The City of Pittsburgh and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) entered into a partnership in July 2015 to upgrade the city’s energy system and implement a microgrids concept spanning ni...
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The COVID-19 Vaccines, Treatments and Therapies program recently awarded 23 research groups $10 million in grant funding for COVID-19 treatments and therapies. Of the $10 million, $430,000 was aw...
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently granted approval to Williams, a natural gas company based in Tulsa, Okla., for its Leidy South Project. The project will connect natural gas produc...
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently selected U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA) for the Spirit of Enterprise Award. The award honors members of Congress who support pro-business legislation and show bip...
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Representatives from several industries gathered at a rally Wednesday at the Cheswick Power Plant in Springdale in voice opposition to Pennsylvania joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI...
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Dräger, an international medical and safety technology company, plans to open a production facility next month in Montgomeryville for the manufacture and distribution of N95 respiratory protection ma...
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently awarded three Pennsylvanian farms and one business $310,768 through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). The program is designed to help ...
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Pennsylvania Treasurer Joe Torsella released a plan Tuesday that would provide up to two years of tuition-free training, which could be applied toward occupational credentialing, technical certificate...
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The plan to enlist Pennsylvania in the controversial Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was dismissed Tuesday as an ill-conceived idea that would exact a stiff toll on the commonwealth’s ener...
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently awarded Eureka Resources a patent for a method to cleanse and recycle wastewater from oil and gas operations. The company’s proprietary technology ca...
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The Pennsylvania’s Agricultural Land Preservation Board recently added 2,512 acres on 33 farms to its farmland preservation program. The investment totaled $9.4 million, including nearly $8.9 mil...
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Legislation introduced Monday would update state tax laws to help small businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The legislation would make three changes. It would allow small bu...
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Nearly two-thirds of voters oppose policies that help struggling power plants by increasing utility bills or taxes, and 93 percent of voters do not believe taxpayers and consumers should pay for new o...
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Bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the state House would provide financial assistance to bars, restaurants, and catering halls that are struggling financially because of the COVID-19 pandem...
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Legislation recently introduced in the state Senate would help households and small businesses facing delinquencies on utility bills caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Statewide, 55,000 businesses an...
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NorthPoint Development officials, stakeholders, and lawmakers recently broke ground on a 1 million-square-foot distribution center in Bethel Township. The location at Berks Park 78 has highway acce...
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Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House would make it easier to file taxes during the COVID-19 pandemic. In many states, income taxes are paid according to where an employee works, not t...
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Thirty-eight businesses in the 7th Senatorial District recently received $440,000 in pandemic relief grants through the COVID-19 Relief Pennsylvania Statewide Small Business Assistance program. “...
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Legislation recently introduced in the state House of Representatives would allow the event industry to operate safely at 50 percent capacity. The bill would allow venues, caterers, and other busin...
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The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) announced last week their recent partnership establishing a job-training program to help create a high-te...
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