Ashley, Luzerne County, PA -
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $200,000 grant to the Earth Conservancy to support more environmental job training.
The Earth Conservancy is one of 26 organizations nationwide to receive a total of $5.1 million in grants for environmental job training programs. Funded through the agency's successful Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Program, the grants will help to create a skilled workforce in communities where EPA brownfields assessment and cleanup activities are taking place.
In coordination with Penn State University Wilkes-Barre, Earth Conservancy plans to train and place at least 33 of 50 participants in environmental jobs.
“Earth Conservancy has already reclaimed thousands of acres of mine-scarred lands,” said Cosmo Servidio, EPA Mid-Atlantic regional administrator. “Additional environmental cleanup is underway and program graduates will have the skills that local companies need.”
