Contact: Roy Seneca seneca.roy@epa.gov 215-814-5567 EPA wants students to participate in Earth Day Poster Contest (PHILADELPHIA – March 1, 2011) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is co-sponsoring an Earth Day Poster Contest for students in kindergarten through grade 12 in EPA’s mid-Atlantic region, which includes Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District… Read more
Massachusetts biotech firm promises ‘energy independence.’ CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A Massachusetts biotechnology company says it can produce the fuel that runs Jaguars and jet engines using the same ingredients that make grass grow. Joule Unlimited has invented a genetically engineered organism that it says simply secretes diesel fuel or ethanol wherever it finds sunlight, water… Read more
I.H.T. Special Report: Business of Green ‘Water Footprinting’ to Deal With Demand for Supplies By TANAYA MACHEEL Published: November 29, 2010 NEW YORK — A water-use report issued in September by Coca-Cola with the Nature Conservancy found that 518 liters of freshwater are required to produce just one liter of its Minute Maid orange juice,… Read more
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/newsroom/14287?id=14973&typeid=2 Governor Rendell Signs Moratorium Protecting Sensitive State Forest Land from Future Natural Gas Leases Governor Edward G. Rendell today signed an executive order protecting Pennsylvania’s state forests from any new natural gas development activities that would disturb the surface of these areas and jeopardize fragile ecosystems. The Governor said a recent and extensive evaluation… Read more
http://live.psu.edu/story/48713/nw69 Penn State Ag Sciences Newswire – 9.27.2010 Growing drought threatening well-water levels across state Friday, September 24, 2010 University Park, Pa. — After months of very little rainfall, and with long-term weather forecasts predicting little improvement through fall and early winter, well owners across the state have begun to grow uneasy, according to a… Read more
http://www.tnonline.com/node/135919 Reported on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Drought warning Shortage of rain must be taken seriously Last week, the Pa. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued a drought warning for our newspaper’s entire coverage area – Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, and Schuylkill Counties. The combination of lower rain than usual with the excessive summer heat… Read more
http://www.tnonline.com/node/136939 Reported on Friday, September 24, 2010 Carbon County, PA Water deficit Drought raises concern with local officials By AMY MILLER amiller@tnonline.com Carbon County has seen the effects of lower than normal rainfalls over the summer. During the county commissioners’ meeting on Thursday, Commissioner Wayne Nothstein provided an update on the drought warning that was… Read more
http://www.emagazine.com/view/?5337 EARTHTALK Week of 09/19/10 Dear EarthTalk: I’ve heard conflicting reports regarding how long it really takes for a plastic grocery bag to decompose. Can you set the record straight? — Martha Blount, San Diego, CA Researchers fear that such ubiquitous bags may never fully decompose; instead they gradually just turn into smaller and smaller… Read more
http://www.tnonline.com/node/114155 Drought conditions in Carbon Reported on Thursday, July 8, 2010 By AMY ZUBEK azubek@tnonline.com With much of the northeast experiencing scorching temperatures, high humidity and little to no precipitation, Carbon County is among the growing number of counties that have been placed on the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s drought list. Mark Nalesnik, the… Read more
The Lehigh Gap Nature Center is currently being highlighted in a statewide publication called Keystone Wild! Notes published on line by PA DCNR (Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources). Click on the following link to read the article. http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/wrcp/wildnotes/spring10/index.html
