{"id":11519,"date":"2014-04-03T08:36:28","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T12:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=11519"},"modified":"2014-04-03T08:54:33","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T12:54:33","slug":"state-urging-residents-to-observe-earth-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=11519","title":{"rendered":"State urging residents to observe Earth Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Screen<\/a>HARRISBURG \u2014 The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) wants to \u00a0remind residents that April is Earth Month. The theme for Earth Month is \u201cPick it up PA,\u201d encouraging residents to take time to pick up litter around their homes and in public areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe we can make Pennsylvania a better place to live, work and play by taking the time to clean up litter around our homes, businesses and parks.\u201d DEP Secretary Chris Abruzzo said. \u201cSo gather together a group to help pick it up, PA.\u201d<\/p>\n

Secretary Abruzzo and other DEP staff will clean up the east shore of the Susquehanna River in Harrisburg between Market and Forster Streets on April 27, a DEP news release said.<\/p>\n

DEP\u2019s regional offices are also participating in cleanup events. Volunteers from DEP\u2019s Southeast Region will participate in the Brandywine Valley Association\u2019s canoe-based cleanup of the Brandywine Creek in Chester County on April 26. On April 22, staff from the South-central Regional Office will cleanup Asylum Run, a tributary that runs through the State Hospital grounds in Harrisburg, the release.<\/p>\n

Many other cleanup events will be taking place across the state throughout the month, which\u00a0also includes Earth Day, \u00a0an annual observance, held on April 22, to remind residents to do their part and take care of Pennsylvania\u2019s air, land and water.\u00a0DEP recommends that residents find a cleanup event in their area by checking out the Great American Cleanup of Pennsylvania\u2019s website at\u00a0www.gacofpa.org<\/a>. Residents also have the option to start their own cleanup event and list it on the website, the release said.<\/p>\n

DEP provides annual support to the Great American Cleanup of Pennsylvania to purchase gloves, trash bags and safety vests for cleanup volunteers. The funding is provided by DEP\u2019s Solid Waste Abatement Fund.<\/p>\n

Another online events resource is DEP\u2019s interactive Earth Month calendar. Residents can use it to identify local Earth Month activities or to post their own events. DEP also plans to commemorate Earth Month by showcasing portions of the DEP at Home exhibit at the Phillies \u201cRed Goes Green\u201d day in Citizen\u2019s Bank Park on April 17 and in the East Wing Rotunda of the State Capitol Building from April 21 to 25, the release said.<\/p>\n

DEP at Home is an interactive, educational exhibit fashioned into a home structure that features practices and products promoting energy efficiency and environmentally beneficial products for the home. It was created through a grant provided by the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s State Energy Program.<\/p>\n

In addition, DEP will announce the winners of the Environmental Education Grants and the Governor\u2019s Awards for Environmental Excellence during April in honor of Earth Month.\u00a0For more information about Earth Month, or to check out the virtual calendar, visit\u00a0www.dep.state.pa.us<\/a>\u00a0and click on the Earth Month banner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Initiatives will involve cleanups, including Brandywine Creek HARRISBURG \u2014 The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) wants to \u00a0remind residents that April is Earth Month. The theme for Earth Month is \u201cPick it up PA,\u201d encouraging residents to take time to pick up litter around their homes and in public areas. \u201cI believe we can make […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4039,4351,4352,3953],"class_list":["post-11519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-dep-secretary-chris-abruzzo","tag-earth-month","tag-pick-it-up-pa","tag-the-department-of-environmental-protection-dep"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}