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Dangerous Bike Trails? 

In my last blog, Bike-able Communities, I discussed the dangers of biking in traffic and my solution to take my bike to a local trail, specifically the Schuylkill River Trail, for a safe ride.  A week later, I noticed the following headline on my local news feed: Shooting on Schuylkill River Trail.  As I had just recommended this trail, I felt that I should also present this new information! 

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CEI is proud to announce our latest wind-powered customer – FatCow!  It has been fun to work with this creative web-hosting services company to help them get signed up for wind energy and promote their commitment. 

Their commitment to wind-generated RECs for their website services and data centers makes for a unique and exciting twist to the humor, down-to-earth language and eye-catching graphics on their website. 

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Community Energy is composed of a group of people that are passionate about making a difference in our daily lives through promoting renewable energy, recycling, education, forestation and social involvement, to name a few.  Having a sense of community or being a part of a community is widely studied and usually called sociology, anthropology and sometimes psychology.  Communities are said to have been established to guard and protect,...

Many of us Pennsylvania locals frequently travel the “Turnpike,” and enjoy its convenience.  But, did you know that their facilities buy wind power?  It’s true –  the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission purchases wind-generated Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) to offset 100% of their electricity usage.  And, these RECs are generated, by wind farms here in Pennsylvania. 

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission,...

I recently ran across a very cool EPA website called My Environment-environmental information for my area. This easy to use, interactive site provides a cross section of environmental information for the user’s location.  Typing in the location of interest by zip code, city and state or even the name of a park or waterbody produces detailed information about the desired area.

The site provides specific environmental information for the...