Project
Philadelphia’s Energy Transitions: A Short History
As the first fossil fuel state, Pennsylvania led the United States toward an energy-intensive economy, a technological pathway with planetary consequences. Surprisingly, given this significance, the fossil fuel history of the Commonwealth’s leading city has never been told comprehensively, much less related to Philadelphians in an accessible way. As part of a larger project, “Petrosylvania,” undergraduate students were tasked with writing essays about the history of energy transitions in Philadelphia.
Grant Result
A collection of blogs, written by undergraduate students, that explore the history of Philadelphia’s energy transitions.
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Jared Farmer
Professor of HistoryJared Farmer is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History in the School of Arts and Sciences.
