Organization provides resources for all gardeners to make a difference in bird communities simply by choosing native plants.
Category: Sustainability
Environmental Champions: Earth Conservancy restores land and transforms a community
Founded in 1992, the Earth Conservancy has been on a mission to reclaim nearly 16,500 acres of legacy mine lands in Luzerne County. The organization is not only focused on restoring land, but on enhancing the region’s economy and workforce through a program funded in part by a PPL Foundation grant.
Environmental Champions: The Merrill Linn Conservancy revives a popular nature area
PPL Foundation funding is helping to restore popular trail.
Environmental Champions: Wildlife Leadership Academy
Funding from the PPL Foundation helps this organization teach youth to become future conservation ambassadors.
Smart Grid, Smart Jobs
The transition to a smarter grid has benefits beyond network efficiency and reliability: it also provides job growth opportunities.
Collaboration Aims to Accelerate Low-Carbon Energy Technologies
With the understanding that existing technology is not enough to achieve increasingly ambitious decarbonization goals, the Electric Power Research Institute and Gas Technology Institute in 2020 launched a five-year initiative to accelerate the development and demonstration of low-carbon energy technologies.
A ‘Ewe’nique Partnership
Nestled in the rolling hills of Mercer County, Kentucky, E.W. Brown Generating Station is home to four different types of energy generating resources, including a nearly 100-yearold hydroelectric facility and the first, and largest, existing universal solar facility in the commonwealth.
Reflecting our Communities
In Kentucky, LG&E and KU President and CEO Paul Thompson is helping lead and co-chair Metro Louisville’s community-wide supplier diversity task force.
Appliance Recycling Program Receives Federal Recognition
PPL Electric’s long-standing appliance recycling program has a positive impact on the environment, helping customers reduce emissions and save energy.
A Commitment to Public Safety
PPL Electric didn’t allow the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent it from teaching children about electrical safety.