Cutting emissions means making fundamental business changes, and manufacturers are often wary, says a consultant who works with those businesses on topics including sustainability.

The conversation was part of a series of listening sessions put on by the Climate Solutions collaboration.

Seven students gathered recently for a listening session produced by Climate Solutions, intended to bring lived experience into the discussion about climate challenges.

Solar panels are saving some churches money, and the use of renewable energy can be, as one pastor put it, “a positive expression of our faith.”

Materials released under the state’s Right to Know Act underline the political balancing act facing Gov. Josh Shapiro as he solicits views on the state’s membership in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. But many are unhappy with the secrecy surrounding his advisory ‘working group.’

The federal government’s Climate Smart Commodities grant program has a goal of sequestering — through climate-smart ag practices — more than 60 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, equivalent to that produced by 10 million gas-powered vehicles annually.

Most pointed to unpredictable weather patterns, rising temperatures, and increasingly severe weather events.

Membership would cut emissions, raise revenue and speed adoption of renewable fuels, report says.

Federal data shows Pennsylvania has had the highest incidence of Lyme disease in the country in 11 of the past 12 years.