Cumberland County asks residents, businesses for input on climate change
Updated Mar 14, 2021;
released Tuesday by the county’s planning department, residents, business owners, and local organizations are invited to provide input on their perceptions of climate change risks and actions they would be willing to take to address climate change, a press release said. The survey will be available through April 15.
Anyone who lives, works or owns a business in the county is eligible to take the seven-minute online survey, according to the release.
The county’s climate change planning efforts began in 2020 with Cumberland County’s acceptance into the PA Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Local Climate Action Program (LCAP), according to the release, which continued:
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LOCK HAVEN So far, county officials know $437,500 is coming their way. And they know it’s earmarked for hotels, restaurants, taverns and other businesses in the hospitality industry.
But that’s about all they know at this point.
“On Tuesday, we received word the county had been allocated $437,500.
“And on Wednesday, we were told the application for the ‘hospitality grant’ was due the next day,” Clinton County Planner Katie deSilva explained at Thursday morning’s meeting of the Clinton County commissioners.
Extremely excited about the announcement, county officials quickly moved forward in preparing the required online application and sending it off before the 5 p.m. Feb. 11 deadline.
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A crack resistant nanomaterial cement mixture could seal natural gas wells that are a potential source of methane emissions.
Natural gas well in Pennsylvania. When wells become damaged or degraded, methane can potentially escape into the environment. Penn State researchers developed a new nanomaterial cement mixture to address this issue (Credit: Pa Department of Environmental Protection)
This is the claim of scientists at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) who believe their mixture could provide an effective, affordable solution to well sealing.
“We have invented a very flexible cement that is more resistant to cracking,” said Arash Dahi Taleghani, associate professor of petroleum engineering at Penn State. “That’s important because there are millions of orphaned and abandoned wells around the world, and cracks in the casings can allow methane to escape into the environment.”