Reckoning with Fossil Fuel in Philadelphia

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Departmental Papers (History)
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History
Environmental Studies
Urban Studies and Planning
Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
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Environmental Design
Historic Preservation and Conservation
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Fossil fuel
petroleum
coal
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gas
industry
energy
climate
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Philadelphia
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2025
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Farmer, Jared
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This reference work condenses the key findings of the multi-year collaborative research project "Petrodelphia" that resulted in the website "America’s First Petrochemical Corridor." The document comprises six parts: 1) Executive Summary, 2) Interpretive Framework, 3) Major Takeaways, 4) Accident Statistics, 5) Remarkable Facts, and 6) Historical Chronology, 1821–2025.

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2025
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An updated version of this item was published on November 3, 2025 at https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/62192.
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Jared Farmer, "Reckoning with Fossil Fuel in Philadelphia" (2025) from "Petrodelphia: America's First Petrochemical Corridor," Penn Libraries: https://petrodelphia.org.
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