Will Peischel

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Will Peischel

The Fix Our Forests Act, which breezed through a House vote last week, represents a “return to common sense,” according to Speaker Mike Johnson. “The reason this is so important is because we see what happened in California,” Johnson said.

Jan 13, 2025 | newrepublic.com | Will Peischel

On a Wednesday nightin December near Capitol Hill, a dozen activists belonging to theorganization Climate Defiance gathered around a long table in a Le PainQuotidien. The group has become known in recent years for planning viralconfrontations with politicians and policymakers, shaming them for theirinsufficient actions to address the climate crisis. Last March, the group crashed an event atHarvard University to call then-West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin a “sick fuck” to his face.

Dec 5, 2024 | inquirer.com | Will Peischel

On a warm Monday afternoon in November, Alyssa Thomas opened the front door of her rowhouse in the Hawthorne neighborhood of South Philadelphia. Her two children weren’t home, but it was their delivery she was receiving. From a wheeled bin pulled by e-bike cyclist Blake Carroll emerged a stash of toys: Brain Flakes, rainbow-colored counting bears, and dominoes. “It’s so much better than a big truck stopping by,” Thomas said.

Oct 21, 2024 | curbed.com | Will Peischel

The New Yorkers fighting their retiree parents about leaving hurricane zones behind for good. When Hurricane Ian sliced through Naples, Florida, in September 2022, it tore up golf courses, flung residents’ cars miles away, and sent a 70-year-old retired oncologist named Mark on a yearslong quest to put the condominium building where he lives and serves as president of the housing board back together.

Oct 20, 2024 | newrepublic.com | Will Peischel

Last August, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced $76 million in federal funding to support Pennsylvania in properly decommissioning gas and oil drill sites the industry has abandoned. More than 30,000 of these so-called orphaned wells dot the landscape of Pennsylvania, where a legacy of oil and gas exploration goes back 150 years. Unless properly managed, they can continue emitting methane and poisoning groundwater.