WFMZ News reports: A company has sought out a location in Northampton County as an area to generate clean and renewable power. New England Hydropower Company says it wants to place a small scale hydropower plant in Hugh Moore Park along the Delaware and Lehigh Historic Canal Corridor. It recently presented its plans to Northampton County Council, in hopes of the […]
» Read moreFrom Carol Thompson of the Morning Call: The proportion of Americans who believe climate change is real and human-caused is higher than it has been in a decade, according to an annual survey conducted in part by a Muhlenberg College political scientist. Seventy-three percent of Americans surveyed in the Spring 2018 National Survey on Energy and the Environment believe there is solid […]
» Read morePPL “released a report Thursday saying it anticipates a decline in carbon dioxide emissions at its Kentucky power plants of between 45 and 90 percent by 2050, even without regulation.” Read the complete article from the Morning Call.
» Read moreAn International Energy Agency official claims that there are four sustainable innovations that are on track to “do their part in a zero-carbon-emissions world by mid-century”: electric vehicles, energy storage, solar photovoltaic power, and wind power. This year marks the first time any of these green technologies are on track, which is an important step towards a more sustainable future – but […]
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A reliance on natural gas sometimes blinds policy makers to local pollution. “Eight years ago, people in Pavillion, Wyo., living in the middle of a natural gas basin, complained of a bad taste and smell in their drinking water.” Peer-reviewed and published by former EPA scientist, Dominic DiGiulio, in Environmental Science and Technology, this study suggests that water wells in Pavillion, typically […]
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A part of the Lehigh Valley Local Food Economy Assessment Report, this Access Plan aims to identify specific strategies to be implemented in the Lehigh Valley. Sustainability Fact: if everyone in the Lehigh Valley spent $10 a day on locally produced food, $100 million dollars of economic activity would be generated annually within the Valley. Today, there are eight areas in the Lehigh […]
» Read moreLVSN has a new spring intern! Devin Domeyer studies Environmental Science at Muhlenberg College with a focus on sustainability. Vice President of Muhlenberg’s Environmental Action Team, she is currently working with fellow students in pursuit of increased food security in the Lehigh Valley. She is extremely invested in the goal of LVSN in connecting sustainable programs and initiatives by improving communication between sustainable […]
» Read moreThe goal of a comprehensive sustainability website for the Lehigh Valley has been achieved thanks to the contributions of two Muhlenberg College interns, Jalal Khan and Hannah Bobker. Hannah, a rising junior from Brunswick, Maine, worked as a volunteer during the Spring 2015 semester developing content for the website’s Sustainability A to Z section. She researched and wrote definitions for […]
» Read moreHabitat for Humanity’s ReStore and Northampton County have announced the region’s first latex paint recycling program, named ReMix. Information about the program can be found here.
» Read morePhiladelphia media outlet Flying Kite has published an article on the continuing development of the Allentown Waterfront featuring interviews with Zach Jaindl, Sy Traub, and Elissa Garofalo.
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