The Casselman River Watershed Association, a nonprofit organization of volunteers devoted to natural resources conservation on a tributary of the Youghiogheny River, will receive $5,000 from Dominion Energy and the Pennsylvania Environmental Council for its environmental education and stewardship program...
One long-running disagreement about the environment isn’t the familiar fight between people who understand that human-caused climate change is real and people who deny it. Rather, it’s between folks who contend that keeping the planet livable requires us to use...
A just-awarded state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources grant will fund conservation-focused projects in the Laurel Highlands region, according to the organization that received the grant and will administer the program. The 2018 Laurel Highlands Conservation Assistance Grant program...
Nominations are being sought for the 2018 Western Pennsylvania Environmental Awards. The annual awards honor people, businesses, schools and organizations working to improve the environment in a 29-county area, including Erie, Crawford, Warren and Venango counties. The awards are sponsored...
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Nominations are now being sought for the 2018 Western Pennsylvania Environmental Awards, given annually to people and organizations who are working to improve the region’s environment. The Pennsylvania Environmental Council and Dominion Energy co-sponsor these awards and...
PITTSBURGH — The Pennsylvania Environmental Council and Dominion Energy wants to hear from individuals with an exciting environmental project to improve their community. Nominations are now being sought for the 2018 Western Pennsylvania Environmental Awards, given annually to people and...
WILKES-BARRE — Home to legions of paddlers, anglers and other outdoors enthusiasts in northcentral Pennsylvania, Loyalsock Creek has been voted the 2018 Pennsylvania River of the Year. The public was invited to vote online, choosing from among five waterways nominated...
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is completing more gas and oil drilling inspections across the state thanks to a new program that streamlines the process. “It’s been a huge improvement,” said Deborah Klenotic, deputy communications director for DEP. The...
In her final comments during the last public meeting of Ford City Borough Council, Council President Carol Fenyes reflected on a few of the items accomplished during 2017. The following is from her notes obtained by the Kittanning Paper: …...
Online voting in the Pennsylvania 2018 River of the Year contest ended Friday at 5 p.m., but the winner won’t be announced until after the new year, a contest official said. The Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds & Rivers oversees the...
Pittsburgh’s proposed new Climate Action Plan is certainly ambitious. Most broadly, it sets the goal of reducing the city’s greenhouse-gas emissions by 20 percent (from a 2003 baseline) by 2023; by 50 percent by 2030; and by 80 percent by...
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources awarded grants to eight projects in Luzerne County through the agency’s 2017 Community Conservation Partnerships program. The grants fund a variety of projects, including public parks, recreation areas, trails, river conservation and access,...