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Dickinson Announces Support for New Projects Connecting Learning to Community Engagement
Aisha Johnson 20 teaches Chinese to young learners at the Dickinson College Children s Center through the Russian department s internship program in 2019. The program is currently being expanded and formalized.
Twelve civic-education projects move forward with CCLA funding
This spring, the Center for Civic Learning & Action (CCLA) is supporting 12 emerging and expanding faculty- and staff-led projects that empower students to work toward the common good in a variety of ways.
The projects are funded through the college’s Civic Engagement Fund, supported by a generous Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant, and they span the spectrum of subjects in the humanities, sciences and arts. Each provides a framework for students to apply what they’re learning in class to problems and projects in the local community.
Credit: (Jim Wright/The Nature Conservancy)
New Jersey Highlands
Last month, preservation efforts in the Highlands region of the state got a multimillion-dollar boost from the Open Space Institute, a national nonprofit that works to protect land throughout the Appalachian range.
The initiative, called the Appalachian Landscapes Protection Fund, aims to raise up to $18 million to conserve 50,000 acres of forest throughout the Appalachian range. Unlike traditional open-space acquisition initiatives, in which the priority is simply to preserve land, this fund will focus on state and local communities, land trusts, and Native American tribes that will “align their conservation goals around climate priorities.”
Why You Need Permits For Removing An Oil Tank
If you had been researching about the removal of your oil tank at home, you would have come across permitting requirements to make it happen. Then you reckon: Why does it have to be very difficult to remove just one oil tank? Well, here’s why.
Avoid Health Hazards to Human Life
This is the major reason why permits are needed for oil tank removals. Oil tanks contain hazardous substances that can wreak havoc if not handled properly. An oil spill can contaminate the soil, seep through to the groundwater, and has immediate negative health effects on you and your family. If ocean oil spills are dangerous to aquamarine life like dolphins, it will surely have a negative effect on you too.
Commentary: Maine politicians, regulators must do more to hold CMP accountable
Otherwise, the utility will remain the largest obstacle Maine faces in its goals to provide reliable power to its people and combat climate change.
By Vaughan WoodruffSpecial to the Press Herald
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In 2018, a faulty transmission line triggered the deadliest and most expensive wildfire in California’s history. The utility responsible for the fire, PG&E, pleaded guilty to 84 counts of manslaughter, filed for bankruptcy and settled its liabilities with $25.5 billion in payouts.
Given the unprecedented nature of PG&E’s malfeasance, it’s right to expect the utility would be rated least popular in the nation among business customers. It isn’t. For the past three years, that honor has belonged to Central Maine Power.