The Pennsylvania GreenGov Council recently launched the PA Climate Change Mitigation and Resilience Network to promote climate problem solving and human-centered solutions for Pennsylvania.

The Network is a group of professionals working together to identify solutions and educate leaders with the goal to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions and to improve resilience to climate-related hazards while advancing Pennsylvania's preparedness, economic vitality, public health, and social equity.

The Network strives to be a self-sustaining, member-driven organization that connects and educates diverse stakeholders across Pennsylvania, ensuring they have the expertise, knowledge, and collaborative partnerships to advance informed climate solutions.

One key component of the PA Climate Network is our updated climate training program, which will provide foundational knowledge about climate science, climate impacts and climate resilience opportunities in Pennsylvania, and actions, strategies, and resources various actors can use to take climate action.

An initial listing of some Network Climate Best Practices is now available from a variety of state agencies.

An initial Network training module on the Fundamentals of Climate Science is also available.

For more information, visit the PA Climate Change Mitigation and Resilience Network webpage or send an email to: ra-epclimatenetwork@pa.gov.

Also visit DEP’s Local Climate Action Program webpage for free technical and personnel assistance to local governments that want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

NewsClips - Energy/Climate:

-- Spotlight PA: Shapiro Isn’t Sold On RGGI Climate Program, His Working Group Isn’t Either - What’s Next?

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Gov. Shapiro, Let’s Hold The Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable Via RGGI - By Rev. Mitchell Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network

-- The Derrick: $30 Million, 20 MW Solar Energy Facility To Break Ground In Clarion County Next Spring

-- Centre Daily Times Climate Watch: Make Community Solar Legal In Pennsylvania

-- Inside Climate News: A Reality Check About Solar Panel Waste And Effects On Human Health [Amount Is Tiny; Most Health Concerns Are Unfounded] 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Converting To Clean Energy Depends On Electric Transmission Line Buildout

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PennDOT Releases Draft Map Of Priority Locations For Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

-- The Center Square: State Spending On Alternative Fuel Rebates Hists $15.7 Million

-- PennLive: Sheetz Receives PennDOT Grants To Expand Access To Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

-- Citizens Voice: Local Domino’s Deploying 10 Electric Vehicles To Deliver Pizzas

-- Penn State Hosts SPARK 2050 Energy Summit To Ignite Energy Transformation

-- Lehigh Valley News: PennEnvironment: PA Ranks 50th In US For Renewable Energy Growth

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Lagged In Renewable Energy Growth In Past Decade, But Trend May Be Reversing

-- PA Capital-Star: Report Shows PA Needs To Boost Renewable Energy Production, Lawmakers, Advocates Say

-- The Daily Item Letter: Fossil Fuels Have A History Of Being Unreliable

-- PJM Interconnection Files Changes To Capacity Market To Promote Reliability

-- PA Physicians For Social Responsibility: MarkWest Carpenter Natural Gas Compressor Station Natural Gas Leaks In Washington County [Video]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Communities Marked For Federal Help To Address Climate Change

-- WESA: How A $9 Million Grant Will Boost Pittsburgh’s Urban Forest

-- Altoona Mirror Letter: America Must Rely On Renewable Energy, Nearly Every Species Of Plant, Insect, Fish, Wildlife Under Threat From Rapidly Warming Planet - By Ed Perry, Fmr US Fish & Wildlife Biologist

Related Articles - Energy/Climate:

-- EEN Action - Evangelical Environmental Network Will Deliver Over 51,000 Signatures To Gov. Shapiro In Support Of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative  [PaEN]

-- Re-Imagining A Christian Response To Changing Climate - Comments By Dr. Julia O’Brien, Lancaster Theological Seminary  [PaEN]

-- Impacto Media: Rich Negrin, Está Creando Un Ejército De Guerreros Ambientales  [DEP Secretary Rich Negrin Is Forming An Army Of Climate Warriors]  [PaEN]

-- Drexel University Environmental Collaboratory Oct. 26 Student-Focused Fireside Chat With DEP Secretary Rich Negrin  [PaEN]

-- House Committee Meets Oct. 16 On Cryptocurrency Mining Moratorium Bill; Resolution To Study Potential Of Geothermal Energy From Abandoned Mine Pools  [PaEN]

-- PA GreenGov Council Launches PA Climate Change Mitigation & Resilience Network  [PaEN]

-- DEP Accepting Applications For $16 Million In PA Grid Resilience Funding; Nov. 1 Deadline  [PaEN]

-- Appalachian Regional Commission Awards $14.5 Million In Grants To Pittsburgh, Towanda Groups To Grow Green Manufacturing  [PaEN]

-- PA Solar Center: Oct. 20 Webinar On Solar Guidebook For PA Landowners - Leasing Property For Large-Scale Solar Development  [PaEN]

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light Religion & Environment Webinar Series: Nov. 1 - A Jewish Approach To Activism & Accompaniment Thru The Climate Crisis  [PaEN]

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host Oct. 18 Webinar On Democracy, Voting & Climate Solutions  [PaEN]

-- Manada Conservancy Hosts Nov. 2 In-Person Presentation On A Path Forward - Local Climate Action In Hershey  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: Forests Help With Climate Change

-- Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Still Fighting To Make Road Dumping Its Wastewater Legal; DEP Introduces Concepts Of A ‘Life Insurance Policy’ For Plugging Wells; Certified 3rd Party Inspectors  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - October 7 to 13 - More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Spills; Venting Gas; Emergency Well Plugging  [PaEN]

[Posted: October 9, 2023]

10/16/2023