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The Washington & Jefferson College Center for Energy Policy and Management in Washington County will host a free March 8 webinar on renewable naturalgas as part of its Energy Lecture Series. Renewable NaturalGas: Sustainable Energy from Trash” will be the subject of a free, hour-long webinar at 11:00 a.m.
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million put into budgetary reserve in 2008-09 from the Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; -- $5 million reduction in Resource Enhancement and Protection (REAP) farm conservation tax credit program in FY 2009-10; -- $102.8 million from DEP, $1.5 million; DCNR: $1.5
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