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PA Resources Council Receives 2025 Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence For Hard-To-Recycling Collection Events

PA Environment Daily

In recognition of drop-off hard-to-recycle collection events-- which collected nearly one-half million pounds of material in 2024-- Pennsylvania Resources Council has received the 2025 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence. “At Last year PRC’s hard-to-recycle program served 6,000 households who attended events.

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Be Part Of Keep PA Beautiful’s International Coastal Cleanups In November, Free Cleanup Supplies Available

PA Environment Daily

This year, Keep Erie County Beautiful partnered with the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to host the Pennsylvania Lake Erie International Coastal Cleanup. Million To 126 Municipalities To Support Local Recycling Programs [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Nov.

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Celebrating 30 Years of Environmental Progress As The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

PA Environment Daily

While DCNR took the lead in managing parks and forests, DEP was entrusted with the vital responsibility of protecting Pennsylvania’s air, land, and water resources, an increasingly complex and critical mission. That’s the equivalent of removing 43.8

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Keep PA Beautiful Updates Popular Litter Education Series: Open Your Eyes To Litter In A Watershed

PA Environment Daily

This benefits not only people but also animals, birds, and fish, and protects the natural resources we rely on for recreation and tourism. Our Open Your Eyes to Litter books are a perfect complement to an in-class or virtual lesson about litter or recycling. Click Here to download the books and teachers guides.

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The Fast Fashion Backlash Is Fueling a Sustainability Revolution

Scientific American

The pull on the planet’s natural resources is immense: Annual textile production uses up enough water to fill at least 37 million Olympic-size swimming pools. What about recycled materials made from plastics? Cotton agriculture alone uses 2.1 percent of the world’s arable land.

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November 4 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. 16 In State College Penn State Extension: What’s The Buzz?

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107 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

7 Forage For Your Own Native Wreath Hike/Craft Event In Luzerne County -- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - True Beauty Of A Tree Is Seen When It Loses Its Leaves -- USDA NRCS/NFWF: $1 Million In Funding Available For Community-Based Gardens -- DCNR Blog: Places That Honor Veterans And Preserve Our History -- Nov.