Trump came to Pittsburgh to promote AI in Pennsylvania. Here’s what you need to know.
Tech leaders, politicians and gas industry executives joined the president at Carnegie Mellon University, amid protests.
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Pennsylvania is ‘poised to lead the next era’ in AI and energy, McCormick says at CMU summit
U.S. Sen. McCormick kicked off the summit on AI and energy by pledging to unveil tens of billions of dollars in investment. Gas, coal and nuclear are being pushed to power the needed data centers.
Lawmaker says bill to repeal Sunday hunting ban in Pa. rooted in environmentalism
Democrat Mandy Steele proposed the bill because she says hunting protects farmers’ crops and important forest ecology.
A Pennsylvania fracking report had 8 recommendations. 5 years later, few have been implemented
In 2020, Josh Shapiro, then Pa.'s AG, released a landmark report with recommendations on regulating fracking. Advocates say he has done little to advance them.
Pa. clean energy businesses call on McCormick, Fetterman to preserve tax credits
They say the federal spending plan before the U.S. Senate would devastate the clean energy industry in Pennsylvania, while raising energy costs.
Pa. Republican congressmen applaud EPA plan to roll back Biden-era climate rules
Biden-era rules aimed to phase out greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel plants and tighten limits on mercury and air toxics.
State Supreme Court hears arguments over Pa.’s membership in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative requires fossil fuel burning power plants to pay for carbon dioxide emissions. But is it a tax or a fee?
What amendments to the Endangered Species Act could mean for wildlife
A bill before Congress seeks to make changes to the Endangered Species Act that environmentalists say would weaken its protections.
With federal cuts at national parks, state parks and forests brace for ‘record-breaking summer’
DCNR cites some federal campgrounds closing as a result in part of the boost in campsite reservations.
Amendment to PA Solar Bill Puts Industry on Edge
A bill in the Pennsylvania legislature to accept millions of federal dollars for solar projects for low-income families has suddenly put the state’s solar industry on edge, because of an amendment they worry will upend net-metering.
