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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The Global Energy Institute of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently released the 10th anniversary edition of the Index of U.S. Energy Security Risk, which notes the role of shale and other energy res...
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The National Petroleum Council (NPC) recently released two reports, one on infrastructure permitting solutions and one outlining a roadmap for at-scale carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) deploymen...
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President Donald Trump and House Democrats reached an agreement Tuesday to approve the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), drawing praise from Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania. Offic...
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Pennsylvania is the nation’s second-largest natural gas provider, according to an Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) report. The state’s production volume grew 10.8 percent this year, 2 percentag...
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Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines global business unit of Sanofi, recently entered into a contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to increase the company's domestic pandemic in...
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Pennsylvania business leaders are urging Congress to quickly ratify the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which they say would create thousands of jobs, inject billions of dollars into th...
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The Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority (EMTA) was recently awarded a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) to upgrade the city's public transportation system. EMTA will...
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Build Together recently hosted a press conference in Bensalem, Pa., as the first stop on a nationwide listening tour intended to build grassroots support for federal infrastructure investments. Spe...
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Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA), Mike Braun (R-IN), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Rob Portman (R-OH) have requested U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer prioritize reducing steel overcapacity by extending t...
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The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) warned in a recent press release that projected federal payments cuts could pose a threat to the long-term financial viability of hospit...
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Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry President and CEO Gene Barr recently issued a statement applauding the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s announcement that it will repeal and re...
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U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) supports a recent Environment Protection Agency and Army Corp of Engineers repeal of a 2015 rule that expanded the reach of the Clean Water Act to apply to nea...
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U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry visited on Tuesday the National Energy Technology Laboratory in Pittsburgh to learn about the laboratory’s work related to using artificial intelligenc...
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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently approved a request by Gov. Tom Wolf to declare a disaster in Allegheny County due to intense storms that produced damaging flash flooding between ...
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Gov. Tom Wolf announced Wednesday new low-interest loan approvals through the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) for three businesses in Bedford, Bucks and Philadelphia counties. ...
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State Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York), chair of the Communications and Technology Committee, said Wednesday that the committee would hold a series of public hearings on high-speed internet access ...
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released its 2019 report on Our Nation’s Air, which shows that the levels of criteria pollutants in the air have decreased by 74 percent between 19...
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Four U.S. Senators recently hosted a roundtable discussion of Black Lung Disease. Attendees included coal miners and their families, healthcare experts and the president of the United Mine Workers of ...
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New England states need increased natural gas pipeline capacity, something Pennsylvania could help them with if certain other states would cooperate. In fact, a lack of pipeline capacity currently ...
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