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The Department of Environmental Protection is offering free industrial energy audits to the first 20 facilities that apply to the PA Industrial Energy Assessment Program. Other applicants can qualify for 80% off the costs of a detailed audit. The PA Industrial Energy Assessment Program provides ASHRAE Level 2 energy audits to small- to medium-sized Pennsylvanian manufacturers and agricultural-related businesses at a minimal cost.
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Local officials and residents joined Burkholders Country Markets owner Russ Burkholder and the nonprofit environmental group PennEnvironment for an informative tour of the markets innovative solar project. The tour was held to educate Spring Mill residents about the benefits of solar energy and how they can go solar if interested. Theres never been a better time for businesses to use the power of the sun to electrify their businesses, said Madeleine Hepting, organizer for PennEnvironment.
Shortlisted for the Georgina Mace Prize 2024 Kristy Ferraro shares insights into her team’s study researching how removing deer carcasses during the culling process can negatively impact ecosystems. About the Research Overview Our study quantifies a largely overlooked consequence of Scotlands widespread deer culling practicesthe loss of essential elements from ecosystems due to carcass removal.
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On March 25, the departments of Transportation and Environmental Protection and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful invited the public to be part of the 2025 Pick up Pennsylvania litter cleanup initiative by organizing or volunteering for local cleanup events in their communities. Litter can pollute streams and rivers with microplastics, degrading water quality, and harming the fish, birds, and wildlife that depend on healthy streams and rivers to thrive.
The Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program (PennTAP) at Penn State University secured and will manage $51.4 million in federal funding through the Reducing Industrial Sector Emissions in Pennsylvania (RISE PA) initiative , a statewide grant program aimed at supporting small to mid-size manufacturers across the state. PennTAP will manage the $40 million Small-scale Award Track (SAT) program, a portion of the $51.4 million total RISE PA funding, which provides support for eligible manufacturers
Park*, Claire and Park, Sang Hyuck (2025) “Environmental Justice and PFAS Contamination in Georgia: Socioeconomic Disparities and Drinking Water Quality Analysis,” Georgia Journal of Science, Vol. 83, No. 1, Article 34.
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Speaker: Antoine M. Thompson, Executive Director of the Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition
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Join the PA Organization for Watersheds and Rivers, your watershed colleagues, and author and illustrator Rosalie Haizlett for an online book talk on March 26 at 6:00 p.m. to celebrate the release of her second book, Tiny Worlds of the Appalachian Mountains: An Artists Journey. Tiny Worlds chronicles Rosalies 6-month journey from Alabama to Newfoundland in 2022 as she hiked and looked for small, often-overlooked flora, fauna, and fungi.
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Speaker: Laurie Schoeman Director, Climate & Sustainability, Capital
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