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Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 11.12.23

PA Environment Daily

Pursue Your Constitutional Right To A Clean Environment In Pennsylvania House next voting day Nov. 13, 14, 15, Dec. 11, 12, 13 -- Committee Schedule Senate next voting day Nov. 13, 14, 15, Dec. Pursue Your Constitutional Right To A Clean Environment In Pennsylvania House next voting day Nov. 13, 14, 15, Dec. 13, 14, 15, Dec.

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Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 2.17.24

PA Environment Daily

Black Bear Biologist Gary Alt Honored By Game Commission -- Warren Times: Audubon Comunnity Nature Center - In Defense Of Nature’s Rodents -- WHYY: Academy Of Natural Sciences Host Discussion On Endangered Sturgeon -- In Memoriam: Edna Mae George, The Better Half Of The Late Rep. National- $3.28

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Tips to Use Less Water

Academy of Natural Sciences

In 2022, the Academy of Natural Sciences and Drexel University are celebrating Water Year to dramatically increase consumer awareness and responsible behaviors around water in every person who we can reach. Consider a commercial car wash that recycles water. Wash the car with water from a bucket instead of from a hose.

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Fast Facts About Plastics Pollution

Academy of Natural Sciences

Today the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and its partners, the Philadelphia Water Department and BOMA Philadelphia, announced the Plastic-free Philly initiative to encourage people to stop buying single-use plastic water bottles and instead drink tap water and use reusable plastic water bottles.

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How to Have a Green and Sustainable Holiday Season

Academy of Natural Sciences

Be sure to skip the tinsel and fake garlands, which are made of non-recyclable materials, and focus on obtaining reusable or decomposable decorations that will become part of your holiday traditions. So, by choosing a naturally harvested tree, we can help champion our environment and keep the holiday festive. Erwan Hesry/Unsplash

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

23 Webinar On Solar Energy For Municipalities And Water Authorities [PaEN] -- WHYY - Susan Phillips: An Artist Who Grew Up On The Streets Of Philadelphia Returns With An ‘Optimistic’ Climate Exhibit -- Natural Areas Association: Feb. 21 On Rheems Quarry Expansion -- PUC Invites Comments On Williams Natural Gas Pipeline Co.

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Reuse it!

Academy of Natural Sciences

Discovering new uses for those old items that you might trash or recycle is an excellent small action to help sustain the environment for future generations. Every year Americans produce 14–16 million tons of unwanted textiles, but only 15% get reused or recycled. Try crumbled newspapers from the recycle pile as packing material.