, with wildfire smoke, extreme heat, flash flooding and severe storms continuing a trend of increasingly extreme weather affecting the city. But during negotiations over the city’s budget throughout the spring, climate policy was largely neglected.

Inside Climate News reports that pHILADELPHIA—This summer has brought the full force of a changing climate, with wildfire smoke, extreme heat, flash flooding and severe storms continuing a trend of increasingly extreme weather affecting the city.

The report adds: But during negotiations over the city’s budget throughout the spring, climate policy was largely neglected.

Democratic council members Mark Squilla and Jamie Gauthier said […]

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