The Chesapeake Bay Foundation this week celebrated receiving the 6th annual Performance and Innovation in the SRF Creating Environmental Success award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognizing projects that set an example of innovative and sustainable water quality financing. 

Sen. John Yudichak (D-Luzerne) joined with Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) and Senators Andy Dinniman (D-Chester) and Tim Solobay (D-Washington) this week to announce their plan to offer an amendment to implement a fair and responsible severance fee on natural gas drilling.

Over 100 supporters of the state’s endangered Growing Greener program came together last week at Yards Brewing Company for an educational forum that underscored the importance of protecting the state’s water quality.

The Renew Growing Greener Coalition this week announced that five more organizations and municipalities have joined in supporting the effort to restore state funding for Growing Greener.

The Wildlands Conservancy this week announced the winners of the 2011 Friend of the Lehigh River Award: Tom Kerr, past president of Wildlands Conservancy; Greg Weitzel, Director of Parks and Recreation for the City of Allentown; and the Bertsch-Hokendauqua-Catasauqua Watershed Association.

The Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition is now making available an electronic copy of, "Accepting The Challenge: The History, Cause and Solutions To Pennsylvania's Abandoned Mine Drainage Problems."

Teaching youth about water is nothing new. Water is part of national academic standards for U.S. school students and a frequent topic of discussion at nature centers, summer camps and other out of school learning opportunities.

It is a classic case of the best against the worst. Put another way, when the going gets tough, the tough get going. Or, more accurately, flying—out of Pennsylvania and into some of the worst wildfires in the Southwest in years.

The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association has chosen the beach restoration work of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District at Presque Isle State Park in Erie as one of the five national winners on the list of the nation’s best restored beaches for 2011.

Snyder's-Lance, Inc. this week announced the completion of the largest ground-based solar farm in Pennsylvania. Covering 26 acres and comprised of 15,092 solar panels, the 3.5 MW Solar Farm is located across from the corporate headquarters and manufacturing plant in Hanover, York County.

EnergyWorks, a program created by the Metropolitan Caucus and supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, launched a “cool” new public education campaign this week that is teaching homeowners in the Greater Philadelphia region that making energy-efficient improvements can keep their homes cool and their energy costs down as summer temperatures heat up.

As part of its commitment to accurately report its emissions and further reduce its carbon footprint, Exelon Corporation has joined The Climate Registry, the leading voluntary greenhouse gas registry in North America.

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