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Solarpunk is a literary subgenre of speculative fiction that, per the website fully-booked.ca, "shows you a world full of nature, reducing or undoing climate change, and advanced technology that works with the world instead of endangering it." Much...

After several years of research, development work, and intense negotiations, ten governmental entities in Centre County have officially entered into a 15-year contract to supply their operations with renewable energy from a nearby solar project. It...

Native land-dwelling insects are critical to agricultural and natural systems because of the services they provide. Many crops and some timber trees, like our beautiful black cherry, depend on insect pollination. Insects also provide natural pest...

The scientific evidence is in: the typical American short-turf lawn supports barely any wildlife. It’s an unhealthy place. But there’s a beautiful solution: re-meadowing part or all of your property, no matter how much or little space you have. Re-...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Today, Governor Shapiro filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s illegal move to block funding for programs in Pennsylvania. According to Shapiro, state agencies have been unable to access $1.2 billion in...

Washington, D.C. - On Tuesday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a decision that allows PJM to prioritize adding gas-fired power plants to its grid while keeping renewable energy projects in its long interconnection queue. 

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With a new administration in place that is clearly determined to speed the pace of heating up and polluting the planet, many of us are struggling to find our way forward. The most common lament I hear is, “I did this already”’ and the most common...

Washington, D.C. - Wednesday, Governors Pritzker (IL), Moore (MD), Murphy (NJ), and former Governor Hall-Long (DE) sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) expressing support for the concerns that Pennsylvania Governor Josh...

For the past couple of years, my wife has coordinated the used book sales at the George and Hettie Love Library, a local branch of the Dauphin County Library System. The library receives thousands of used book donations every year and sells them at...