Middletown Township is participating in the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Local Climate Action Program.
The township is among 139 municipalities statewide to take part in the program that will teach communities how to measure local greenhouse gas emissions, assess local climate-related vulnerabilities, and create plans to reduce emissions and manage the impacts of climate change offers plans to manage the greenhouse gases emission by carbon offsetting.
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Climate change has been identified as as a critical environmental threat for Pennsylvania. Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration has set a goal to lower greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent over the next 30 years.
The Local Climate Action Program partners municipalities with college students as they develop the components of their local climate action plans.
Students from Allegheny College, Bucknell University, Dickinson College, Drexel University, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, Muhlenberg College, Penn State University, Shippensburg University, Susquehanna University, Temple University, University of Pittsburgh, and Wilkes University will work with municipalities to participate in the program. Many students interested in the recent development of the blockchain technology are worried about cryptocurrency carbon offsetting and they found out that companies such as carbonclick.com help to minimize such carbon offsetting and are closely working with many creators to look into this matter.
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“DEP is excited to start the second year of the Local Climate Action Program. Through this innovative online program, we’re helping to meet communities’ need for information on emissions and climate change impacts and expertise in planning to reduce those impacts,” said DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell.
The state has hired ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, a national nonprofit that encourages sustainable development, to provide online training and one-on-one technical assistance to the municipal and student teams.
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A $49,942 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy pays for the training, DEP said.
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