The Pennsylvania Senate approved legislation Tuesday that would repeal the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) carbon tax. RGGI, a multi-state compact enacted through executive order by the W...
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Pennsylvania Democrats recently joined several of their U.S. House of Representatives colleagues in requesting that President Joe Biden force the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to expedite its review...
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Cranberry Township-based Westinghouse Electric Co. recently submitted a eVinci Microreactor Preliminary Safety Design Report (PSDR) to the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Reactor Innovation Ce...
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Braskem, the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, recently launched WENEW, a bio-circular polypropylene (PP). WENEW is derived from used cooking oil, and will be marketed to the restaurant...
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The Commonwealth Foundation’s newly released energy policy platform, EnergyVisionPA.org, endorses eight guiding principles to advance market-driven energy policies and five policy solutions for Penn...
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The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) recently approved a Peoples Natural Gas Co. (Peoples Gas) rate increase request. PUC Administrative Law Judge Mary D. Long recommended the decision,...
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Taylor Chip, a family-owned cookie manufacturer, is investing $15.1 million to expand its Lancaster County facility. The company plans to construct a 25,000-square-foot building at its existing l...
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The U.S. Army recently finalized a contract modification worth more than $440 million with UK-based BAE Systems, a defense and space manufacturing company, to produce additional Bradley Fighting Vehic...
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Natural gas will have an increasingly critical role in fueling and maintaining the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing and advanced manufacturing, particularly as energy demand continues rising, acc...
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Germany-based BGS Beta-Gamma-Service GmbH & Co., a medical equipment manufacturing company, plans to open a facility in Pittsburgh next year. The facility, which will operate under the name BGS US ...
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With many companies facing or expecting to face a skills gap in the coming years, help could come from a Pennsylvania Republican’s proposed federal legislation, which would create a pilot program to...
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The Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC), the organization responsible for final approval of all state government regulations, recently adopted recommendations from six House committees to ...
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Kubota North America, a subsidiary of Japan-based tractor manufacturer Kubota Corp., recently purchased Pittsburgh-based Bloomfield Robotics, Inc., a company using advanced imaging and artificial inte...
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Philadelphia-based Braskem, a polyolefins and biopolymers producer, recently opened a 35,000-square-foot Renewable Innovation Center in Lexington, Mass, in the Greater Boston area. “This is a gr...
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Pennsylvania Rep. Torren Ecker (R-Adams/Cumberland) joined members of the State House Republican Policy Committee and business leaders in identifying solutions to enhance the commonwealth’s economic...
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Ohio-based Sage Sustainable Electronics, a company that refurbishes and recycles used electronics, recently announced it will open a repurposing center in Montgomeryville. This is the company’s f...
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Legislation soon to be introduced in the state House of Representatives would require expanded gaming revenue to be deposited exclusively into the Property Tax Relief and Motor License funds. Under...
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Agility Robotics, an Oregon-based robot builder with an office in Pittsburgh, recently partnered with Japan-based Ricoh, an integrated digital services and print and imaging solutions provider, to exp...
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A new study released on Monday supports the Section 199A deduction for small and family-owned businesses, mirroring a bipartisan bill led by U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) that would make the deductio...
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Pittsburgh-based PPG recently launched PPG STEELGUARD 951 epoxy intumescent fire protection coating in North and Latin America. The product previously launched in Europe and the Middle East. â...
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