Solidarity with BLM
Given the recent desire to visibly show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement 350Pittsburgh member Dianne Peterson created a fundraiser that will provide a lawn sign, funds for organizations working locally in the Black community, and a resources doc…
Solar Power Deal Accelerates Pitt’s Sustainability Progress
Pittwire, Tuesday, June 23, 2020.
The University of Pittsburgh is continuing to drive progress toward achieving carbon neutrality through a new solar power purchase agreement that will supply approximately 13% of the Pittsburgh campus’ annual electricity usage.
Under the 20-year …
Reading is Getting Ready for Climate Change
By Lisa Scheid, Reading Eagle, May 26, 2020.
Reading’s path to committing to 100% renewable energy began almost four years ago with a worried community college writing professor.
Stephanie Anderson of Reading Area Community College found herself looking for a …
Two PA Colleges Hit Carbon Neutrality Goals
Public Source: Four environmental issues in the Pittsburgh region to keep your eyes on in the age of COVID-19
By, Public Source,
Climate change, air pollution, oil prices and waste could be transformed by the pandemic.
“COVID-19 cost jobs, closed businesses and limited travel. But the economic ruin has also led to record …
The Next Page: From steel to plastic — a future most foul
By Charles McCollester, Pittsburgh Post Gazette op-ed, April 26,2020.
A decade ago, my Pittsburgh Post-Gazette op-ed, “Under Siege by Marcellus Marauders,” raised the alarm that “a thousand Marcellus Shale sites are in the works, with tens of thousands more …
U Penn signs Power Purchase Agreement to supply campus with solar energy by 2023
04/16/20 The Daily Pennsylvanian.
Penn recently signed a Power Purchase Agreement for the construction of two new solar energy facilities in central Pennsylvania to supply campus with renewable energy.
The two solar energy facilities will operate …
Walkabout: Our Earth, ourselves
Earth Day is being recognized on Wednesday, but what does it say that we designate one day to recognize the place that gives us life, oxygen, gravity, the wonder of sunsets and