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Academy and Drexel Host America’s First Local Conference of Youth

Academy of Natural Sciences

Since 2005, young people from all over the world have submitted a Global Youth Statement to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)’s Conference of Parties (COP), the U.N.’s LCOY USA is entirely youth led with support from Drexel and specifically the Academy and The Environmental Collaboratory.

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Reduce Energy Use At Home

Academy of Natural Sciences

Energy Information Administration, in 2015 more than 76 million American households (64%) used a central air-conditioning system, an increase from less than 66 million households (59%) in 2005. And with increasingly irregular climate conditions, this number is only rising.

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Plastic-free Philly, Philly’s Solution to Plastic Pollution

Academy of Natural Sciences

Now the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, the Philadelphia Water Department and BOMA Philadelphia are teaming up to put a lid on single-use plastic water bottles. Fountain of Life” by Emilio Maldonado of Philadelphia, at One Commerce Square, 2005 Market Street. at 1900 Market Street. Through Jan.