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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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently provided Pennsylvania nearly $100 million in federal funding through the agency’s Public Health Infrastructure Grant Program. The pro...
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U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) said in a year-end review that the second year of progress in Congress resulted in benefits to Pennsylvania families. Casey said he secured $81.6 million in funding for ...
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The federal Consolidated Appropriations Act, recently approved in the U.S. House of Representatives, will fund multiple projects in Pennsylvania’s seventh congressional district. “This governme...
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The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed legislation that would provide foreign trade assistance to small businesses. The STEP Improvement Act would reauthorize the Small Business Administ...
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The federal Internet for All initiative recently awarded Pennsylvania $6.6 million to support broadband deployment in underserved areas in the state. This is the first of more than $100 million i...
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Bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would provide a tax credit for renewable natural gas. H.R. 9396, the Renewable Natural Gas Incentive Act, would creat...
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