The controversial, under-construction Mountain Valley Pipeline — which upon completion will deliver natural gas from Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia to the Carolinas — would be finished “e...
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Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would encourage charitable donations for community-based apprenticeship initiatives, career and technical education, and workforce ...
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The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry and seven other business groups this week called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to streamline its permitting backlog for carbon sto...
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New legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Daniel Meuser (R-PA) would eliminate a tax on some lead battery materials, costs foreign battery manufacturers do not have to pay, he said.
The USA Batterie...
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Pennsylvania is one of six states receiving $135 million in grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Interior to create jobs and economic opportunities for coalfield communities.
The grants, part ...
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Penn State University will receive $4.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) to fund research into turbine performance and efficiency, officials announced Monday.
The funding from ...
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The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials recently advanced legislation expanding access to flexible air permitting.
H.R. 1131 would codi...
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The state Senate recently adopted a resolution that urges President Joe Biden to restart and expedite the completion of the Keystone XL pipeline.
On Biden’s first day in office, he canceled the p...
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The U.S. Army’s Common Tactical Truck (CTT) program recently awarded Mack Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mack Trucks and part of the Volvo Group, a contract to design, build, and deliver tru...
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The Pittsburgh campus of the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory, is slated to host a new, multi-million-dollar direct air capture center (DAC...
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The federal Inflation Reduction Act will provide $10 billion in new funding for the Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit program.
The program incentivizes industrial decarbonization, clean ene...
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Penn State’s Center for Critical Minerals has been awarded $2.1 million in federal funding to design, build and test a modular pilot-scale research and development unit.
The unit will recover r...
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Marcellus Shale gas producers may soon see a new outlet for the region’s plentiful natural gas after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted Williams Companies permission to expand t...
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The American Petroleum Institute (API) released a new report Tuesday outlining the policies it says need to be made to prioritize U.S. natural gas and oil as a long-term strategic asset.
The plan, u...
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The Team Pennsylvania Foundation-led Decarbonization Network of Appalachia (DNA) announced Friday that it had been encouraged by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to submit a full application for fu...
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In a mix of pessimism and optimism, a new survey from Provident Bank has found that more than two-thirds of small- to medium-sized businesses believe a recession is likely for 2023, but nearly three-q...
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U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) joined U.S. Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) in releasing bipartisan, bicameral trade policy recommendations focusing on rebuilding a bipartisan, pro-trade consensus for the 118th Cong...
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Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District will receive more than $15.2 million in federal funding through the $1.7 trillion Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Appropriations bill.
The funding will suppor...
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U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Penn) said the Omnibus federal spending package would include more than $33 million in community project funding for Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District.
The Conso...
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The 2023 appropriations government funding package includes more than $13 million for 15 community projects in Berks and Montgomery counties, U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) said.
The Consolidated...
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