Encampment Protests, SEPTA Goes Hybrid & City Hall Solar Power
We’re back with a fresh midweek news roundup. We’re catching you up on the pro-Palestinian campus protests cropping up in our area and Philly’s latest efforts to reduce carbon emissions from SEPTA buses and government buildings. Plus, we’ve got a news quiz to test your Philly knowledge. Host Trenae Nuri is joined by City Cast executive producer Laura Benshoff and Hey Philly newsletter editor Asha Prihar.
Our news roundups are powered by great local journalism:
- Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war roil US campuses ahead of graduations
- Penn protest: Philly councilmember says school's president won't take her calls; protesters warned they're trespassing
- Pro-Palestinian protesters say Penn's Gaza Solidarity encampment will remain until demands are met
- Bryn Mawr College Students Set Up Palestine Liberation Encampment
- Live Updates: Students Occupy Parrish Lawn in Support of Palestine
- Philadelphia begins powering City Hall and the airport by a solar array 100 miles away
- SEPTA retires its last all-diesel bus, debuts new hydrogen-powered electric buses
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