The Ghg Reduction And Sustainability Efforts From The Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium

I chose this program as my research because it is related to my major, and I can use this knowledge to further my mastery of environmental engineering. Nowadays, many people have a responsibility to take care of the Mother Earth, and “green” activities must take action from now onwards because actions speak louder than words.

The rising issue of CO2 emissions in the United States is a problem that we cannot ignore any longer. The main sources of carbon dioxide emissions come from the combustion of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas. These emissions also come from everyday use of electricity, transportation and industry. Automobiles, large highways, and leaving your lights in your house on are all everyday examples that emit carbon dioxide. (EPA, "Overview of Greenhouse Gases") Carbon dioxide emissions, which have increased by 7% in the U.S. since 1990, are a dangerous and potent greenhouse gas yielded at a higher rate through coal burning than most other natural gas burning. Increased levels of carbon dioxide can lead to climate change and an increased

I’m writing to Lisa Darger, Coordinator of Sustainability from the office of Sustainability. A coordinator is who organize events, activities and arrange people in order to make sure they work together effectively. Since Darger is Coordinator, she can make all the changes and add new facilities to the recycling and littering activities. I’m wanting to discuss her about providing more trashcans here and there and also proving more recycling activities on campus. I think she will be interested in my letter because it is responsibility if there is issues about litter or recycling is occurred, and I’m sure she will be happy to help me about my issues about littering on campus.

Go to the EPA website and learn about “Reduce and Reuse” , “Composting” and “Recycling” : http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/rrr/

As of now, I am unsure about the costs of this project, long it could possibility take to complete it and how many student’s it really does effect. So I will first be looking at what is “sustainability” and what could be the best options for this problem (Cohen, Steven.). Then, I will be conducting a survey with the students to

Penn State University offers various ways for members of its community to live environmentally consciously and sustainably. The Sustainability Institute at Penn State boasts a gold rating from the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS), a green rating from The Princeton Review, and a ranking of 48 out of 173 on Sierra Club’s list of the most sustainable colleges (“Track our Progress”). Despite these awards and recognitions demonstrating Penn State’s commitment to the environment, the university still produced and directed 14,950 tons of solid waste to landfill sites in 2015 (“Recycling and Waste Management”). Penn State Food services can reduce the amount of waste the university produces by expanding the existing

Of course, such an endeavor cannot be met by America’s ambitions alone, but by meeting other nations levels of commitment and by setting certain courses of action, America will lead by example and other nations will be set up for success. This will allow us to advance toward a better world as a whole. Low carbon pollution has the potential to strengthen our nation through investment and innovation in clean energy. By investing more time in industries such as wind and solar power there will not only be a cleaner environment, but a steady stream of middle class jobs. Something that has occurred over the past few years with Obamas current Clean Power Plan. Power plants are the largest source of emissions in the United States. In August 2015, the

2). The collective input provided from this panel would provide both information and direction to council and administration to move towards becoming a low carbon city by 2050

In short term, E.P.P.C. would like to raise people’s awareness about environmental issues around our corresponding community via public education toward students in UC Davis. As for the long-term goals, E.P.P.C. will serve as an advocacy group to provide recommendation to local policy makers and also supervise the law enforcement by the officials. In addition, when it is necessary, E.P.P.C. will lobby for the new legislation as well. “…In order to better recognize and address the environmental concerns of the campus and its community as well as to encourage collaboration in working toward the creation of a more sustainable

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is a cap and trade initiative set to regulate and reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases from power generating facilities with an electrical capacity equal or greater than 25 electrical megawatts (RGGI, 2015). The drafting of this initiative started in 2003 when Connecticut (CT), Delaware (DE), Maine (ME), Massachusetts (MA), New Hampshire (NH), New Jersey (NJ), New York (NY), Rhode Island (RI), and Vermont (VT) showed interest in reviewing greenhouse gas emissions and a cap-trade coalition to address the emission from power plants in their territory. In 2005, the above mentioned states with the exception of RI and MA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that outlined the model rules for the program. Some of the topics outlined in RGGI Model Rule include: the responsibilities of the account representatives, permitting recommendations, monitoring requirements, compliance certification reports, control periods and others. The Model Rules were also the building blocks used to develop state-specific regulations supporting the goals and actions necessary to succeed as a member. In 2007 MA, RI and MD also signed the MOU (RGGI, 2015a; RGGI, 2015b). On January 1, 2012, RGGI lost one of its founding members after the governor of NJ; Chris Christie withdrew NJ’s support to the initiative. Throughout its participation, NJ received over $100 million in revenues directly from the RGGI markets. (Christie, 2011) The

REI is very serious about sustainability. They make sure minimal or no impact to the environment is obtained. REI’s major areas of sustainability greenhouse gas mitigation; paper usage; recycling; green building and product stewardship. REI has maintained sustainability and a key part of the company’s

Furthermore, the way of becoming green and saving on the school’s budget would be teaching the children how to become green. For example, talk to them and encourage them to recycle to keep the environment cleaner. Offer extra credit to those willing to step out and help become a green school. With more students getting together and helping each other out, the school and even the community would get cleaned up so much faster. Teachers could collect old papers, such as tests, old notes, etc. and send them to be recycled in to reusable paper. In this case, educating the

The student and staff population of the University of Regina is soon going to surpass a population of 15,000 students. The growing population of the U of R requires administrative and student action to maintaining environmental sustainability. It is crucial to its maintenance to implement environment sustainability. Environment sustainability can be defined as taking responsible actions towards maintaining the environment and eliminating any type of negative impacts that we produce to negate any environmental damages.

In Chapter 2: Coal Colonies, Goodell (2006) describes the poverty, corporate exploitation, and other difficulties of mining life under the Massey Energy Corporation in West Virginia. These coal mining “colonies” show the power of corporate dominance over miners, the local ecology, and coal production.

California is a big state which facing the North Pacific Ocean. Almost all the popular cities is located near the coastline. We need to focus on the impacts of sea level rise on the California Coast. Right now, Google maps showing Southern California coastal cities drowned in different sea levels. We can see it from the Google map that the sea level rise every one meter will force a lot of people to move out their home and cause a lot of the economic losses. This is exactly why we must act to reduce the GHG emissions in the