The 2020 International Pittsburgh Coal Conference opened Tuesday and will run through Friday, held this year virtually. The conference will cover multiple topics, including sustainability and the e...
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Pennsylvania Revenue Secretary Dan Hassell reported last week that the state collected $2.5 billion in General Fund revenue in August, which was $209 million, or 8.9 percent, higher than expected. ...
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The University of Pittsburgh and Enterprise Fleet Management recently announced they are expanding their existing 20-year partnership to upgrade the university’s fleet with alternative energy vehicl...
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The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) recently released the unaudited financial results for fiscal year 2019-20. Sales totaled $2.56 billion, including both liquor and sales taxes. This is $...
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The state’s COVID-19 Vaccines, Treatments and Therapies program recently awarded funding to two research groups to develop a treatment or a vaccine for the virus. Apogee Biotechnology Corp., loca...
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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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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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Natural gas has surpassed coal as the largest source of power generation in the United States, but the industry faces challenges, according to a report by FTI Consulting. Natural gas accounted for ...
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The clean energy sector had an average job growth rate of 8.7 percent between 2017 and 2019, adding 7,794 new positions, according to the 2020 Pennsylvania Clean Energy Employment Report. The ave...
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The House Labor and Industry Committee recently held a meeting to determine why thousands of people who lost their jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic have yet to receive unemployment compensation (...
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The State Transportation Commission recently updated its 12-Year Program, which provides insight into the funding that will be available for critical infrastructure improvements. The program is a...
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SAE International, a global organization focused on advancing mobility knowledge and solutions, and General Motors (GM) recently launched a STEM curriculum program focused on information technology (I...
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Department of Labor & Industry Secretary Jerry Oleksiak released a statement last week, reminding state residents to heed the warning signs of a widespread identity theft ring targeting COVID-19 unemp...
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Harsco Corp., a Camp Hill-based provider of environmental solutions and technologies, recently released its Environmental, Social & Governance Report. The report highlights the company’s corpor...
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The state House recently approved legislation that would add a member to the Mining Reclamation and Advisory Board (MRAB) to encourage the clean up of toxic waste areas that pollute local waterways. ...
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UGI Energy Services, a subsidiary of UGI Corp, recently purchased GHI Energy, a Houston-based renewable natural gas company. The purchase is part of the company’s strategy to position itself as a...
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Exporting Appalachia’s bountiful natural gas supplies continues to be a challenge, but the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said in a new report that the still-developing petrochemical industry would...
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Carpenter Technology Corp., a specialty alloys company, recently released its fiscal year 2021 preliminary outlook, which also includes the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020. Despite the pandemic,...
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David Graybill, a Juniata County dairy farmer, recently was appointed to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Farm, Ranch and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee (FRRCC). Estab...
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Thirty of Penn National Gaming’s 41 gaming and racing properties have resumed operations, the company recently said. These locations represent more than 70 percent of its regional gaming portfolio ...
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