The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry and seven other business groups this week called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to streamline its permitting backlog for carbon sto...
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The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, the state’s largest broad-based business association, recently launched a contest to decide the most interesting products made in Pennsylvania. ...
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The state’s Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) released its fourth-quarter report on natural gas production in the Commonwealth. Using data from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protect...
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Pennsylvania is one of six states receiving $135 million in grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Interior to create jobs and economic opportunities for coalfield communities. The grants, part ...
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Legislation that will options when it comes to fuel options for Pennsylvanians was approved 40-9 by the Senate on Wednesday. Pennsylvania Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) said the bill, Senate Bill 143, also ...
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Penn State University will receive $4.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) to fund research into turbine performance and efficiency, officials announced Monday. The funding from ...
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State Sen. Elder Vogel (R-47) said an agreement between Vistra Corp. and Energy Harbor Corp. should be good news for keeping the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station open and workers employed. Throu...
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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday proposed a $44.4 billion budget for 2023-24 that invests in the state’s economy by emphasizing workforce development and creating an environment that attrac...
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A subsidiary of Ford Motor Company, Latitude AI, based in Pittsburgh, is developing a hands-free, eyes-off-the-road automated driving system, the company said Thursday. Latitude adds to Ford’s t...
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On Thursday, Pennsylvania Sens. Ryan Aument (R-36), Tracy Pennycuick (R-24), Greg Rothman (R-34), and Judy Ward (R-30) introduced a package of tax reform bills. The bills, designed to stimulate ec...
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Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget proposal doubles funding for the Manufacturing PA Innovation Program and increases funding for Pennsylvania’s PA Smart Program by 25 percent. Shapiro will give a budg...
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The leadership for the Pennsylvania Senate Republicans laid out their principles and priorities Wednesday. Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward (R-39), Majority Leader Joe Pittman (R-41), and App...
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Pittsburgh-based UPMC said its financial results for 2022 show continued growth and sustainability for western Pennsylvania’s largest health insurer. According to the company in a release on Mon...
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The U.S. Army’s Common Tactical Truck (CTT) program recently awarded Mack Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mack Trucks and part of the Volvo Group, a contract to design, build, and deliver tru...
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On Thursday, SEPTA announced it had awarded Alstom Transportation, Inc. a contract to replace the authority’s aging fleet of trolleys with modern, fully ADA-compliant trolleys. The contract is a...
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Pennsylvania Rep. Joshua Kail (R-Beaver/Washington), the chair of the House Republican Policy Committee, said during a regulation hearing Tuesday that commonsense should rule regulation reform to alle...
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On Tuesday, Cranberry Township-based Westinghouse Electric Company announced it had begun the process of licensing its eVinci microreactor with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, as well as the C...
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Pennsylvania Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) announced Thursday that he will be reintroducing legislation to help establish the legal and regulatory framework for carbon capture, utilization and sequestration (C...
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A new report from the Institute for Energy Research (IER), which examines the environmental quality of the major oil-producing countries, finds that efforts to restrict oil and gas production in the U...
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The Pittsburgh campus of the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory, is slated to host a new, multi-million-dollar direct air capture center (DAC...
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