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Last year, Penn State’s Sustainability Institute took over the Local Climate Action Program (LCAP), originally started by Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP). This program partners students with local governments across the state to create greenhouse-gas-emissions inventories and work towards policy solutions for climate and sustainability related problems.
LCAP is looking for applicants for the 2023-24 year, specifically third- and fourth-year undergraduates and graduate students.
During the fall semester of the program, students are paired with a Pennsylvania county or municipal partner to assist them in creating a greenhouse-gas-emission inventory for the community. In the subsequent spring semester, the students and government partners work together to identify next steps towards reducing the area’s emissions based on the inventory.
