CVS Health to expand in Luzerne County
CVS Health, a health solutions company, plans a $4.9 million expansion at the company’s Hanover Township facility in Luzerne County. The company will renovate and repurpose 13,000 square feet at ...
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Penn Power expands Smart Grid in Mercer, Crawford counties
Sharon-based Penn Power announced Monday it would continue to expand its Smart Grid in Mercer and Crawford counties. The work, the company said, would reinforce the local power system and help pre...
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Legislation would let Congress decide how IRS funds are spent
Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would give Congress authorization to direct how new IRS funding can be spent. The IRS Funding Accountability Act would require t...
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Penn State lab receives U.S. Navy designation for electronics manufacturing
The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently designated Penn State’s Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) as a Navy ManTech Electronics Manufacturing Center of Excellence (EMC). This is a five-...
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First Commonwealth receives approval to merge with Centric
First Commonwealth Financial Corp. recently received the necessary regulatory approvals to complete its approximately $144 million merger with Centric Financial Corp. The Federal Deposit Insurance ...
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Chester County saw growth despite economic struggles, report says
The Chester County Economic Development Council (CCEDC) said the county has seen "incredible growth" despite economic uncertainty, inflation, and the lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, during i...
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Wabtec to purchase equipment supplier
Wabtec Corp., a provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and services for the freight and transit rail industries, recently signed a definitive agreement to purchase Super Metal, a Brazilian ...
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Report: Investment in solar energy reduces Hershey’s environmental impact
A new report from The Hershey Company in Hershey, Pa., states that the company's investments in solar energy, as well as energy and water optimization, reduce the company's impact on the environment. ...
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State reveals plans for geologic storage facility
Cindy Adams Dunn, secretary of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), recently revealed plans for a $6 million carbon capture, utilization, and storage research and storage facil...
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Fluence Energy opens new test lab in Mt. Pleasant
Fluence Energy, a global provider of energy storage products and services, has opened a new product testing lab in Mt. Pleasant, Pa. This new Westmoreland County facility will serve as the primary...
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Cayuga RNG signs agreement for renewable natural gas project
Cayuga RNG recently entered into an agreement to develop its fifth project to produce renewable natural gas (RNG) in upstate New York. Cayuga RNG will modify an existing anaerobic biogas facility ...
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New study cites importance of infrastructure investment framework for natural gas system
Federal lawmakers and regulators should create a framework for natural gas utilities to make resiliency investments and upgrades, a new study by the American Gas Association (AGA) contends. The st...
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Google settles with states over location tracking, Pennsylvania to receive $19.7M
Forty state attorneys general and Google recently reached a $391.5 billion settlement over the company’s location tracking practices regarding Google Account settings. The settlement is the lar...
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Shell launches major polyethylene manufacturing complex in Pennsylvania
Shell Chemical Appalachia, a subsidiary of Shell plc, launched the first major polyethylene manufacturing complex in the northeastern United States this week in Monaca, Pa. The facility, called She...
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PNC awarded $55M in tax credits to help underserved communities
PNC Tax Credit Solutions was awarded $55 million in tax credit allocation from the U.S. Department of Treasury as part of the $5 billion 2021 New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program. The tax credits ...
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Penn State receives $1.034B in research grants during 2021-22 fiscal year
During the 2021-22 fiscal year, Penn State reached $1.034 billion in research grants, an overall 4.1 percent increase from the previous year. The record funding also ranks Penn State in the top 2...
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Report: Outdoor recreation adds $13.6B to state economy
Outdoor recreation contributed $13.64 billion to Pennsylvania’s economy in 2021, according to U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) statistics, and comprises 1.6 percent of the state’s gross dome...
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Delaware Valley resource center receives $189,000 state grant
The Pennsylvania Manufacturing PA Training-to-Career Program (MTTC) recently awarded the Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center (DVIRC), an economic development business consulting firm, a $189,00...
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Appalachian company enters clean energy development joint venture to form Chrysalis Energy
A joint venture between OYA Renewables and Oil Well Shares (OWS) will pave the way for the development of utility-scale clean energy solutions across Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, the compani...
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U.S. Steel reaches tentative agreement with United Steelworkers for union contract
Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel announced this week that it had reached a tentative agreement with the United Steelworkers (USW) in regard to a four-year contract. The contract would cover an estimate...
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