Valley Forge-based UGI Corporation announced Friday that it would commit to reducing its Scope I greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent over the next five years. As part of the energy products com...
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Orwigsburg, Penn.-based Clearly Clean Products, LLC, has been recognized as the fastest-growing manufacturer in northeast Pennsylvania by the Northeast Pennsylvania Manufacturers and Employers Associa...
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The state Senate recently advanced legislation that would transform the Banking Fund into a trust fund. Senate Bill 432 would amend the Department of Banking and Securities Code to convert the Ban...
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Hanover-based Utz Quality Foods, Inc. announced Tuesday it has entered into an agreement with Great Lakes Festida Holdings, Inc., to acquire Festida Foods for $41 million. Festida Foods is a leadi...
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As Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s deadline to shutdown the Enbridge Line 5 oil pipeline was reached on Wednesday and defied by the company, the Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) this week released a ...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) will soon launch an updated Unemployment Compensation (UC) system. The old system will be offline for several days to transfer information be...
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A bipartisan group of 21 state senators recently sent a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf asking that he repeal COVID-related restrictions on employers before the start of the Memorial Day weekend. Wolf plan...
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The list of supporters continues growing for amendment questions slated for the May 18 ballot in Pennsylvania that would limit the governor’s emergency disaster declaration powers and give the state...
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A bill that would create a National Infrastructure Bank would rebuild, replace and revolutionize infrastructure in Pennsylvania and the United States without raising taxes, four Pennsylvania legislato...
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House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) announced this week the committee’s approval to send a warning letter to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative ...
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On Tuesday, state Reps. Malcolm Kenyatta (D-Philadelphia) and Pam Snyder (D-Green/Fayette/Washington) urged the state legislature to pass a bill that would expand business interruption policies for bu...
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A new report from TD Bank shows that Greater Philadelphia small businesses are doing better than expected given the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. TD Bank’s 2021 Small Business Survey foun...
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Following U.S. Steel’s April 30 announcement that it has halted a nearly $1.5 billion upgrade of its Mon Valley plant, state Senate Republicans and Pittsburgh business leaders criticized the “libe...
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A total of 129 hospitality industry businesses in Dauphin County recently received $3.05 million through the state’s Covid-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Program (CHIRP). The Capital Region Eco...
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The Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) recently invested $1.3 million in programs statewide that provide computer skills training to job seekers. Funding is provided through Digital Literacy and ...
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A major upgrade of U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley Works south of Pittsburgh was abruptly canceled as part of the steelmaker’s campaign to eliminate its carbon emissions by 2050, the company announced Fri...
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Agriculture contributes $132.5 billion annually to the state economy and supports more than 590,000 jobs paying nearly $33 billion in wages, according to a report released in coordination with Team Pe...
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The Senate Environmental Resources & Energy (ERE) Committee advanced legislation this week that would require legislative approval of Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposal to enter Pennsylvania into the Regi...
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Both the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation endorsed Sen. Gene Yaw’s (R-23) Senate Bill 465 during a news conference Monday at Flinchbaugh’s Orchard and Farm Market i...
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Emissions data for Chester-based Covanta’s Delaware Valley Waste-to-Energy facility owned is now available online, the company said. In an effort to allay residents’ concerns over emissions at...
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