On Tuesday, the state Senate held the third consideration of and voted to advance legislation that would establish decommissioning and financial requirements for solar generation projects. Senate B...
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Pennsylvania Rep. Jonathan Fritz (R-Susquehanna/Wayne) recently applauded the House vote in favor of his bills to boost energy production and decrease reliance on Russia for oil and gas. On Tuesda...
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced the Greater Johnstown Career & Technology Center (GJCTC) would receive new funding through the states’ Manufacturing PA Training-to-Career Program (MTTC). Th...
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The Australian government recently invested $7.7 million in Alcoa Corp.’s Refinery of the Future initiative. The funding will be used to conduct pilot trials on a new carbon reduction technolog...
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Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would require employers to give employees at least two hours of paid leave to vote in federal elections. In 2020, only 23 states...
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A new report from the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center has found that the affordable rental housing problem Pennsylvania faced prior to the pandemic is only worse now. The report looked at wh...
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Texas-based Aspen Power Partners, a firm developing and financing solar and storage installations, recently partnered with Trajectory Energy Partners, an Illinois-based solar developer, to develop 10 ...
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The Manufacturing PA initiative recently awarded $2.3 million in grants to 36 student research projects at 17 universities statewide. The initiative fosters collaboration and partnerships to accele...
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U.S. Rep Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) voted this week to secure relief for restaurants and small businesses hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Scanlon said she supported the “Relief for Restaurant...
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U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) introduced legislation Thursday recognizing Pennsylvania’s natural energy resources as the U.S. addresses its energy security and works to decrease its depen...
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A group of European visitors, including representatives from Dortmund, Germany, and the European Union, visited the National Energy Technology Laboratory on April 4. The group was able to look at ...
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Legislation soon to be introduced in the state Senate would create a sales tax holiday for restaurant supplies and construction materials. State Sens. Ryan P. Aument (R-Lancaster County) and John T...
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Northumberland-based Encina announced Thursday it plans to invest $1.1 billion into a new manufacturing facility in Point Township. The new facility, to be called the Point Township Circular Manuf...
Read MoreLegislation recently introduced in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives would provide an additional $200 million during the 2022-23 fiscal year for road and bridge projects. House Bill 2495 wo...
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AmerisourceBergen, a healthcare solutions company, recently launched a dedicated corporate venture capital fund with $150 million allocated for investment in early-to mid-stage health-related startups...
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced Thursday that Northampton Community College would receive more than $50,000 to develop a Precision Machining program for low-income individuals, veterans, and othe...
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The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) recently certified Alcoa Corp.’s Massena facility in New York for its smelter and casthouse. The certificate is provisional because of travel delays a...
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan for the state to enter the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) suffered a setback this week when the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania stopped the final regu...
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Malvern-based CertainTeed, and its parent company Saint-Gobain North America, won three manufacturing leadership awards from the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), the companies announced Tu...
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The Pennsylvania Manufacturing PA Training-to-Career Program (MTTC) recently awarded Chester County Economic Development Foundation (CCEDF) $200,000 to create the “Bridging Agriculture and Manufactu...
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