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    The Lehigh University Environmental Awareness seminar will take place on May 5th at 2pm at the Zoellner Arts Center. Six senior environmental science majors and three professors will discuss Pennsylvania's current environmental issues and how to increase renewable energy usage. The students have researched what types of renewable energy would be best for Pennsylvania as part of their senior projects. More information can be obtained from the Lehigh Department of Biological Sciences.

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    The Lehigh University Environmental Awareness seminar will take place on May 5th at 2pm at the Zoellner Arts Center. Six senior environmental science majors and three professors will discuss Pennsylvania's current environmental issues and how to increase renewable energy usage. The students have researched what types of renewable energy would be best for Pennsylvania as part of their senior projects. More information can be obtained from the Lehigh Department of Biological Sciences.

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    The Lehigh University Environmental Awareness seminar will take place on May 5th at 2pm at the Zoellner Arts Center. Six senior environmental science majors and three professors will discuss Pennsylvania's current environmental issues and how to increase renewable energy usage. The students have researched what types of renewable energy would be best for Pennsylvania as part of their senior projects. More information can be obtained from the Lehigh Department of Biological Sciences.

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    Lehigh University to host Environmental Awareness seminar for public

    Six senior environmental science majors at Lehigh Uni-


    versity will be presenting with three professors on the cur-
    rent state of the environment and the major issues Pennsyl-
    vania has. The event will take place May 5 at the Zoellner
    Arts Center at Lehigh University. The event is open to the
    The Blade
    A Quarterly Newsletter provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
    public and will be at 2 p.m.
    Wind farm site gets approved by Union County town council Monday
    Pennsylvania currently ranks 41st in renewable energy
    usage in the United States and the Lehigh students and fac- Residents of Lewisburg introduced their proposal for
    ulty are planning to talk about how renewable energy can a wind farm at the town council meeting Monday. The
    be incorporated into local communities and beyond. As proposed wind farm site is at Dreamcatcher Farm,
    a part of their senior research projects, the students have which provides healthy food to the community. Lo-
    been researching different types of renewable energy that cated in an urban environment with high elevation,
    would be best suited for Pennsylvania. the residents and owners of the farm agreed that this

    “The future is in
    would be an ideal location for a wind turbine.
    For more information, please contact the Lehigh Depart-

    your hands”
    ment of Biological Sciences. “Pennsylvania currently has 27 wind farms which
    provide 350,000 residents with electricity. Our hope is
    to get more residents on board and help make Penn-
    sylvania a cleaner state,” Martha Richardson said at the
    meeting Monday.

    Richard and Betty Jones, the farms owners, agreed to


    Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection ment of Environmental Protection to further
    work with other Lewisburg residents to create a plan to
    176 Main Street investigate all that is needed to make the proposal
    provide clean energy and electricity to the area. “This
    Harrisburg, PA 17105 a reality.
    opportunity would not only help out the residents who
    cannot afford electricity, but it would also help bring
    more jobs into the area,” Lewisburg resident, Butch Both the Jones’ and the Richardson’s want to
    Smith said. include Bucknell University students in their plan
    to give them research opportunities and hands on
    The proposers of this plan, Martha and Jack Richard- experience to learn about wind energy. In addition
    son, attended an environmental lecture at Bucknell to the research opportunities, Bucknell may have
    University in January and left the lecture inspired an option to have part of the university’s electricity
    to make a change. Hosted by environmental science provided by the wind farm energy.
    professors and student researchers, the lecture gave the
    audience an insight on how wind energy works and “This opportunity would be great for the commu-
    its effects on the environment. 3 student researchers nity, especially Bucknell University, and we cannot
    informed the attendees of their most recent results of wait to see the progress we make in the coming
    their studies which show high potential for wind ener- weeks with the state Department of Environmen-
    gy in the Lewisburg/Selinsgrove area. tal Protection,” Richard Jones said.

    Martha and Jack are currently working together with The proposal will be discussed in Harrisburg with
    the science department at Bucknell, the owners of the secretary Patrick McDonnell in early April.
    Dreamcatchers Farm and the Pennsylvania Depart-

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