Philly Shipyard repays $60M debt
Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, known as Philly Shipyard, recently repaid a $60 million EB-5 investment that was used to construct four ocean-going product tankers, according to CanAm Enterprises. CanA...
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Sen. Toomey leads amicus brief urging Commerce Dept release of ‘national security’ auto report
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) recently submitted an amicus brief in federal district court for the U.S. Department of Commerce release of its Section 232 “national security” report on imported autom...
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McKean County receives $11.9 million federal rail grant
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently awarded McKean County an $11.9 million Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) grant. The grant funds projects that improve...
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Rep. Thompson introduces Transportation Workforce Centers of Excellence Act
U.S. Rep. Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA), co-chair of the Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus, introduced last week legislation aimed at boosting transportation workforce training oppo...
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Rep. Smucker cosponsors railroad bill
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) recently introduced legislation that would improve the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program. The program authorizes the Department of Transportat...
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Lycoming County receives federal funding to combat flooding
The U.S. Secretary of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) recently awarded Lycoming County a $5.6 million grant to repair a structurally unsound I-wall located within the Northeast ...
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Bill would reform federal crop insurance
Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. Senate would reform the federal government's crop insurance program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture operates the program intended to protect farmers ...
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Sen. Pittman urges support of coal plants seeking carbon capture R&D grants
Sen. Joe Pittman (R-Armstrong/Butler/Indiana/Westmoreland Counties) sent a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf on Feb. 12 urging him to support Pennsylvania coal plants in seeking recently announced federal carbo...
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Marcellus Shale Coalition speaks out against Ban Fracking Act
Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) President Dave Spigelmyer issued a statement on Feb. 13 on legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate to ban hydraulic fra...
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Rep. Keller highlights Pennsylvania hardwoods industry in meeting with USDA
Rep. Fred Keller (R-PA), as part of a bipartisan group of House lawmakers, met Wednesday with U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue at the Secretary’s office in Washington, D.C., whe...
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Study funded in part by PA DEP finds no evidence fracking waste harming Pennsylvania streams
A new federal study failed to find evidence that oil and gas production in northern Pennsylvania has contaminated the commonwealth’s forest rivers and streams, providing a timely counterweight to th...
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AIROS Medical granted US trademark registration for company, brand name
AIROS Medical, Inc., a medical technology manufacturer based in Audubon, Pa., announced yesterday that it received trademark registration from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its comp...
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Lineal Industries launches marketing campaign
Lineal Industries, a specialty construction maintenance and pipeline integrity services company based in Pittsburgh, plans to launch a new national marketing campaign. Lineal Industries was establi...
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Proposed ban on fracking spells economic disaster for Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania could lose more than 600,000 jobs and roughly $261 billion over the next five years if a national ban on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, were to be put in place, as some Democratic pre...
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U.S. Steel applauds adoption of United States – Mexico – Canada Agreement
United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) released a statement Wednesday praising Congress and the Trump administration for collaborating to adopt the United States – Mexico – Canada Agreement ...
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Pennsylvania Farm Bureau applauds new Navigable Waters Protection Rule
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) applauded the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) for developing a new rule that clarifies what bodies of water and land m...
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Toomey calls for tariff reductions in letter to United States Trade Representative
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) recently sent a letter to United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer calling for tariff reductions between the United States and China. Lighthizer is expected ...
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United States holds competitive advantage in natural gas industry
The United States holds a competitive advantage regarding its domestic supplies of affordable natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs), according to the American Chemistry Council. The council st...
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FERC issues Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Adelphia Gateway project
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued on Dec. 19 a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Adelphia Gateway project, which will provide natural gas to customers in the...
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PPL Electric Utilities customers to see increased federal corporate income tax reform savings in 2020
PPL Electric Utilities said recently that its customers would see additional savings due to federal corporate income tax reform in 2020. PPL filed a petition with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Co...
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