The Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Professionals will hold its annual conference with the theme “Adapting to Global Climate Change: A Pennsylvania Perspective” on May 7-9 in Grantville, near Harrisburg.

The keynote speaker for the event will be Larry Schweiger, President & CEO of the National Wildlife Federation and Pennsylvania native, who will speak about the climate change issue.

Presentations on climate change in Pennsylvania will be made by representatives of the Department of Environmental Protection, the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission and other prominent organizations as part of the Land Use Program Track and Plenary Session.

For those more interested in professional development, a separate Program Track will include topics such as ‘Making Wetland Jurisdictional Determinations Post-Rapanos,’ ‘Specialty Certifications for Environmental Professionals,’ and ‘The New PennDOT Transportation Project Development Process.’

The Pollution Prevention/Energy Efficiency (P2/E2) Program Track will offer many additional seminars, including ‘Performing an Energy Efficiency Assessment,’ ‘Green Building’ and ‘Business Sustainability and Climate Change.’

Two “all new” alternate Traveling Workshops will kick-off the conference on May 7: a "North Tour" with site visits to the Locust Ridge Wind Farm, the Frackville Coal Reprocessing Plant, and Hawk Mountain; and a "South Tour" with visits to Three Mile Island, Keystone Biofuels Plant, and the State Museum of Pennsylvania. Please note that fees for the workshops are in addition to other registration fees.

For more information and to register, visit the Conference webpage.”

4/18/2008