The state House Appropriations Committee began budget hearings Tuesday, hearing testimony from representatives of the Independent Fiscal Office (IFO), the Department of Revenue, and the Department of ...
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U.S. Rep. Troy Balderson (R-OH) criticized a recent report from the think tank Ohio River Valley Institute that said 22 counties in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia responsible for 90 percent of the ...
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EQT Corp., a natural gas production company with operations in the Appalachian Basin, recently announced a pilot project to demonstrate the production of responsibly sourced natural gas (RSG) for use ...
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A program at Westmoreland County Community College in Youngwood is among five finalists for the Advanced Welding Workforce Initiative (AWWI). AWWI is a partnership that has invested approximately $...
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UGI Corporation, a distributor and marketer of energy products and services, recently promoted Brendan M. Heck to vice president of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG). ESG is a set of stan...
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Sports betting handled more than $3.5 billion in Pennsylvania last year, while sportsbooks and online casinos earned more than $100 million in revenue, according to PlayPennsylvania.com analysts. P...
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The American Petroleum Institute (API), which represents all natural gas and oil industry segments, hosted its annual State of American Energy Wednesday. API President and CEO Mike Sommers spoke a...
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The Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association (MHEDA) recently awarded East Penn Manufacturing Co. with the Most Valuable Supplier (MVS) Award for achievements in 2020. This marks the si...
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According to area traffic and ambient air quality data, particulate matter (PM2.5) ambient air concentrations near U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley Works fell 40 percent since Spring 2020. Study findings ...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) recently released a study on the feasibility and the operation and potential costs of a Reading-to-Philadelphia passenger rail service. Pen...
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Pittsburgh-based Seegrid Corp., an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) company, doubled revenue year-over-year in 2020 for the second year in a row. The growth can be attributed to increased demand from ...
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Pennsylvania American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, recently purchased Winola Water Co.’s water assets. Winola serves approximately 28 customers in Overfield Township in Wyoming County. ...
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Malvern-based biopharmaceutical company Ocugen and Indian vaccine and bio-therapeutics company Bharat Biotech recently signed a binding letter of intent to co-develop Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vacci...
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Small business owners across the country still fear the worst of the pandemic is yet to come with small businesses in the Northeast feeling the most pessimistic about their own business health and eco...
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The Pennsylvania 30 Day Fund, a nonprofit organization trying to save small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and civil unrest, recently announced it will achieve two of its goals ahead of ...
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AmerisourceBergen, a pharmaceutical products company based in Valley Forge, recently received a B grade from the 2020 CDP Climate Change Disclosure. CDP is a nonprofit charity that assesses compani...
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In 2019, the gross domestic product (GDP) in Lehigh Valley reached $43.3 billion, a record for a single year, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis, and a 5.7 pe...
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Westinghouse Electric Co. and Southern Nuclear Operating Co. recently signed an instrumentation and control (I&C) modernization contract with for new Digital Rod Position Indication (DRPI) Advanced Di...
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Families and businesses in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey saved more than $107.5 billion in energy bills from 2008-2018, according to the Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA). Residential users...
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Energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the United States dropped 3 percent last year after rising 3 percent in 2018, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) U.S. En...
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