Note: this post is part of a series highlighting PEC’s upcoming conference, Achieving Deep Carbon Reductions: Paths for Pennsylvania’s Energy Future, March 15-16 at the David L. Lawrence Convention center in downtown Pittsburgh. This piece was contributed by guest blogger Mike Ford of Carnegie Mellon...
According to current estimates, there are between 300 and 400 local watershed organizations active across Pennsylvania. But opportunities for networking and collaboration among them have been limited: though gatherings have been held occasionally since the early 2000s, the last statewide...
The state’s Conservation Landscapes program is poised to expand in 2017 with the creation of a new landscape area in western PA. We’ll learn about the new “Glacier’s Edge” landscape from program manager Marla Papernick on this week’s show.
Note: this post is part of a series highlighting PEC’s upcoming conference, Achieving Deep Carbon Reductions: Paths for Pennsylvania’s Energy Future, March 15-16 at the David L. Lawrence Convention center in downtown Pittsburgh. This piece was contributed by guest blogger John Dernbach...
Note: this is the first in a series of guest blog posts highlighting PEC’s upcoming conference, Achieving Deep Carbon Reductions: Paths for Pennsylvania’s Energy Future, March 15-16 at the David L. Lawrence Convention center in downtown Pittsburgh. This piece was contributed by...
Lindsay Baxter sets the 2017 agenda for PEC’s energy & climate program: deep decarbonization, low-impact hydropower, and rethinking sustainability.
How much do you know about how electricity gets delivered to your home? We all know that when we flip the switch, the lights come on. But for many of us, that’s where our understanding of electricity begins and ends....
Our 2017 preview series continues with a focus on trails. This week, Davitt Woodwell looks at the year ahead with PEC program manager for trails & recreation Frank Maguire.
We start the new year with a look ahead to some of the issues we’re working on in 2017. PEC Legal & Government Affairs VP John Walliser is first up with a preview of DEP’s forthcoming permit proposal for unconventional...
PEC’s illegal dumpsite cleanup program ended 2016 with a pair of cleanup events in Susquehanna County. Workers from the Springville Township Street Department got the job done on December 8th, just in time for the first snowfall of the year. A total...
Today, 35 people stood for an hour in 20 degree cold to celebrate the completion of another 1200 feet (.25 miles) of the Circuit Trails! Crazy? Maybe, but I’d say you know you’re on a roll when municipal officials and...
There’s broad consensus that renewable energy sources are a key element in the transition away from fossil fuels. But some experts warn that an overcommitment to renewables could actually work against the larger goal of cutting carbon emissions 80% or more by 2050. We...